Example sentences of "when [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was n't easy to lose puppy fat when Mum fed her on stodgy good home cooking — stews with dumplings and meat pies with pastry crusts and steamed sponge puddings , and there was no money to spare for proper hairdressing salons . |
| 2 | When MacDonald told him on 29 September that he was having difficulty finding a formula which could unite his colleagues , George V |
| 3 | Pears was Boro 's hero when Cambridge put them under fierce pressure in the first half . |
| 4 | When Pennant visited it in 1772 there were three farmers living in it with their stock and crops and at times in the summer months as many as twelve families were known to stay in it at once and it was the headquarters of those employed in the manufacture ( if kelp . |
| 5 | But when Duncan reminded him of this incident some years later , he " not only denied knowing the ballad but singing it … " |
| 6 | ‘ He is that kind of Dharjee , ’ the head had said , when Robert asked him about this . |
| 7 | Collinson 's first garden at Peckham was a modest one , but from there he took nosegays and potted flowers to grace his City window , and when Kalm visited him in 1748 he remarked on the many rare American plants already established there . |
| 8 | Ever Ready , a battery maker , was losing market share to Duracell and made pre-tax profits of only £4.2m when Hanson bought it in 1981 . |
| 9 | When Melinda answered him in fluent Arabic , they all looked at her as if they had seen a ghost , bade us goodnight , and melted away into the darkness again . |
| 10 | His jaw hung open , and he was near enough for me to see the rain dashing from his face — when lightning showed him at all . |
| 11 | She knew what " this fellow " meant when Dada said it like that . |