Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had completed her notes when someone tapped at the door and entered . |
| 2 | A fan activates air in the dining room to let Julia know when someone rings at the doorbell . |
| 3 | But the green smell used to be there and it was strong enough to make me think of English summers when I looked at the sky . |
| 4 | But the thing I keep coming back to when I look at the figures is that Northallerton is only a third bigger than Selby . |
| 5 | I know what I see when I look at the grass and I have been told that the colour is called ‘ green ’ . |
| 6 | I had none of [ the former ] assets when I started at the Bar ; but my 25 years in practice were the happiest in my life . |
| 7 | Yesterday , when I called at the house before the funeral I was afraid of what I would find . |
| 8 | And that 's when I waved at the Guards major Nogin and set in motion the arrest of Ralph Pike . |
| 9 | There is when you look at the picture it 's so beautiful . |
| 10 | It was eight o'clock when we arrived at the station and got on the train , and by half-past nine we were in Strelsau . |
| 11 | But but small movement a little bit of movement around and some people did as we 'll see when we look at the video this afternoon , but some people you know grew roots er it becomes that way . |
| 12 | well I am convinced by Andrew 's explanation erm I would like to say in terms of when we look at the staff costs against budget , and we came in at only eleven thousand pounds less , er I think that is a erm that we , we , we can congratulate our business manager , on the good control that 's been exercised over the past year . |
| 13 | Now a look ahead to a series of special reports on Central next week , when we look at the future of transport . |
| 14 | He had taken a pace or two when something tugged at the shoulder of his coat . |
| 15 | The change is apparent from when one arrives at the entrance . |
| 16 | A GALAXY of the rock world 's biggest stars will shine tonight when they appear at the pop world 's most spectacular prize giving ceremony . |
| 17 | She had just got to incarceration in a convent for the rest of her days when they arrived at the top of the stairs . |
| 18 | It was mid-afternoon when they arrived at the compound 's rear gate . |
| 19 | Great therefore was my respect for our swift and silent counter of books and boxes when he announced at the end of his calculations , made just before the sale : ‘ You have about 4,000 more books this year . ’ |
| 20 | It cost rather a lot , Nigel discovered when he looked at the bills he was expected to pay . |
| 21 | Andrew , now 29 , was 15 that summer when he knocked at the door and introduced himself . |
| 22 | Tommy Cooper talking at length about when he ruled at the Den and we 'll be talking to about his Norwegian career and his arrival at the City ground . |
| 23 | Twelve months ago , when he arrived at the Courtyard Marriott on the night of his triumph , following the small dinner the club always gives the new champion , he was happy with a can or two of beer while everyone else drank champagne . |
| 24 | There were extraordinary scenes when he arrived at the LSE . |
| 25 | It was an improvement on last week when he arrived at the place , though . |
| 26 | He continued to box until 1914 , when he retired at the age of fifty-two . |
| 27 | Edward Fakeney , who 's forty-seven and from Northampton , pleaded not guilty to murdering Mr Farmer when he appeared at the Crown Court . |
| 28 | Alford Grammar school also had a hand in the education of Captain John Smith before he went to Louth and Thomas Paine , famous for abolishing slavery in Pennsylvania and for his written works , in particular ‘ The Rights of Man ’ , lived here for several years when he worked at the Excise Office . |