Example sentences of "[noun] when [pers pn] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strong words when you consider the market in cholesterol-lowering drugs has expanded by 34.4 per cent a year for the last five years . |
| 2 | The Tory government contributed to proliferation when it permitted the supply of nuclear weapons material to Saddam Hussein . |
| 3 | Guernsey made short work of the opposition when they won the event on home soil in 1990 . |
| 4 | I knew I must be nearing Clumber when I saw the Robin Hood and Little John Hotel from the train window . |
| 5 | He was absolutely worshipped by all disinterested persons at G.Q.G. When he entered the hotel , tapping the floor with his stick and looking about him with the mischievous and bright glances of a boy , every one came up to him instinctively , only too pleased to see him . |
| 6 | In fact once submerged they had to find a red rod and drag themselves along it to the other side of the stage ; more than one mother screamed in fear when she saw the show . |
| 7 | A pronouncement which proved to be news to his own personnel department when he made the first anguished inquiries . |
| 8 | He was at the Department when it abolished the maternity grant . |
| 9 | I really have never felt even a flicker of emotion when I sang the National Anthem . |
| 10 | Terry and Ian Whelan were six miles out to sea off Southport 's coast when they dropped the compass . |
| 11 | I want to end by saying that we need now to f go over this hurdle of liberation make sure that the vast majority of black South Africans who are deeply angry and I saw this anger because I was in South Africa when Chris was assassinated and this anger was turning into rage and the country was on a knife edge it could have blown up , the country would have burned had it not been for the diplomatic achievement of , of enormous stature by Nelson Mandela when he addressed the whole nation and in a sense seized power informally from white and black and the country managed to survive that but if that anger turns into rage again then the country could burn and I do n't say this to be dramatic but just to warn that in those moments when the media and so on do n't explain the situation well do n't forget our people because they have had to cope with this situation . |
| 12 | As Palace impressed in Division One in 1990–91 , Mark 's prowess gained further recognition when he scored The Eagles ' decisive goal against Liverpool in the televised Football League match on 30 December , but Palace fans had by then long since ceased to need any persuading that this intelligent and hard-working centre-forward is among the best in the country . |
| 13 | Graeme Souness , an Edinburgh man who does n't frighten easily , once recalled how the scariest moment of his life unfolded outside Parkhead when he made the acquaintance of two locals . |
| 14 | Her work was recognised at Crufts when she won the breed rescue section of the Rescue Personality Of The Year Award , put together by Pet Plan and Dog World . |
| 15 | But as the judge quashed the indictment , the men were re-arrested in the dock and four other charges were brought : recruiting persons for training in sabotage and guerrilla warfare for the purpose of violent revolution , conspiring to aid foreign military units when they invaded the republic , furthering the aims of communism and soliciting and receiving funds for these purposes from several countries . |
| 16 | Thus , in December 1983 it was made very clear that other unions would not encourage the small National Graphical Association when it defied the law over Eddie Shah 's nonunion printing operations in Warrington and insisted on conducting a strike deemed by the high court to be illegal . |
| 17 | King drew first blood when he took the opening set 7-5 , thanks mainly to counts of 3 on the first and third ends , but Corsie 's reply was immediate : a 7-1 second-set triumph in five ends . |
| 18 | King drew first blood when he took the opening set 7-5 , thanks mainly to counts of 3 on the first and third ends , but Corsie 's reply was immediate : a 7-1 second-set triumph in five ends . |
| 19 | On one occasion , Du Camp records , ‘ Flaubert was leaving Paris for Rouen when she entered the waiting-room of the station and went through such tragic scenes that the railway officials were obliged to interfere . |
| 20 | ‘ There was no way I could have got out of the car when I saw the lorry coming towards me , ’ Adam , 26 , said yesterday . |
| 21 | Leith was reversing her car when she spotted the Jaguar which she had first seen — grief , was it only yesterday morning ? |
| 22 | You might rarely want to roll the treble off the neck pickup , but you can take treble off the bridge pickup , if it 's a little hairy for you , and still be sure of a full-treble sound on the neck pickup when you hit the switch hard left . |
| 23 | This will help to make the seal when you reassemble the joint . |
| 24 | Two ducks were flying over their favourite pond when they heard the sound of a hunter 's gun and turned tail to flee . |
| 25 | ‘ There will come a time , Creggan , when you will learn that the fretting here in these Cages when you think the world has passed you by has taught you more than all the flights , and kills , and territories you may have made or seen . |
| 26 | Paul had the technical know-how to copy Edison 's Kinetoscope when he realized the American inventor had n't covered all the necessary patents , to make his own camera when Edison cut off the supply of films and produce a film projector , the Theatrograph , within two months of hearing about Lumière 's invention . |
| 27 | She was pregnant with Maisie when she filmed the scene and found it very disturbing to have to act out the motions of a woman losing her baby . |
| 28 | There was the gleam of a Marat in his eyes , and his eloquence took on a Satanic ring when he invoked the rising wrath of his colleagues against the festering scum that by cowardice and sloth had reduced the British Empire to a moribund thing , in peril of annihilation . |
| 29 | Now he aims to come top in the ring when he faces the more experienced Dark Destroyer . |
| 30 | SELLAFIELD apprentice is aiming to establish himself in Great Britain 's amateur rugby league under-19 side when he takes the field in Albi , France later this month . |