Example sentences of "[vb pp] when [pron] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stared at the rim of her cup and said tonelessly , ‘ As you 'll have gathered , I was — devastated when I heard Elise had died . |
| 2 | Having taken Sir Lewis to task over the delay in holding the agm and Mr Michel 's joining fee , Mr Middlemass was applauded when he took issue with the extraordinary motion to increase the employees ' discount on share options to 20 per cent . |
| 3 | It was her air of nervous tension that set her apart from the other passengers as she jumped from the train at Stowbridge , searching the platform with a fraught expression that only partially lifted when she caught sight of Melissa . |
| 4 | Charlotte 's family are absolutely overwhelmed when they hear news of the marriage while Elizabeth is shocked by the news and believes that Charlotte will never be happy with Mr. Collins . |
| 5 | The warmth of the detective inspector 's greeting cooled when he caught sight of Dexter behind Blanche 's shoulder . |
| 6 | He gave Beresford a torrid afternoon , and the full-back was booked when he ended McManaman 's first run with a crude challenge . |
| 7 | There was none of the back-slapping and encouragement the President-elect enjoyed when he toured US hamburger joints . |
| 8 | He dreamed of going out in glory , winning the best-platoon prize — a dream that appeared to be shattered when he saw Ken and his barrack mates arrive . |
| 9 | But all complaints should be forgotten when one hears Chiu 's account of three Bach-Busoni Chorale Preludes . |
| 10 | I tell you ; I felt exactly like that other brilliant fellow must have felt when he discovered penicillin . |
| 11 | Something the innkeeper had said when I made apologies for possessing no luggage had begun to tip my mood . |
| 12 | Second year … full classes is the problem … this ( syllabus ) was written when we had half-classes . ’ |
| 13 | We need to follow up the contacts already made when we invited comment on the idea of a course ( in any case , I promised to let them know what happened ) . |
| 14 | Watching him , Julia remembered Mark Heathwood 's descriptions of the favourable impression Kesselring had made when he gave evidence at Nuremberg . |
| 15 | I will certainly consider the points that the hon. Gentleman made when I read Hansard and consider the ways in which it may be possible to dilute or circumvent the effect of independent arbitration in the way that the hon. Gentleman suggested . |
| 16 | The Doctor ( 12 , 123 mins ) William Hurt stars as Jack , the arrogant heart surgeon who finds the operating tables turned when he contracts throat cancer . |
| 17 | It was what their parents had done when they had guests . |
| 18 | Payton had been hauled down by Penney , so justice was seen to be done when he hit Mohan 's free-kick past Veysey . |
| 19 | Another example of Portia 's dishonesty is shown when she tests Bassanio with the ring she had just given to him . |
| 20 | Her insensitivity is shown when she takes Esther and Ada to visit the family of an unemployed brickmaker and his wife Jenny . |
| 21 | Close supervision of patients is needed when they have delusions or hallucinations concerning the baby . |
| 22 | But Caro 's enthusiasm was unleashed when he visited Rome in May of last year and was shown Trajan 's Markets . |
| 23 | Had they not all agreed when they left Ecalpemos and went their separate ways that it.was to be as if they had never met , known each other , lived together , that in future they must be strangers and more than strangers ? |
| 24 | Their cause was not helped when they lost Neale Dakin with injury early on . |
| 25 | Matters were not helped when we found Doctor Agrippa waiting for us in a seaside tavern , cheerful and full of life as a well-fed sparrow . |
| 26 | The greatest Scottish architect of his time , Sir Robert Lorimer , was enchanted when he visited Munstead Wood in 1897 . |
| 27 | The feeling intensified when she met Marshall who gave a knowing look and said : ‘ I expect you 're working for Mr Harbury . ’ |
| 28 | The claim that no spelling unit smaller than the word but bigger than the grapheme is used when we read non-words aloud can be tested with non-words like gean , geak , and gead . |
| 29 | It is a word which is mostly only used when we discuss Hitler 's treatment of the Jews or when we consider Cambodia . |
| 30 | This sort of fraternal instinct is further demonstrated when he delivers Eddie 's epitaph in the closing lines of the play ; he identifies with the dead man and feels an irrational love for him , despite his destructive actions , and shows a very brotherly kind of sorrow . |