Example sentences of "when [noun prp] [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 It was eight o'clock the following morning when Ben came back from the town .
2 Nor can I see the day when Lovejoy sails off into the sunset down the Seine spooning Chicken & Sweetcorn Stew down a tot .
3 There was an amusing moment when Schofield talked enthusiastically to the press after the Melbourne win and a British journalist pleaded : ‘ Slow down Garry , I ca n't get all this down ! ’
4 It was just before mid-day when Lewis braked sedately outside the Downes 's residence at the furthest end of Lonsdale Road .
5 Late one evening in 1974 , not long after Wilson 's second election victory , I was at my home in Portland Place when Haines came through on the telephone with a request for some urgent action .
6 Nigel Twiston-Davies , on target with Captain Dibble at Wincanton , continued his tremendous season when Gaelstrom romped home in the Clive Lewis Classic Novices ' Hurdle .
7 It was when Gesner stepped on to the stage — on this occasion looking unbelievable in his Mandrika costume successfully altered by Wardrobe — that Busacher forgave him , nearly , for all the trouble he caused .
8 Loretta was rinsing the cups when Bridget came back from the phone .
9 The partnership came to an end in 1947 when Walter got away to the United States .
10 She was about to start washing the floor at five to ten when Clare went back into the kitchen to get her cigarettes .
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