Example sentences of "[noun] when [pron] did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were times during the long hours of dark when he did drop into an uneasy doze , but never for more than a few minutes together . |
| 2 | Or the need to race to the phone like a lunatic every time it rings ( for someone else ) and to blame your mother because you were at the pub when he did phone . |
| 3 | There is no more evidence for these suggestions , however , than for the possible suggestion that the office was largely honorary and created ad hominem for Molla Fenari , perhaps as an inducement to return from Karaman or as an additional honour when he did return . |
| 4 | Result of this raid was complete stoppage of production for two months , deliveries when they did recommence being only a fraction of previous supplies , thirty enemy aircraft destroyed in aerial combat and 38 on the ground . |
| 5 | So I took it out on Phil when he did show up which was natural enough I suppose but probably unhelpful . |
| 6 | Their hostility and antagonism was shown through non-attendance at meetings and by their obstructive behaviour when they did turn up . |
| 7 | mother used to spend most of her time in the local when she did come and er |
| 8 | King : Sweet Emma , you remember far too well The jeers and cat-calls mingled with the praise When you did sing and dance for half an hour In your own TV show . |
| 9 | We saw less and less of each other and fought like tigers when we did spend time together . |
| 10 | It need not , however , have had the significance it acquired in tenth-century documents when it did come to express claims to a kingship of all Anglo-Saxons . |
| 11 | Of course when they did reappear the predictable line ‘ And on the seventh day he rested ’ was much used . |
| 12 | Well when you had your grab , you used to lower it on the deck of the , deck of the erm trawler and when you open your grab , that much , a lot of it hold up in the grab you see , you could n't get so of course when you did take your grab up , lot of it went over the side . |
| 13 | The Hanoverians of the early eighteenth century diluted their grip on power both by their frequent absences from executive meetings and by their occasional lack of command of the nation 's language when they did attend . |
| 14 | He was perfectly amiable to her on the few occasions when they did meet ; sometimes she even felt that he liked her . |
| 15 | I found it personally difficult to justify the cost to my society of attending these occasions in times of recession , and I would have dearly loved to have had the support of my spouse on the occasions when I did go . |
| 16 | Not surprisingly , against this background , family relationships were very strained and Gary was so unpopular that on the rare occasions when he did behave appropriately it went unnoticed and unattended to , which meant he was only getting attention for antisocial behaviour . |
| 17 | With full-time day employment in an office , this part-time female reservist actually enjoyed outdoor beat work compared to those occasions when she did guard duty in the station . |