Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] a [noun] when " in BNC.

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1 Neck and spoke they raced for mile after mile , the horse only drawing breath to ensure Ian was there to open the gates along the way , and to use Ian as a guide when Sally got lost in the maze of the Clubhouse car park !
2 Mrs Courtley had told the CHC of an incident when the ambulance she called took an hour to arrive .
3 Townsend , who once walked out on Wilkinson as a kid when he was on trial at Sheffield Wednesday said : ‘ I was having a nightmare until I scored .
4 This gold-covered oak cask was given by Charles to the Saxon chieftain Wittikind as a gift when he finally surrendered and accepted baptism in the year 785 .
5 Dickens of a rush when she what ? ’
6 Despite this , he felt she would love Anna as a daughter when she knew her better .
7 Laubscher , now in command of ‘ B ’ Flight , recalls : ‘ I was leading Sgt. Peter Jordan on a patrol when we were vectored onto a flight of Ju87s which had attacked the Grand Harbour .
8 The missing keys to the boat house and to the Princess had been the clue , spotted by Pete and reported to Ross Aldridge in a phonecall when Ted was out of earshot .
9 Fabia was seated beside Ven in a taxi when she realised that furious would be an understatement for what Ven would be if he ever learned that she had not only deceived him but , to add insult to injury , allowed him , believing her to be someone else , to house her and feed her into the bargain .
10 It might be added that William Hamilton was well supplied with interest to advance his settlement , for he had served Lord Haddington as a page when at college and had continued in Haddington 's service as chaplain .
11 McCann happened to be at home in Derry on a visit when he was invited to take part in a DHAC demonstration .
12 Only John of Ferentino , who acted for Innocent as a notary when subdeacon , was made a cardinal but he was not given the title of chancellor .
13 Wilko sidelined Cantona like a shot when he started getting uppity .
14 There was still enough ill-temper left in him to startle Vulcan into a gallop when two spurs were simultaneously jabbed into his body as they entered the straight stretch of forest track .
15 Cagliari — population 225,000 , stadium capacity 38,800 — is a city with its own strong soccer culture , and its own football hero , Luigi Riva ( pictured below , and , left , as celebrated by a lifesize statue in a local bar ) , who played for Cagliari as a left-winger when they won their one Italian league title in 1970 and was a prodigious scorer .
16 DEBBIE ADAMS had to let her East End terrace house in London in a hurry when her husband was re-located to Ireland with two months ' notice .
17 Above : The attic , once Veronica 's studio , was converted by John into a nursery when the quads arrived four years ago .
18 Nick , who met Rachel at a disco when she was a 17-year-old schoolgirl , said : ‘ Even the day after , she was still repeating over and over again that the world was going to end .
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