Example sentences of "[noun] when it [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the RUC , a police car was on routine patrol in the town 's High Street when it spotted the suspicious van around 10.35 am parked outside the Halifax building society . |
| 2 | Slater echoed industry doubts about Intel 's commitment to the unsuccessful device , which Olivetti was going to use to build a workstation until the last minute when it scrapped the whole project in favour of DEC 's Alpha ( UX No 390 ) . |
| 3 | The Open Software Foundation attempted to fan the flames of scandal at Unix Expo in New York last week when it broke the news that Sun Microsystems Inc has been funding the lawsuit brought against it by security software house Addamax last year ( UX No 331 ) . |
| 4 | The paper gave fuel to its detractors last week when it named the woman who has accused Edward Kennedy 's nephew of raping her in Palm Beach at Easter . |
| 5 | The government claimed on Jan. 16 that security forces had destroyed the rebels ' headquarters , but on the following day the BRA staged one of its most spectacular actions to date when it attacked the island 's prison , releasing all Bougainville inmates and killing five prison officers . |
| 6 | Only a few of our members who have these qualifications are able to help , and we therefore rely heavily on ‘ friends from other churches ’ , a poor phrase when applied to such friends as Gilbert Clark , Duncan Curr and David Wright ; and the phrase also acquired a different meaning this year when it included the Rev. John Page , Minister of Dunlop , and his wife Janie , who daily travelled many Scriptural ‘ second miles ’ from their church to join us . |
| 7 | They passed it on 19th April when it obtained the Royal Assent and became law with the short title , The Public Offices Extension Act 1859 . |
| 8 | In July he saw his party make history when it won the first governorship conceded by the ruling party in 60 years . |