Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [art] [noun] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was considered quite an innovation when , after the First World War , the " progressive officials " of R. & R. Clark decided on " a combined " Annual " " in 1921 , " instead of one section having a smoker all on their own and the other a high tea and gossip " , as the ST[ put it . |
| 2 | A life of serious touring is exchanged for less glamorous travel : moved once a week when mum hoovers the bedroom . |
| 3 | The government 's crusade against that ( often Tory ) opposition will bring forward the day when Britain can confidently return to ’ go ’ . |
| 4 | He was remembering again the time when he returned to England fifteen years ago from the tropical island on which he had been left . |
| 5 | With a mental shrug she tried to ensure she kept up , knowing that nothing irritated him more than to be kept waiting even a second when he was in this mood . |
| 6 | I remember well the moment when the electricity came back on . |
| 7 | So Louise got quite a shock when , flicking through the local paper she saw that ANOTHER girl had been crowned carnival queen . |
| 8 | ‘ I used to go there every day when I was a boy . |
| 9 | The Company continued to hope for better times ; its monopoly was left intact under Charles II and James II , and it did not realize how the deterioration of its forts in West Africa was eating up its capital and bringing closer the day when large sums would have to be spent on rebuilding them . |
| 10 | By killing the cubs , the males bring forward the time when they can start reproducing . |
| 11 | Rance 's proposal to ask an AFPFL delegation to come to London for discussions was accepted , and Attlee informed parliament that they would ‘ hasten forward the time when Burma shall realise her independence ’ . |