Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] when [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Nobody likes answering machines , but if we are out at the bank , or out of normal hours when you telephone , please leave a clear note of your name and telephone number with your message . |
2 | ‘ You must need your head tested ’ , was one of the more polite reactions when I said that I was going to spend two weeks holiday walking some 120 miles up-and-down mountains rather than lying in the sun . |
3 | Since the Earth is about 216 solar radii from the Sun , the solar-wind image must be enlarged about 216 times when it reaches us . |
4 | So she ran through those utterly devastating transformations when she had been In Love , desperately seeking patterns , pointers — digging for something to bring back her joy , her I will survive . |
5 | That same year , for example , Britain 's Sue Barker enjoyed perhaps her finest hour when she defeated the pretty Czechoslovakian , Renata Tomonova in three sets . |
6 | Möllemann , the first German minister to visit since June 1989 , requested information on 903 political prisoners when he met the Chinese Prime Minister , Li Peng , and said that trade and economic relations would be dependent on improvements in human rights . |
7 | Most of us have no idea how much we actually pay for services , because in fact we do buy parts at odd times when they are needed , so the cost is spread out over the year . |
8 | Consider it as a kind of insurance for the odd times when you are not losing weight quite as you should . |
9 | They got away with it — that day and three more days in a row : each afternoon when she heard his whistle she stole out and crouched in the grassy fosse beneath the wall . |
10 | When , after that , we used to hear controversy about Dr Paisley and later heard about his imprisonment in 1966 , because of that afternoon when we heard the gospel preached with power and conviction , we found ourselves tending to take his side in the controversy . |
11 | And later that afternoon when he drove her home in his car and he seemed unusually quiet , she sensed that he too was remembering that moment . |
12 | It had just gone four that afternoon when she had her answer . |
13 | That afternoon when I arrived at Miss Havisham 's house , it was n't Estella who opened the gate , but a cousin of the old lady 's . |
14 | With reference to your telephone conversation with my secretary on the 15th instant when you confirmed that you had completed your mortgage arrangements with Barclays Bank PLC , Bishops ' Stortford and that it was in order for me to deal with the draft Contract when it was received . |
15 | He had taken only a few hasty steps when he heard the tread of feet on the wooden steps above his head . |
16 | My son Mark was eight months when he started and Rachel was 2½ . |
17 | I hope she had n't done it that Saturday when we all were outside and we watching |
18 | Most of this was heathland until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries when it was largely enclosed . |
19 | He had originally charged only 10% back in 1946 , at a time when he was principally concerned with much lower-level searches , and had frequently experienced total losses when he had been unable to complete an assignment satisfactorily . |
20 | For example , imagine that you have a subordinate who persists in going home early each Friday when you are holding a routine staff meeting . |
21 | He drew it each Friday when he drew the men 's wages but he never handed the money over to Sarah until Saturday morning when she was off to do the shopping . ’ |
22 | 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 . |
23 | The man who had the responsibility of marking Chris Waddle managed to get forward throughout the game , the first time after 12 minutes when he stole into the box to rattle the Wednesday woodwork . |
24 | Actor Jimmy Nail , who plays the hard-nosed Geordie ‘ tec , was back in his home town of Newcastle upon Tyne for only 12 hours when they pounced . |
25 | In any case , I recall things reaching something of a climax one grey and drizzly afternoon when I was in the billiard room attending to Lord Darlington 's sporting trophies . |
26 | Murray , who will be closing his own commercial operations when he takes up his new appointment at the beginning of July , faces the daunting challenge of restoring the Fruitmarket 's critical fortunes . |
27 | So far , the Ramsdens have sent out 30 winners this season and they are hoping that they can snap up a tasty hors-d'oeuvre before the Newmarket feast by saddling their first winner at Ascot this afternoon when they run Line Of Vision and Hunter Valley . |
28 | Abingdon United came back down to earth with a bang this afternoon when they were defeated at home by three goals to nil by lowly Rayners Lane . |
29 | But I 'm you know that that could go this afternoon when I go to a couple of other appointments . |
30 | Never had an occasion to use , well the only time I 've used a newspaper as far as I know this afternoon when I emptied the bag . |