Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] when [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However corporacy became strained when the acute unit wanted to apply for self-governing status . |
| 2 | Industrial relations became strained when the post office abolished a flexible shift system at the SWindon branch . |
| 3 | Previously people were as likely to talk of a ‘ public broadcasting system ’ ; , but this became confusing when the distinctive US Tv network with that name was established , often using British programmes . |
| 4 | Jitters knew she was doing two people a favour , because Fat Juanita got depressed when the johnny-passing-throughs left her downstairs in the parlour with her knitting and gave all the custom to Gretchen , Connie Calzone , Margaret Running Deer and the Games Mistress . |
| 5 | ‘ But the smiles and the applause became prolonged when the familiar face stood up to acknowledge his reception like a conquering hero . |
| 6 | John Lennon dropped in on it , and got embarrassed when the poet , naked except for a pair of underpants draped round his head , kissed him on the cheek . |
| 7 | The civil servants watched with barely concealed glee as the ruling party became embarrassed when the North Koreans demanded compensation not only for Japan 's colonial rule but also for all the years since . |
| 8 | Bartlett 's ideas on schemata became popular when the development of computers meant that theories of this type could be programmed ( e.g. Minsky , 1975 ; Rumelhart , 1975 ; Schank , 1976 ) . |
| 9 | popular anger against inequalities in the distribution of food could be swiftly transferred into a grim determination to defeat the Hun , as became clear when the military stalemate broke in March 1918 . |
| 10 | All became clear when the jeep was unloaded at the other end . |
| 11 | The role of the probation service became clear when the Home Office published , in 1988c , Tackling Offending — An Action Plan ' , a document setting out how these proposals could be put into practice . |
| 12 | Many employees were engineers who built scientific equipment that they were unable to buy from the West and who became superfluous when the two German economies were combined . |
| 13 | The man is said to have gone into the post office , brandishing what appeared to be a handgun , then fled empty-handed when the female assistant ran into the rear of the premises . |
| 14 | The man is said to have gone into the post office , brandishing what appeared to be a handgun , then fled empty-handed when the female assistant fled into the rear of the premises . |
| 15 | Not only did the Tories win more votes than seemed possible when the election was announced , but they improved their position relative to Labour on 13 of the 14 issues that Gallup monitored during the campaign . |
| 16 | A last chance of compromise seemed possible when the veteran Léon Blum became the head of government in December : his pre-war record towards Vietnam had been good . |
| 17 | He seemed disappointed when the dispute was settled at higher levels . |
| 18 | It seemed surprised when the crustacean raised its claws and valiantly fought back . |
| 19 | The driver became suspicious when the man , dressed in a dark uniform approached him and asked him if he 'd been drinking . |
| 20 | It is a decay that became inevitable when the infamous Beeching Plan substituted the crass motif of economic viability for that of communal need , and ripped out the steel vertebrae of the nation , leaving whole areas more isolated than they had been at any time since the eighteenth century . |
| 21 | But at the height of Charlie 's love-affair with Celtic the romance turned sour when the player flatly rejected what he believed was an insulting financial offer from the Celtic board . |
| 22 | His father was a shipyard worker , made redundant when the yard was closed . |
| 23 | David Harper said he became frantic when the hay bales in the barn caught light . |
| 24 | Joseph Aspinall , five , escaped unhurt when the fireplace exploded in his room at Bispham , Lancs , yesterday . |
| 25 | An 18-year-old woman post room worker escaped uninjured when the package she was handling went off at the offices which were occupied by SNP demonstrators last week . |
| 26 | Three fire bombs had already been found and made safe when the first device went off , shortly after two this morning . |
| 27 | However , the weakness of the adjustment mechanism became critical when the United States , the linchpin of the system , suffered continual balance of payments problems . |
| 28 | A donor became available when a four-year-old girl died 10 days ago . |
| 29 | The need for remedial work on the roof covering became apparent when the worn-out lead valley gutters began to leak , although discomfort from this source had to be endured for almost two years until the Repairs Grant was awarded . |
| 30 | In the case of jade its aesthetic qualities only became apparent when the stone was polished . |