Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] when [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He got a bit upset when the bowels did n't work and let me know it , ’ he recalls . |
| 2 | But the meeting was only a few hours old when the news broke that Winnie Mandela would face serious charges arising out of the murder in January 1989 of 14 year old activist , Stompie Moeketsi Seipei . |
| 3 | Sensation rang up the curtain on July when Sir Derek Rayner revealed that government-reared rats for research cost £28 each when the going price for a rat in civvy street was £2 . |
| 4 | When a candidate is preparing to be interviewed ‘ on air ’ , there is usually a period of five to 10 minutes before the interview proper when a live satellite link will be sent back to network headquarters . |
| 5 | Christopher and Matthew Key were just four months old when the accident happened . |
| 6 | Oh admittedly you would have been pig sick when a king would have , but even if the king had turned up you 'd have still got the , got a run and fifteen . |
| 7 | Emergency services were called to the M four when a fifty kilogram container of calcium hypochloride split open during peak hour traffic . |
| 8 | ‘ Jockeys make riding look easy when the reality is different , ’ his daughter Maureen Haggas , 31 , said last night . |
| 9 | It 's always a bit sad when a door closes — it seems so final . |
| 10 | The famous locomotive was making its inaugural run over WSR metals on July 1 when the engineer working in the Leigh Wood region spotted the obstructions which has been deliberately placed on the running lines . |
| 11 | There were unprecedented scenes in Moscow 's Red Square on May 1 when the traditional May Day parade was followed by a parade of up to 40,000 representatives of opposition political groups , some carrying banners and shouting slogans openly denouncing communist rule and President Mikhail Gorbachev personally . |
| 12 | The Labour Party energy spokesperson said that it would be " quite outrageous if the public were to be left with a liability of anything like £6,600 million when the profit to fund that liability [ was ] being passed to the private sector " . |
| 13 | By contrast , answering some questions about intervals between dates is much more difficult for the bottom third when no calendar is provided than when it is ; the top third are about as successful whether or not a calendar is provided . |
| 14 | The Arts : Da Vinci angel left Victoria unamused When the lewd Leonardo was stolen , how much did the Queen know ? |
| 15 | Michelle was 23 weeks and four days pregnant when the little wonder arrived on April 3 . |
| 16 | The tropical rainforest tree pictured on the front of the leaflet was at least 400 years old when a chainsaw cut it down . |
| 17 | When we , the hearers and readers of the narrative , and Abraham , are told by God that he will have a son by Sarah , we learn that Abraham will be a hundred years old when the child is born and Sarah is already ninety ( 17.17 ) . |
| 18 | You were six years old when the First World War began ; later you were to live through some of the worst days of the blitz in Berlin . |
| 19 | Philip Arbuthnot was three years old when the Peace was signed that divided Ireland . |
| 20 | A child 's first lessons occur when she or he is 6 or 7 years old when the ruwang gathers a group of boys and girls together to teach them ta'kwakomena ( consciousness , will , responsibility ) , or basically social morality . |
| 21 | She had been only 13 years old when the event occurred that shattered her world . |
| 22 | Reich , born in 1897 , was thirty-two years old when the first part of The Sexual Revolution was published in 1929 ; Freud was already sixty-four years old when the notion of the death instincts first appeared in Beyond the Pleasure Principle in 1920 . |
| 23 | Reich , born in 1897 , was thirty-two years old when the first part of The Sexual Revolution was published in 1929 ; Freud was already sixty-four years old when the notion of the death instincts first appeared in Beyond the Pleasure Principle in 1920 . |
| 24 | Special considerations : the appellant was 20 years old when the original community service order was made , and was 21 when it was revoked . |
| 25 | Brian , their youngest child , was born in Rugby in England and was four years old when the couple decided to move to Northern Ireland . |
| 26 | The capital transfer tax legislation ( [ IHTA 1984 s201 ] ) however provides that both the settlor and the trustees are liable for any capital transfer tax payable when a settlor puts assets into a settlement . |
| 27 | We were causally checking the route up America 's Pacific Coast , with the GRiD perched on the bonnet , ( sorry hood ) of our somewhat huge Chrysler Imperial when a ‘ Black & White ’ ( Police car to you and me ) stopped behind . |
| 28 | Then a reminder of the tragedy came during World War I when a Polish soldier was walking over the bridge one starlit night when he saw the wraith of a man dancing on the parapet . |
| 29 | Insofar as the section enables instructions to be given well in advance of the public assembly , it might be thought to augment the existing powers , since the breach of the peace ( or other disorder ) may be some days distant when the conditions ( which must be in writing when they are given in advance ) are issued . |
| 30 | The contrast in ensuring years between the success of the Company and the problem-ridden Corporation trams , made a take-over desirable when the 21-year lease on the street track expired . |