Example sentences of "[adj] when [pron] did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most humiliating of all when he did intervene on the record he only contributed a further nuance to the policy confusion under way . |
| 2 | But he was pleased when I did take off at his command . |
| 3 | And there were a ninety yard dr drop but er Had it happen it very often of course , but it was rather unnerving when it did happen . |
| 4 | All the same when he did return she got a shock when she found he was accompanied by Mike and a complete stranger and that one side of Ace 's face was bruised and swollen . |
| 5 | But she was usually annoyed when she did get home . |
| 6 | She was breathless when she did catch up with him outside on the front doorstep . |
| 7 | As it was , she became more and more incensed as she tried to break out of his limpet-like hold , the result being that when she did manage to break free she was so outraged — just because she was a female contracts officer , the boss 's son thought he could do as he liked with her — that she verbally tore into him . |
| 8 | The counsellor feared that would be the last she heard from him so she was pleasantly surprised when he did come the following week , bearing a letter from Susie in Denmark . |