Example sentences of "[verb] when [prep] [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this shows that today , for all I knew , it was not going to rain , and how can we allow that I know that it will rain when for all I know it wo n't ? |
| 2 | His life-long passion for his native city was further demonstrated when in 1860 he donated the then huge sum of £150,000 towards the restoration of St. Patrick 's Cathedral . |
| 3 | Here was I , struggling to free a walnut from its convoluted enclosure , exalting when at last I managed to obtain a whole half rather than a handful of shards , while in the next room was a packet replete with whole halves . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's that good to see you , Master Harry , ’ she said when at last they were all seated comfortably round the dining-table . |
| 5 | ‘ We need to talk about this , ’ he said when at last they broke apart . |
| 6 | This is enhanced when after all she has done to help her husband become king , she has to ask to see him . |
| 7 | Minton had already lent his talent to cooking when in 1946 he and Denton Welch prepared vignettes for Contemporary Cooking : Receipts from Vogue 1945–47 . |
| 8 | The continuity was then broken when in 1977 he was approached by a head-hunter and asked if he was interested in working in the communications industry , or Fleet Street — ‘ a contradiction in terms ’ , he said — and found himself working under Duke Hussey as commercial director at Times Newspapers , becoming general manager of the Sunday Times . |
| 9 | Parr was smiling when at last he greeted Jessica , his usual rather wolfish smile . |