Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] when a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A person with IBS who has ignored the symptoms for years may become acutely aware of them when a close relative succumbs to cancer . |
| 2 | We were speechless , but we morbidly crept towards him when a sudden snap from the forest warned that someone was approaching and we ran along the beach then through the trees , hearts pounding , and gasping for breath . |
| 3 | 3.35:TRIUMPH Hurdle hero Duke Of Monmouth had the ground against him when a well beaten third to STAUNCH FRIEND at Punchestown last backend . |
| 4 | I remember being with him when a drunken drug addict , brought to his door by Sgt. Hendry , broke away and lunged at Chief Fyvie bringing up his hand-cuffed wrists to strike the chief in the face . |
| 5 | I was with him when a TV interviewer asked him , ‘ Now Alec , tell us about your past . ’ |
| 6 | He was twenty fast metres along it when a cockney voice said : ‘ 'Ullo sailor watcherdoin' ternight ? ’ |
| 7 | Well it should be in the file and I asked for this and keep it before me when a scheme is set up , A we have a map which I must have sent out letters , |
| 8 | The choice was taken from her when a gust of wind suddenly snatched the door from her fingers and slammed it tight shut . |
| 9 | How could I possibly have neglected to think about her when a few weeks ago I could think of little else , in lubricious detail ? |
| 10 | She stood on the threshold of that world when war broke out and she went to work in a factory ; it began to open up for her when a photographer first spotted her and the camera became her true love . |
| 11 | My lesson lasted about half the time of Tony 's , terminating as he was explaining the purpose of the deadman 's handle to me when a gust filled his chute and hauled him off in fine style . |
| 12 | What does it mean to you when a man is n't thinking clearly ? ’ |
| 13 | Men from the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders berthed on the ship and on one occasion she had war scars inflicted on her when a bomb fell on Portland Place and debris rained down on the top deck gouging pieces out of the timbers . |
| 14 | The leader of the party belonged to a Roman Catholic family and in the council and Northern Ireland Assembly elections of the previous year , Roman Catholics had frequently voted for it when a republican candidate was not standing . |