Example sentences of "when the [noun] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the Reeve likens himself to an " " open-ers " " he associates himself with Nicholas in the tale just passed , and can thus be attributed with the same wry self-reflection as the Miller shows in attaching himself to John the carpenter . |
| 2 | He was still turning when the cosh struck him behind the ear . |
| 3 | He then turns onto his hemiplegic side when the carer tells him to , and the carer guides the movement with one hand on the patient 's shoulder , the other on his pelvis . |
| 4 | One was a 50-year-old woman sitting on a shooting stick who had her spleen ruptured when the bird hit her in the back ; the other was the pregnant wife of Swiss businessman Luc Argand , who was knocked off a wall at the Floors Castle estate near Kelso in the Scottish Borders . |
| 5 | The business of the Council was soon dealt with and merged into general feasting when the King surprised everyone by announcing he intended to join the Queen at Kinghorn . |
| 6 | When the jury robbed him of justice , they took it personally . |
| 7 | This increases the stickiness of the log , which in turn means that , when the beaver thrusts it into the dam , the log is more likely to stay there . |
| 8 | The Major began to feel that Onyx Muggeridge was not quite what he had come to a Parents ' Evening for , and was quite grateful when the headmaster disengaged himself with palpable reluctance from the Fromes and sailed in his direction , exuding Manner . |
| 9 | When the alarm dragged us from our dreams on September 3 last year we were one night 's work from the summit ridge — just 12 hours from the top of Ultar . |
| 10 | Very little seems to have come of the initiative until five years later , when the Treasury created something along these lines for the Conservative Chancellor , R. A. Butler , as part of an examination of spending on the social services . |
| 11 | But yes but e e but er but when the spirit quickens you as an individual , at least I had no doubt that he was good . |
| 12 | The aircraft was just about to touch down when the pilot found himself in unfamiliar surroundings and opened his throttle in time for his wheels to clear the cliff-edge at the end of the runway . |
| 13 | Wilson , more respectfully treated at Lord 's , where he recently stood down as MCC coach , than in his native county , offered Carrick wise counsel when the youngster replaced him in the Yorkshire side . |
| 14 | ‘ When the judge sentenced him to five years I felt like shouting out ‘ thank you ’ , ’ said Kate Connolly . |
| 15 | When the doctors broke it to him that he would need an operation , his son noted that ‘ he is taking it like a hero . ’ |
| 16 | Was n't this demonstrated when the scum did us in the semi 's a couple of years ago ? |
| 17 | When the Abwehr sent me to Ireland in forty-one I met a friend of his in Dublin . |
| 18 | Pease had been taking part in a march through the capital , Lima , when the officer shot him at close range with bird shot . |
| 19 | The Israelites take this path and complete the crossing safely , but when the Egyptians pursue them along it , the walls of water collapse and drown them . |
| 20 | Brutus also says that he will also kill himself with the same sword as he killed Caesar with , when the country wishes him to . |
| 21 | We buckle our seat belts on aeroplanes when the sign tells us to because we obey the commands of the expert — the pilot . |
| 22 | But those gloomy musings ended abruptly when the skim dropped me near the pod was berthed — and when I saw the shadowy figures around it . |
| 23 | The Cattle of the Cottagers are impounded when the Forest is driven by the Keepers , as all other Cattle are ; and when the Owners take them from the Pound ( paying the usual Fees to the Keepers ) they turn them again into the Forest , having no other Means of maintaining them … the Cottagers … are detrimental to the Forest , by cutting Wood for Fuel , and for building Huts , and making Fences to the Patches which they inclose from the Forest ; by keeping Pigs , Sheep etc. in the Forest all the Year ; and by stealing Timber . |
| 24 | Thus , when the Law deems something to be O.K. , chances are it stops being much fun . |
| 25 | She was close to her home in Iona street when the man threatened her with a handgun , and then made off with a small sum of money . |
| 26 | The 22-year-old was exercising her alsatian and a mongrel in Laindon , Essex , when the man grabbed her from behind and held a knife to her face . |
| 27 | Ordinary citizens tolerated corruption when times were good and when the government rewarded them with cheap food , services and petrol . |
| 28 | But when the RSPCA found him in January , he was in a starved condition , his ribs and hip bones showing through , and his back legs hardly able to support him . |
| 29 | He had actually succeeded in drifting forward and downward again , when the voice drew him to a stop once more . |
| 30 | Later , when the women let themselves into their own room , Billie sensed she was being watched . |