Example sentences of "[art] few [noun pl] when [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | On the few occasions when I had ventured a criticism , he always picked on some word or expression I used to prove his point , claiming that it was a subconscious betrayal of my true nature and my real thought . |
2 | He used to work as a policeman and , on the few occasions when he was in extreme danger , automatically did whatever had to be done without any thought for his own safety . |
3 | He was impressed by her intelligence and , on the few occasions when he asked her opinion , by the growing assurance of her taste . |
4 | On the few occasions when she had been compelled to enter the water , she had stayed in the very shallowest part of the pool and had never for a moment released her grip on the handrail . |
5 | One of the few occasions when she had been really cross with me had been when I suggested he might have been wiser to make some sort of provision for his wife and son . |
6 | It was the first time the monarch had ever used a Thames passenger ferry — and one of the few occasions when she had arrived at an official engagement by public transport in the UK . |
7 | ‘ We went a few rounds when I was big enough to stand up to him . ’ |
8 | MASTER potter Michael Hughes hopes to raise more than just a few laughs when he takes part in a marathon charity event . |
9 | Anton Rogan ( central defender/full back ) : Brought a few smiles when he revealed his ‘ grandad ’ vest at Stamford Bridge , but his switch to the heart of defence has proved to be an inspirational decision by Malcolm Crosby . |
10 | It seemed that I was asleep for just a few minutes when I was awakened by some noisy bastard shouting into the trench . |
11 | On several of the meres I fish I can tell to within a few minutes when I will get bites . |
12 | I had not been counting own goals for more than a few minutes when I heard extraordinary sounds coming from my wardrobe . |
13 | ‘ Well , I 'd been on the boat a few minutes when I heard someone pounding along the gangway and going ashore , so I knew I 'd been right . ’ |
14 | I had been walking for only a few minutes when I was surprised to see Miss Stapleton sitting on a rock ahead of me . |
15 | Glenn Hoddle raised more than a few eyebrows when he took over at the County Ground last April . |
16 | ‘ Hopefully I will be able to continue with a few engagements when I return to Northern Ireland . ’ |
17 | However , we had n't gone more than a few yards when she stopped and turned around . |
18 | The Officer had gone a few yards when he suddenly fell to the ground . |
19 | He had only walked a few yards when he noticed an elderly lady approaching him in a somewhat hesitant manner . |
20 | Glen Campbell used a similar approach on a few tracks when he did the sessions for The Everlys ' wonderful Great Country Hits album of 1963 . |
21 | ‘ I always pop into the Prince of Wales for a few bevvies when I leave here , so does Fred . |
22 | I went off to school camp for a few days when I was ten , and Mum suggested I took some sanitary towels with me in case my period started , but I dismissed this as silly and unnecessary . |
23 | I should add that there are also a great many flowers that seem to have rather negative meanings , such as the lovely little lawn daisy , which apparently means ‘ delay ’ , or ‘ return after a few days when I may give you an answer ’ — not necessarily the most suitable text to put on a bookmark . |
24 | There were only a few occasions when I remembered the news room falling silent as news came in via satellite . |
25 | Jackie concluded : ‘ Jasper certainly was n't born with a silver spoon in his mouth , but there are quite a few occasions when he needs one now — of the sugar variety , of course ! ’ |
26 | That was , that was what the crew were getting four pound a week and course my father that time he done away with a cabin boy so I had to do more or less two jobs , see if I were n't working on deck I 'd go down and clean the cabins and that 's how , that 's how we kept the money going course then after a few years when they got to the finish about nineteen thirty one then the harbourmaster turned round and he ruc reduced our wages five shillings a week , so we were getting three pound fifteen a week . |
27 | I can just imagine what it 's gon na look like in a few years when it gets |
28 | Modigliani saw the potential of the boy , who ironically became Beatrice 's lover within a few years when he was 18 and she was over 40 . |
29 | ‘ Even if he only lived here for a few years when he was small , I wanted him to know something of his roots , to be aware of his background . ’ |
30 | We shall have Bryan Robson and Lee Sharpe mush fitter in a few weeks when they have had more games . ’ |