Example sentences of "when [pron] [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember years ago , when I was teaching slow learners in a Child Guidance clinic , a little girl from a small village was reading a story in which reference was made to someone ‘ cheeking the dinner lady . ’ |
| 2 | Beverley 's achievements made the headlines last year when she was named outright winner and Science and Technology Section winner in the Cosmopolitan /Clairol Achievement Awards , a competition which aims to highlight women who have attained excellence in their professions . |
| 3 | This especially at a time when they were earning significant incomes from Blackwomen writers such as Alice Walker and Maya Angelou . |
| 4 | And as far as their consciences were concerned , they justified the colour under their brevets that they earned during the period when they were having grave doubts about their own efficiency . |
| 5 | Mr Wise , who is 42 , felt that he had reached his peak at Reuters in 1987 when he was made technical projects manager . |
| 6 | Mr Portillo , at 38 the youngest Cabinet member since Dr David Owen , who was also 38 when he was made Foreign Secretary in 1977 , replaces Mr David Mellor , the new Heritage Minister , who presided over a significant increase in public spending in the run up to the election . |
| 7 | He had certainly entered Edward 's service by 1274 , when he was appointed joint custodian of the vacant see of Durham . |
| 8 | Anderson 's life in Africa ended in 1978 , when he was appointed Managing Director of the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation ( CFTC ) . |
| 9 | After the war Humphrys became political agent , Khyber ( 1919 ) , and deputy foreign secretary of the government of India ( 1921 ) , a post which he held until 1922 , when he was appointed British minister to Afghanistan . |
| 10 | He was a much-respected college commander at Sandhurst from 1953 to 1955 , when he was appointed British instructor at the US Command and General Staff College . |
| 11 | His show-business break came in 1956 when he was appointed musical director for the show Cranks which ran in London and on New York 's Broadway . |
| 12 | Colbeck remained as master in the Wilson Line until 1912 , when he was appointed marine superintendent in the London office . |
| 13 | Through his veins flowed a potent mixture of Mexican and Irish blood , and a little goading from the US Marine Corps was enough to have him taking them all on when he was filming Guadalcanal Diary in 1943 . |