Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] when [pers pn] came " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Adele had pointed out , even men of integrity could behave differently when it came to women . |
| 2 | Lapsing into silence , she sipped her now unwanted coffee and only looked up when he came to sit opposite her , a large plate of bacon and eggs before him . |
| 3 | The baby overbalanced her ; she moved awkwardly when she came up and held out her hand . |
| 4 | He was talking to James , and stopped abruptly when she came into the room . |
| 5 | And today the Executive admitted it could do better when it came to grounds maintenance in that area of the city . |
| 6 | ‘ She was tired and sleepy but soon woke up when we came to her side . |
| 7 | There was just the erm Broomfield Staffield Tanys Dell erm Glebelands and that was the all the area that was built up when we came here . |
| 8 | I was lying down when you came in this evening . |
| 9 | What happened in when you came in with the har what was the |
| 10 | So was there a drama club going in when you came here ? |
| 11 | Erm in fact telephones , I mean talking back to nineteen forties and fifties , very few people had telephones , and it was n't uncommon in , in those days on fire engines , where , I know at Salisbury we did this , we took a bike and put it on the back of a fire engine , and if you were the youngest you were told , send the stock message back , or the informative message back , and find the telephone , and you pedalled and find the telephone , and , and you 'd get told off when you came back , why you were n't quicker about taking it . |
| 12 | He did not look up when we came in . |
| 13 | She did not look up when he came in . |
| 14 | Granville Again , who was going well when he came down , is the probable favourite . |
| 15 | He did n't look around when she came in , but asked her over the sizzling of bacon whether she wanted anything to drink . |
| 16 | How long had it been going then when you came ? |
| 17 | Kevin got up when they came in . |
| 18 | Claire got up when he came into the kitchen . |
| 19 | ‘ They were loading up to leave just when we came out . ’ |
| 20 | For many of us it was a huge disappointment ; a paradox , too , that a people who had proved themselves historically and geographically over and over again , who had shown a rare talent for managing the affairs of other people , should choose to chicken out when it came to managing their own . |
| 21 | Charles had his own household to deal with his affairs which he had brought together when he came out of the forces . |
| 22 | She was still giving forth when he came in to investigate . |
| 23 | He watched the two girls , who , to do them justice , thanked him very nicely , they were n't so badly brought up when you came to think about it , approach the shop by the side door . |
| 24 | Whereas in actual fact if they come in very nicely and ask very nicely , they might have got more than they actually got here when they came in shouting and yelling . |
| 25 | He looked up when I came in . |
| 26 | He looked up when I came in , gave a kind of cry and ran upstairs and into the study . |
| 27 | Malcolm looked up when I came in . |
| 28 | ‘ Someone could have been hiding here when we came into the church earlier today . |
| 29 | The landlord knew me , for Benjamin and I often lodged there when we came up to town . |
| 30 | And you know , you know when we thought , yeah well she 'd , she 'd just come on when she came down to my house and she was really , really , really in a happy mood ! |