Example sentences of "when [pron] [be] [vb pp] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It arose because of my meeting George Wigg in the army , whom I had encountered when I was based at Southern Command headquarters and he was at the same headquarters as a Lieutenant-Colonel in charge of army education , where he had already established a reputation for ruthless eccentricity . |
| 2 | When I went home a when I was started at ten and thruppence a week , it was a regula regulation in the family that the spending money erm basis , what you got for spending , was a penny in the shilling . |
| 3 | Evidence from police and forensic officers said Mrs Prescott looked as if she 'd been sewing the hem of a curtain , when she was shot at close range in the back of the head . |
| 4 | So she waited for the summons to the prince 's presence , and went with a demure step and a high heart when she was called at last . |
| 5 | They rotate the hips , all babies are routinely examined at delivery and they 'll find quite a number I would , of babies with slightly clicky hips , the reason for that is because of the hormones that have , er are in the baby 's body to relax all the muscles , those will go away after a few days , so when they 're re-checked at twelve days a number of the clicks they heard originally will no longer be there . |
| 6 | Less fabric is taken up when they are placed at this angle , preventing the seamline from reducing and puckering . |
| 7 | Quick-growing root vegetables such as radishes and carrots which grow out of sight can be compared for size when they are pulled at various times . |
| 8 | Editor , — Problem lists in hospital letters are an excellent way to improve communication , and they also enable quicker and more focused care for patients when they are reviewed at subsequent hospital appointments . |
| 9 | Individualised programmes , alternative activities and simplified worksheets , when they are directed at certain children can cut them off from their peers as effectively as if they had been withdrawn . |
| 10 | The wind pressure on the rotors increased rapidly when they were rotated at full speed but levelled off at wind velocities beyond about 12 m/sec . |
| 11 | When they were discharged at eight in the morning , they were given back their belongings , with a sandwich of bread and cheese . |
| 12 | Black cattle , when they were used at all , ploughed light sandy soil . |
| 13 | She was heartily glad when they were installed at last in front of the fire , trays on knees . |
| 14 | General Secretaries would then be obliged to satisfy the membership and could be put in a classic squeeze when they were approached at top level , even if supporting NoS was against their better judgement . |
| 15 | ‘ It is a drug used in medicine since 1935 and its serious side-effects are rare even when it is prescribed at high concentrations for long periods . |
| 16 | The differential was too small to have a big impact , and , when it was publicised at all , was accompanied by assurances that the cost would be cancelled out by the lower summer charge . |
| 17 | Vincent 's work was found wanting — when it was noticed at all — by a sniffing , word-of-mouth criticism that condemned him as too literary . |
| 18 | Yesterday it was revealed that PC Hall escaped death by a whisker when he was shot at point-blank range . |