Example sentences of "[noun] when [pers pn] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not one word on the environment passed the Prime Minister 's lips when he welcomed the Queen 's Speech at the start of this Session . |
| 2 | I can not recall seeing any other walkers when I climbed the Ben by the route I have described some thirty-odd years ago although the day was fine and the month May . |
| 3 | This was n't quite what I told Dennis when he brought the matter up . |
| 4 | She could not believe her eyes when she saw the Tillers being marched off in the crocodile line to the English Girls ' Club after rehearsals . |
| 5 | Scarcely had I got myself fairly comfortable and closed my eyes when I heard the sound of people running I hurriedly tried to think up some famous last words to give my public , but never had a chance to utter them . |
| 6 | ‘ I just could n't believe my eyes when I opened the box and a small white West Highland Terrier looking up at me . |
| 7 | ‘ No , I gave you back some tearducts when I inserted the new model . |
| 8 | Mr Clarke revealed the fresh job losses when he addressed the annual conference of the breakaway Union of Democratic Mineworkers in Weymouth , where he faced angry questions from delegates who feel badly let down by the corporation . |
| 9 | The minister disappointed some supporters when he confirmed the Government had abandoned plans for legislation to curb the activities of the National Union of Students . |
| 10 | And when Elvis sang That 's All Right Mama he was 20 , as was Eric Clapton when he left The Yardbirds to join an aged John Mayall ( reputed to be in his … gasp … thirties even then ) to make that seminal Bluesbreakers LP . |
| 11 | He drew it each Friday when he drew the men 's wages but he never handed the money over to Sarah until Saturday morning when she was off to do the shopping . ’ |
| 12 | 10:5–7 ) He used similar words when he appointed the Seventy . |
| 13 | Thoreau wrote about those little flasks of music and these were his words when he heard the bobolink : |
| 14 | Ian Eggars of Paxton opened the scoring in the fifth minute , but Jason Chandler equalised before half-time when he spotted the 'keeper off the line and lobbed him . |
| 15 | He had taken only a few hasty steps when he heard the tread of feet on the wooden steps above his head . |
| 16 | He left economy-watchers scratching their heads when he said the slump had ‘ hidden ’ the real upward trends in the country 's prosperity . |
| 17 | He tested the brakes when he reached the top . |
| 18 | As Edward VII , he took a major step in healing any rift between the two countries when he met the Czar during a trip to Russia in 1908 in an attempt to win his support against the German Kaiser . |
| 19 | Prisons Minister Peter Lloyd caused uproar in February when he announced the Home Office was resurrecting plans to build the 600-inmate jail just yards from Fazakerley Hospital . |
| 20 | Prisons Minister Peter Lloyd caused uproar in February when he announced the Home Office was resurrecting plans to build the 600-inmate jail just yards from Fazakerley Hospital . |
| 21 | He showed that when winning the prestigious Stuttgart tournament in February when he beat the top two players in the world within seven days . |
| 22 | This scene of chaos confronted Ray when he regained the sitting-room . |
| 23 | She scrubbed out the houses of Dutch burghers when she had the strength , or she took in washing . |
| 24 | Glenys Carter , the director of Playmatters the National Toy Libraries Association , was welcomed by Labour candidate Peter Mandelson when she visited the office of the Hartlepool Toy Library in Victoria Road yesterday . |
| 25 | Andy has also been successful with other players : he was with the American Tom Purtzer when he won the 1984 Phoenix Open , with Craig Stadler from the US when the ‘ Walrus ’ won the 1985 Swiss Open , and there were two World Cup triumphs for Andy and his man — an individual title with Englishman Howard Clark in the 1985 Cup , and a team title with David Llewellyn of Wales in 1987 . |
| 26 | Robert Montague was staying at a friend 's house in Cornwall one long , wet weekend in early December when he realised the moment had come to strike . |
| 27 | A good eight hour sleep following a hot bath did not prevent a certain stiffness of limbs when I attended the Cities Service programme rehearsal with Jessica Dragonette and Andre Kostelanetz the next afternoon . |
| 28 | Paul Weir won the title in May when he stopped the Mexican Hernando Martinez at the Scottish Exhibition Centre in only his sixth professional fight . |
| 29 | STEVE DAVIS , the defending champion , lost his quarter-final clash with Ken Doherty in the most humiliating circumstances when he forfeited the deciding frame and the match on the ‘ miss ’ rule at the Benson and Hedges Irish Masters at Goff 's , County Kildare . |
| 30 | We are giving you the opportunity of winning the shirt worn by Liverpool and Wales star Ian Rush when he beat the club 's goal scoring record . |