Example sentences of "when they [vb past] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They tried to kill her and her Cabinet , and nearly succeeded , when they blew up the Grand Hotel , Brighton , during the 1984 Conservative Party conference . |
| 2 | Still more to the point , were they welcomed by the Melians when they took over the existing settlement at Phylakopi ? |
| 3 | When they got back the little house was empty . |
| 4 | The British Lions were amused to read of the plight of referee Steve McNally when they picked up the local paper in Paihia before the first match of their New Zealand tour . |
| 5 | But until lately very few people had managed to make themselves heard when they pointed out the dramatic effect of all previous philosophers having seen it as that of a man — that is , of course , not an exact reflection of what men are like , but an image of how they tend to see themselves when they contrast themselves with women . |
| 6 | They may have come upon documents relating to their early life when they cleared out the dead parents ' papers . |