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Example sentences of "when [pron] [vb past] [adv prt] at the " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	When I took over at the Department of Health and Social Security , I was under no illusion about the difficulty of my job .
2	When I turned up at the theatre and Terry and I got changed next to each other , I frequently made a point of saying to him , ‘ Well , Terry , has the call come yet ?
3	But when I turned up at the hospital they put me on call and I was called to Casualty to anaesthetise a man .
4	When I arrived back at the cafe , I found Kathleen in a perplexed mood .
5	When I arrived back at the Land Rover I met Abdulla , the student teacher , who had been attracted by the breakdown .
6	I was still brimming with plangency , chockful of feeling , when I arrived back at the hotel .
7	It was quite funny when you looked round at the end , you know , and everyone was just getting up
8	But when she looked up at the sky she discovered that the star had gone .
9	When she looked back at the road , the red saloon was coming towards her .
10	When she looked back at the window there was the face again ; but it was attempting now to smile .
11	Now , as the throbbing drone of the aircraft 's engines broke through her dark memories , and she wearily attempted to make herself more comfortable in her seat , Laura almost groaned aloud when she looked back at the total innocence and naïveté of her much younger self .
12	She went over to it , her mouth dry , her pulses racing , and when she looked down at the cherubic child with bright golden hair she had to grip the arms for support .
13	When she walked in at the back door Mrs Peterson said : ‘ You 're back then .
14	There were several messages for her when she arrived back at the hotel , and she worked at her desk until six before walking back to the house through the gathering dusk .
15	The wedding party was in full swing when she arrived back at the château .
16	The family 's maid has told how a dishevelled Spiro stopped her working when she turned up at the home the day after the killings .
17	When she sat down at the table her mother said , ‘ Well , you can help yourself , I 've got my hands full here . ’
18	Well we got to and there 's three weeks well when we came up at the beginning of May there was a notice on the main main twenty one which said
19	’ When we rolled up at the incident , it was serious .
20	When we arrived back at the Grange , Cathy told her father about the visit .
21	‘ But only because when we turned up at the solicitor 's to work out the marriage settlement — her idea , not mine — she realised for the first time that I was n't as rich as she thought .
22	The leaden feeling that weighed heavily on me as Jean-Claude rode into Paris did not lift when we fetched up at the house in the rue Victorie .
23	It was a relief that he did not try to speak , and when they came out at the landscaped clearing with its wooden bench seat overlooking the water she had readied herself to speak first .
24	Brother Cadfael was just emerging from the door of the infirmary in mid-morning , after replenishing Brother Edmund 's stores in the medicine cupboard , when they rode in at the gatehouse before his eyes .
25	When they arrived back at the butterwood where he had been sleeping he showed her a white fungus around its base .
26	And when they arrived back at the ruined castle the fox was given a share of the supper and a place by the fire .
27	When they arrived back at the Incident Room the little printer was locking up for the night .
28	Mr Smith said : ‘ I cried when they turned up at the frontier .
29	When they sat down at the kitchen table , Emily perched on the edge of her chair , and her hands were never still .
30	He had no money in his bank account , and when he gazed about at the huge drawing-room , smaller inner drawing-room and large bedroom , he had no idea how he was to find the money to buy the barest essentials — a few chairs , a table , a bed .