Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] the [noun sg] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been the deliberate policy of the Supplement to give these the prominence they lacked during the period when the OED was being edited . |
| 2 | He had very red hair and a pale complexion with masses of freckles all over his face , he was very popular with everyone and lived for the day when he could join the Army , particularly the Camerons . |
| 3 | Growth in the size of the legal profession occurred during the time when consumer movements were coming of age . |
| 4 | It could be due to the mild weather that occurred in the autumn when the lambs were conceived , he said . |
| 5 | Whatever became of the moment when one first knew about death ? |
| 6 | The next day Minton might insist on a walk on Hampstead Heath in the morning but the nub of the weekend came in the afternoon when all sat down to draw , Minton inspiring them all to work and try hard . |
| 7 | All that came from the time when Central News was transmitted from Birmingham . |
| 8 | ‘ It came to the stage when I was married to Michael but seeing him once a week , ’ said Gabrielle . |
| 9 | The election of Clinton came on the day when trade talks between Europe and the US broke down again . |
| 10 | An even bigger treat happened during the war when we went to Darlington again to see Big Bill Campbell and his Rocky Mountain Rhythm at the Hippodrome Theatre . |
| 11 | We shall travel the world together as poor beggarly men carrying our message to the planet , and everywhere we shall be spurned and everywhere we shall be glorified , and a light shall shine about him like to the light which shone upon the day when he raised me from the dead . |
| 12 | This happened at the time when the long bow was finally succeeded by the musket and pike . |
| 13 | It was also during this period that primitive man undoubtedly arrived at the time when he was able to communicate with his fellows with developing abilities more effective than those available to the rest of living creatures . |
| 14 | Only fourteen comprehensive schools existed at the time when Tony Crosland was writing : good grammar schools could not simply be swept away , nor the rights and duties of Local Education Authorities brushed aside . |
| 15 | … Whatever be the true view with regard to the act or neglect , I think that the appellant is entitled to say that the respondents ' ‘ default giving rise to the action ’ existed at the time when he suffered his injuries . |
| 16 | He was wearing a navy sweater and a light-coloured shirt and blue jeans , and her heart lurched because time shrank to the moment when she had finally walked away from him , one autumn morning , early , with their love already an awful deadweight in her memory . |
| 17 | But because the scandal broke at the time when one of the most popular pastimes in Yugoslavia was hunting for the scalps of former politicians , the moment the British press reported the involvement of Yugoslav diplomats , Tito 's family and the Yugoslav National Army , the silver became interesting . |
| 18 | And then it got to the stage when I did not want to , ’ she is alleged to have said . |
| 19 | ‘ It got to the stage when she dreaded waking up , ’ said Don . |
| 20 | Men like Jeremiah and Ezekiel looked for the day when God would forge a new covenant , or agreement , with men . |
| 21 | I decided I 'd have to tell you how I felt after the wedding when I thought you might be feeling more moved to accept advances from a Bluebeard . |
| 22 | Still no acknowledgement was made and it grew near the time when Gigia would be setting out on her journey . |
| 23 | Gist of this intelligence ( with , of course , the utmost care to protect its source ) must have been conveyed to all regional commands in the United Kingdom , and from there filtered downward , for this moment coincided with the time when Leslie declared his willingness to perform almost any task in order to help repel invaders . |
| 24 | I suppose it 's probably because his time at Leeds coincided with the time when I used to go to see them most frequently . |
| 25 | The one thing that John Milton knew from the moment when he first began to reflect on his destiny , was that he was going to write a great poem . |
| 26 | And their hopes died on the hour when Hateley 's dummy gave Ian Durrant the space to release him on the left . |
| 27 | A pilot for Rolls Royce , he died at the weekend when the Spitfire he was flying crashed onto the runway during an air display in Lancashire . |
| 28 | And as far as their consciences were concerned , they justified the colour under their brevets that they earned during the period when they were having grave doubts about their own efficiency . |
| 29 | Jeremiah longed for the day when God would , so to speak , underwrite both sides of the covenant . |
| 30 | They waited for the moment when I might put myself beyond their pale . |