Example sentences of "when [pron] was [verb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I was coming to Peru , that 's what someone said : ‘ The jungle 's drugs , the mountains are terrorists and the coast 's robbers . ' ’ |
| 2 | You brought me a hare to eat when I was starving to death . ’ |
| 3 | When I was introduced to Sandberg as a visiting Canadian journalist , he lifted his shaggy head of white hair and his wrinkled face broke into a smile of welcome - he was always very interested in those from pioneer prairie lands and admired Canadians as a hardy persevering race . |
| 4 | ( It was common knowledge when I was drafted to Dartmouth in July , 1944 . ) |
| 5 | Even when I was going to school I was doing gigs , and when I finished with school I was doing gigs , and when I finished with school I realised that I was able to get by with just the gigs . |
| 6 | Well when i was a wee boy the loch had never looked it before the barriers was built When I was going to school Well I was born I started a co school at nineteen eighteen . |
| 7 | When I was going to school . |
| 8 | It had seemed quite clear when I was talking to Aunt Kit . |
| 9 | What did you say to me on he phone when I was talking to Tracey ? |
| 10 | When I was talking to Eric anything seemed possible . |
| 11 | There was another memorable moment a few months later when she was flown to Leeds by the same helicopter — ‘ I have to admit , it 's my favourite method of transport ’ — to attend a Press conference . |
| 12 | Frantic appeals for help kept going out to Rome — Rome was still the patron , the protector , the fortress , even when she was falling to pieces herself . |
| 13 | Roman Wyatt was n't so easily dismissed ; his strong dark face and amber eyes danced between her and the dress she was designing and materialised when she was talking to customers , but despite everything it was a satisfying day business-wise , and she said goodnight to Myra with a feeling of achievement . |
| 14 | She hated anyone listening when she was talking to Alice . |
| 15 | The aircraft was saved from the scrapman 's axe when it was moved to Mourillan at Toulon in the south of France , for use as a training airframe . |
| 16 | That 's the number of lucky motorists the Wolfsburg manufacturer has equipped with the Golf G60 Limited , a car that was the subject of over 1000 enquiries when it was announced to dealers in Germany last year but only had a production run of 70 . |
| 17 | It did for a time seem to explain the trajectories of development and underdevelopment in some countries of Latin America , but when it was applied to Africa and Asia it was much less successful . |
| 18 | We were disappointed not to have been invited to offer our views on this consultation paper when it was distributed to consultees in January . |
| 19 | When it was shown to publishers , however , it was rejected as ‘ too difficult ’ , and indeed its young hero has to resolve the different claims of loyalty to an oath and his friends or his duty to his country as represented by the autocratic but not tyrannous government . |
| 20 | Industrial holding company Thomson T-Line also succumbed to southern comforts , when it was sold to Ladbroke , the hotel and high-street gambling chain . |
| 21 | Malcolm Morley 's spectacular copy of Vermeer 's ‘ Portrait of the artist in his studio ’ ( Sotheby 's lot 43 , est. $350–450,000 ) established a new auction record for the artist when it was sold to Los Angeles collector , Eli Broad , for $570,000 ( £316,700 ) at the evening sale of 6 May . |
| 22 | When it was suggested to Gandhi on one occasion by a Roman Catholic priest that if Hinduism became monotheistic Christianity and Hinduism could serve India in co-operation , Gandhi 's reply was that Hindus were not polytheistic . |
| 23 | Its status was even higher when it was carried to West Africa by Portuguese traders in 1522 and subsequently by Dutch and French ships . |
| 24 | When it was put to Mona that she had ‘ posed provocatively ’ she replied that she had refused to don a swimming costume for the photos . |
| 25 | So it 's either at his flat or , more likely , he had it with him when he was blown to bits . ’ |
| 26 | Paul Sheldon , 20 , was out with his 18-year-old brother , Peter , and a friend , Tom Cole , when he was stabbed to death in a quiet residential street in Edinburgh . |
| 27 | The computer-enhanced images were put together by police artists with help from Peter Sheldon , 18 , who was with his brother when he was stabbed to death . |
| 28 | He had appeared in only five stage plays as a professional adult when he was called to Stratford-upon-Avon to play a full season of major Shakespearian roles . |
| 29 | When he was transferred to Jakarta at the time of growing tension between Britain and Indonesia , there were ominous signs that action was intended against the British Embassy . |
| 30 | Defender Jim Willis withdrew when he was transferred to Leicester City earlier in the season . |