Example sentences of "when they [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a little wistfulness about these village girls when they looked at the rich convent girls in their expensive clothes . |
| 2 | Later , dozens of people were waiting to greet the couple when they arrived at the new £4m British Embassy building . |
| 3 | When they arrived at the temporary mortuary they halted outside . |
| 4 | When they arrived at the temporary mortuary they halted outside . |
| 5 | It was late when they arrived at the old house and by tacit consent they went straight to bed . |
| 6 | When they meet at the final masking , the atmosphere is again one of ceremony and solemnity , and they speak verse to each other ( V.iv.72–83 ) . |
| 7 | Barriers had to be put around their pictures when they exhibited at the Royal Academy to protect them from the crowds of ardent devotees ; reproductions of their works were sold in their tens of thousands . |
| 8 | So we er , schools can approach us as the Engineering Council and say , we 'd like some help , and quite obviously , they all want some help when they look at the actual syllabus of a design and technology itself ! |