Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When everyone had finished the plates were cleared and Clare produced a big chocolate cake with two candles , sending the children wild with excitement . |
| 2 | Maybe because tonight the warning had been a long time sounding , had started its tormented wailing just when everyone began to think the bombers were n't coming . |
| 3 | when I ran to catch the bus from school |
| 4 | When I paused to read the memorial to Jose Rizal , hero of the revolution , I turned round to find about 50 little children in a semicircle watching me open-mouthed . |
| 5 | I indicated to the Bishop when I agreed to take the canonry that he did n't possess the personal qualities I require in my subordinates . |
| 6 | Even so , it set up a security precaution that had occurred to me when I 'd seen the cylinder . |
| 7 | I found that out when I 'd pressed the bell and no one came . |
| 8 | When I 'd checked the pin positions in the morning I 'd decided that it was going to be someone already under par who would be in a position to win next day as opposed to someone coming through the field , because I just could n't see anybody scoring well . |
| 9 | ‘ Tell the despatcher we 've stopped and are going back , ’ he said , when I 'd relayed the messages . |
| 10 | For a second I relaxed but another thought struck : Had I refixed the boards behind me when I 'd fled the turret during the storm ? |
| 11 | ‘ And when I 'd parked the car I had an overwhelming urge to kiss you . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I said that when I 'd finished the Shaw book , I 'd disintegrate , ’ he told me . |
| 13 | When I 'd left the horse in the yard and gone in for breakfast I found both Mackie and Sam Yaeger sitting at the table with Tremayne , all of them discussing that day 's racing at Nottingham . |
| 14 | When I 'd had a bite and patrolled the area , I went back home to sit on the garage roof and have a leisurely wash . |
| 15 | I am perfectly used to carrying pen and paper with me when I go to answer the phone . |
| 16 | When I go to take the stamps I have collected , I will take the parcel of toys and goodies with me . |
| 17 | And take my earring out when I go to have an interview . |
| 18 | I 'll bring my matches when I like take the dog in I 'll nip upstairs and say I 've got ta get something and I 'll just grab my matches out of there in case he 's lost them or something ! |
| 19 | Yes , well when I hear do the job could n't you |
| 20 | It was one of the medical records clerks who first mentioned the sponsored walk to me when I had visited the hospital to give a lecture to some of the nursing staff shortly after I had started my maternity leave . |
| 21 | When I had reached the front , the first thing I saw was Granpa lying on the pavement , his head propped up on a box of apples and his face as white as a sheet . |
| 22 | But we got talking when I had to spend an afternoon in his laboratory checking reports for courts with his staff , and he was ever so nice . |
| 23 | Like when I had to carry the garbage out — because of my bad back , the girls helped me with my duty and it was all right with the counsellors because of my back — it was n't special treatment . |
| 24 | When I had paid the farmer off , I started my car , my remaining outpost of another century , and drove along a road which led close to the lake . |
| 25 | I had seen it when I had taken a detour from Arequipa into the Colca , reputedly twice as deep as the Grand Canyon . |
| 26 | ‘ When I had to send the Women to fetch you every step of the way , child — and pick you up every time you fell ? |
| 27 | When I had passed the lochan earlier , there had been no sign of it . |
| 28 | A very cloak and dagger episode followed when I had to meet a colleague on shore after landing on a remote beach by motor boat . |
| 29 | When I offered to pay the cost of the taxi they smiled and said : |
| 30 | My last memory of Robert W. Service was his staunch refusal when I offered to write the story of his life . |