Example sentences of "when [noun prp] [verb] from the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only when Marianne swept from the room did she allow herself to collapse into a chair , closing her eyes and rubbing her fingers over her forehead . |
| 2 | Desmond Fairchild was loitering in the corridor when Meredith emerged from the rehearsal room . |
| 3 | Josie said when Lucy returned from the pay phone at the end of the corridor . |
| 4 | With just seconds remaining Larne grabbed a consolation goal when McCourt converted from the penalty spot after Smyth had been fouled by Denison . |
| 5 | Often she was not home when Rachaela arrived from the shop . |
| 6 | I was back in the dealing room looking vacantly into an empty conduit when Patterson emerged from the end office and escorted a guy to the lobby . |
| 7 | When Cud emerged from the womb every boring bastard white boy was playing ‘ soul ’ . |
| 8 | When Meh'Lindi emerged from the bedroom , begowned and jewelled as Jaq 's mistress once more , her face was a study in expressionless hauteur ; though when Grimm trotted out after her , looking dazzled , fleetingly a hint of mischief twinkled in her eyes . |
| 9 | And when Summerchild fell from the back of the Admiralty , I am beginning to think , the prospects of Tite and his department must have fallen with him . |
| 10 | There seemed a strange lack of conviction about the Ipswich display and three minutes before the interval there was another scare when Hendrie crossed from the right but Wilkinson headed wide at the far post . |
| 11 | It seems certain , even when Britain emerges from the recession , that the world of work will occupy much more of many people 's thoughts than it did before . |
| 12 | Totally absorbed in holding the course while at the same time tightening the mainsail as the breeze grew gusty and erratic , Polly was surprised when Nathan emerged from the companionway . |
| 13 | When Newcastle recovered from the effect of the goal , they again made chances with man of the match , keeper Lee Butler , keeping out a point-blank Sheedy header and Clark twice going close . |
| 14 | They were still sitting together when Hotspur came from the prince 's apartments . |
| 15 | When Jean-Claude emerged from the hide-out , he held out his arm and dragged me into the dark cave . |
| 16 | The populace generally played little part in that agitation , but when Wilkes returned from the exile in 1768 to which he had fled from fear of imprisonment , debt and the fighting of a duel , to fight the Middlesex election , he became the symbol of a much wider agitation . |
| 17 | Natasha was waiting at the door of the apartment when Charlotte emerged from the elevator . |
| 18 | When Tamar rose from the table , she remarked , ‘ I shall go out for a ride , Mama . ’ |