Example sentences of "when [noun prp] [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was just trying to find the right words to explain why she thought Mrs Richards would enjoy meeting Abuelo Freitas 's granddaughter , when Consuelo arrived to take over the evening shift , and the conversation switched to other matters . |
| 2 | We were just watching 4 What It 's Worth about all those people who go on holiday to the sunny Mediterranean , having booked a sea view , and come back with gastroenteritis from living over the dustbins and now want their money back , when Elinor came running up the garden path closely followed by Nigel . |
| 3 | When Jarvis came to take over the house , although a good many people had been inside it and others had lived in it , the chair and the stool were still in the bellringer 's room . |
| 4 | He crossed from the left and when Freestone failed to cut out the ball Ryan pounced to crack in a shot . |
| 5 | The dispute started when BR decided to contract out the jobs of its ancillary gangs , who look after fencing , rodent control , drainage and tree lopping . |
| 6 | When Patsy had walked up the short avenue and looked at the square house with its creeper and its shabby garden it seemed to her like a house on the front of a calendar . |
| 7 | When Nora had put down the receiver , she thought ruefully , She 's a chip off the old block . |