Example sentences of "[noun pl] when [pron] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Duchess of York yesterday left cancer-stricken Polish children lost for words when she handed out copies of her Budgie books in English . |
| 2 | The new fifth television channel , wherever it is situated , will open up further opportunities for programme-makers when it starts up at the end of 1993 . |
| 3 | ‘ I am not sure whether I will get a hot reception from the fans when I run out at Ayresome Park . |
| 4 | It was the dying days of the citizen Army , the young men who were reluctantly called up to serve their Queen and country — to learn how to fire a gun , to march in step and to use contraceptives when they took out the girl from the NAAFI on Saturday nights . |
| 5 | PS To stop your child 's head rolling around in cars when they doze off , try the Sleepy Head Support Cushion from Bettacare Ltd ( 0306 888299 ) . |
| 6 | Watch her hands , face and legs when you pass through there . ’ |
| 7 | They told us it was gon na be a land fit fer 'eroes when we got back from France , but they soon changed their tune . |
| 8 | Sandy , what 's going to happen to these kids when they go back to their dull , boring school laboratories and classes after having seen the vision of your course and what physics can possibly be in the future ? |
| 9 | We had 24 computers when we opted out ; now we have 150 . |
| 10 | ‘ The SS went to a great deal of trouble on the public relations side : there was background music , lorries ready to transport women , children and the infirm , while prisoners were at hand to act as porters ; in short an atmosphere of relative welcome greeted the Jews when they got out of the cattle trucks … ’ |
| 11 | He fought with the Eighth Army and was mentioned in dispatches when he shot down a German plane with a machine-gun he had captured from an Italian plane . |
| 12 | These days many people know that they should bend their knees when they bend down to pick up an object , but this is only half the story . |
| 13 | and train the English lads when they came out for that kind of work |
| 14 | We 're a little bit topsy and turvy cos er our programme researcher Sophie er is er is not with us today and as a result we 're a bit topsy and turvy and I have n't got all the papers associated with Foster and Allen but we 'll get all the details from F two lads when they come in . |
| 15 | Herrington CW failed to ease their relegation worries when they went down 3–1 at home to Annfield Plain . |
| 16 | There was a time when most young boys wanted to be engine drivers when they grew up . |
| 17 | The engine will also be offering lessons on the footplate to all those who really did want to be engine drivers when they grew up , with the help of an experienced fireman . |
| 18 | Sitting at a table in the corner so that they can see the door , catch the others ' eyes when they come in . |
| 19 | BEMUSED rail commuters could hardly believe their eyes when they stepped off trains at a rainswept Merseyside station yesterday . |
| 20 | Iain Macleod had tears in his eyes when he came up to congratulate Mollie . |
| 21 | I was sure he had had a gloating look in his eyes when he found out I had been robbed . |
| 22 | Jenkins unlocked one of the bedrooms when they got back to the Windorah and switched on the light after he had crossed to the window to draw the curtains . |
| 23 | Irvine 's Jim Muir bids to his fellow Scots when he lines up against Tony Allcock — twice a former world champion — later today . |
| 24 | In 1914 Boccioni wrote : ‘ We were aware of Cubism as it had been publicized in France in articles and books when we came out with the technical manifesto of Futurist painting ( 11 April 1910 ) and with our first exhibition at the Bernheim Gallery ( 6 February 1912 ) . ’ |
| 25 | Julian Russell was working on the Greek cruiser Oceanos when it went down in the Indian Ocean . |
| 26 | What will happen to their pay packets when they end up working in the private sector , often for less money — because we know that the national health service is simply a Bill away from being privatised ? |
| 27 | It is straightforward — you paddle like hell straight at the beach and with luck and strength can get the boat far enough up to ensure dry feet when you get out . |
| 28 | Mm , I 'll go back with him and he 'll wear his bloody shoes when I go back with him , how much they charging you for the repairs ? |
| 29 | One of the worst forms of slavery today is practised by the developed countries when they keep down the prices of basic products by subsidizing and dumping products and so competing with those that are vital for the countries of the Third World2 . ’ |
| 30 | Let her parents know about her movements when she goes out at night ; she will tell them where she is and with whom , and let them know what time she 'll be home . |