Example sentences of "when they [vb past] [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they came out the club went mad , and they honestly believed that the crowd thought they were good . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I first noticed them when they carried out the hospital nursery raid about three years ago . |
| 3 | But when they took over the firm they were always called " Mister " to distinguish them from the other captains , perhaps . |
| 4 | The first is that the land around the Arnish site was owned by the Stornoway Trust , an elected body who received an undertaking from the subsidiary of Olsen Shipping when they took over the site , that only essential maintenance would be carried out on Sundays . |
| 5 | It was the dying days of the citizen Army , the young men who were reluctantly called up to serve their Queen and country — to learn how to fire a gun , to march in step and to use contraceptives when they took out the girl from the NAAFI on Saturday nights . |
| 6 | When they got back the airport hotel seemed like home but his money was running out . |
| 7 | Now , I can imagine that when they started off the journey Ruth , a was full of excitement and wonder what was gon na happen , what were these people who lived in Bethlehem like ? |
| 8 | When they broke down the door the remains of her body were found scattered over the floor . |
| 9 | Trusting virgins drafted into marriage never found Nature had all the answers when they turned out the light . |
| 10 | I started sweating when they called out the bloke ahead of me in the high jump . |