Example sentences of "when [pron] [vb past] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only it was so hard to do that , especially when she began looking at the sketches she had made at Kenilworth . |
| 2 | Eleanor was right when she had said at the very beginning that he should have gone along with the corporate planning proposals to phase-out the UK Vehicle Division as a manufacturing operation . |
| 3 | Ingrid was in fact twenty-nine , which was young compared with Gesner , but not young for a dancer and she found the routines rather a strain , especially when she had to sing at the end of them . |
| 4 | Her handbag had fallen behind the car seat when she 'd stopped at the traffic lights in town so several minutes were lost as she scrabbled for her pass , then when she drove into the car park she could n't immediately find a space and had to drive round several times . |
| 5 | ‘ Are you listening to me ? ’ he demanded when she failed to laugh at the right point . |
| 6 | But , you know , if , if , if I 'd have put , when we , when we started to talk at the beginning of this term we had at the beginning a general discussion about what are we gon na put in land reform , if I 'd have come along to s to you and I 'd said well I think we should do this |
| 7 | Indeed , she had respected Angela Morgan for the straightforwardness with which she had tackled the issue when they had met at the lawyer 's office . |
| 8 | When they had met at the pub , and boasted of the ease of the despatch of the packet that Michael Holly would carry , he had never thought of a moment such as this . |
| 9 | There was about an inch of water covering the floor that she was certain had n't been there when they 'd stopped at the cupboard . |
| 10 | Reading was difficult for me , especially when it involved looking at the chalkboard , and I soon found myself being classed as ‘ thick ’ . |
| 11 | It was a boiling hot morning , he had three other appointments before lunch , and his head ached dully from the excess of Jack Daniels he had drunk the night before with the child 's father , who had been beside himself with rage when he had arrived at the Presbytery . |
| 12 | When he came to look at the poem Miss Gilberd had intended to teach , Toby rather wondered at her judgement . |
| 13 | He asked the old man if he 'd ever worked in the sandpaper factory and added that he 'd probably be going to work there himself when he 'd finished at the Comprehensive . |
| 14 | When he 'd finished at the sink I came out and wound myself lovingly around his legs but he shut me in the kitchen . |
| 15 | Mary Rose was happy for him and when he suggested looking at the house with its quaint-sounding name , she was enthusiastic . |