Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ' [noun sg] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | K. Peacock , of Belgrave Terrace , Hurworth Place , Darlington , remembers the whole class stood for a few minutes ' silence when told the news at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School . |
| 2 | DROMORE High lifted their third successive High Schools ' Cup when they defeated perennial opponents Limavady High in yesterday 's final shoot-out at Ravenhill . |
| 3 | It was usual for the Girls to stay at the English Girls ' Club when they first arrived . |
| 4 | They LIED last Tuesday in their weekly works ' newsletter when they said : ‘ Reprocessing has been temporarily halted because of maintenance work . ’ |
| 5 | Chief Supt Bill Hills , head of the force 's uniform operations department , will have completed more than 35 years ' service when he leaves the job . |
| 6 | That might help undo memories of living in or around Lucca in a displaced persons ' camp when they left Trieste ; a little cosseted security makes up for the times when there were seventeen families in one room . |
| 7 | HOUNSLOW will be defending an unbeaten record in the European Cup-Winners ' Cup when they set off for Holland today to compete in this season 's final stages . |
| 8 | Elation returned after 27 months ' drought when he won his first ranking tournament at the Mercantile Credit in Bournemouth last January . |
| 9 | Raymond Allison , 17 , of Amberley Green , Pallister Park , Middlesbrough , was sentenced to nine months in a young offenders ' institute when he appeared before Teesside Crown Court yesterday . |