Example sentences of "[vb pp] when [pron] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Melanie and Victoria each had a fat , foil-wrapped tangerine from an aromatic , tissue-padded cardboard box , which was being unpacked when they went in together for potatoes and cooking apples ; and the greengrocer lady , nodding her gold earrings , promised Victoria a solid triangle of muscatel raisins if she was a good girl and if the muscatel raisins did not sell . |
| 2 | ‘ She said he was devastated when you went back to England after Seville — ’ |
| 3 | So she 's phoned , and I says , ask them if they 're coming to board up the windows which were boarded when she went in ? |
| 4 | Stressed when you get up . |
| 5 | The sky was gun-metal but the deluge had not come when they set out for a cafe . |
| 6 | She tried to put him out of her mind while she drove along and had almost succeeded when she pulled up outside the surgery and saw a car standing in the yard . |
| 7 | He had been too young to read the note but he could still remember how that table had looked when he came in , its top at the time the height of his own shoulder . |
| 8 | She was aware of him settling himself on the floor in the corner by the bench , then stiffened when he picked up one of her finished pieces . |
| 9 | It 's like Jim at work he 's shattered when he comes in . |
| 10 | But even these strange raptures were forgotten when they got off and , outside the flats , Erika turned on Paul . |
| 11 | You see , we did get it all completely repaired when we moved in , cos it was in a hell of a state from Peter ! |
| 12 | Continue to play tricks if it amuses you , Claudia — no doubt the truth will be revealed when we meet up with them . |
| 13 | Noticed when he came back in the afternoon , while he was talking to Rose . |
| 14 | Lads and lassies who were newly hired locally would be readily accepted when they turned up , looking for a bit of company and conversation . |
| 15 | In 1966 its role was expanded when it took over the Ministries of Aviation and Fuel and Power . |
| 16 | The family strategy is that Daddy must n't be disturbed when he comes in at six . |
| 17 | They were brilliant times to live in he then me uncle Ed come on leave , from France , yeah I had a look at his rifle he used to bring all his equipment cos they did n't know if the units had moved when they got back and if they used to be lucky enough to get a leave , they used to have to bring all their equipment with them you see and he used to bring his rifle , everything on leave , and I , I always remember asking him why he had n't , if he 'd killed any Germans , why he had n't got any notches on his rifle he erm |
| 18 | A lot of things were said when we broke up and perhaps we regret saying them . |
| 19 | Faldo just stayed in touch thanks to putts of 15 and 30 feet at the 14th and 16th for a round of 69 , while Ballesteros felt he had been robbed when he came in with a 68 . |
| 20 | Thousands of imported sheep had left their devastating mark and the latest ‘ crop ’ , the deer , finished off any saplings the sheep might have missed when they came down from the high tops in the winter . |
| 21 | Issued , it 's written when you fill in the application form or submit it , it 's issued once it 's been underwritten or been accepted by the drug dealer if you like . |
| 22 | It also noted that the master of the Ocean Ranger was not sufficiently prepared when he took over two weeks before the disaster , and that the operating manual contained too little information on how to use the manual backup to the ballast system . |
| 23 | The Mortgage Indemnity Guarantee is a charge for which you should be prepared when you take out your loan if it is for more than 70 or 80 per cent of the property 's value . |
| 24 | Yeah have you seen when he blows up that guy ? |
| 25 | ‘ This hunger-striking buffoon sneaks out to eat so he can be well fed when he takes over the presidency , but he is screwed , ’ General Noriega said of his opponent . |
| 26 | Annabel did let slip that the first thing she had done when she packed up tennis as a career was to lose weight . |
| 27 | Yeah , I had old Rosie here done when I got out . |
| 28 | " You 'll be met when you step off the boat in Kingston , and taken to a safe house , and then you 'll be absorbed into the organization at some level . |
| 29 | A 13-month-old London boy drowned when he fell off a ‘ topple-proof ’ bath chair while his mother had left him for a few moments . |
| 30 | And should an original and lovely ‘ Samuel Palmer ’ sketch or ‘ Vermeer ’ canvas be any less valued when it turns out to be by Tom Keating or Henricus van Meegaeren ? |