Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] [adv] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were rather taken aback when they realised they would be learning about the way the planning system operates ! |
| 2 | No one was placed except the nine of us who were sitting at Robin 's table , and we were just asked quietly when we went in ‘ to go to the table with the birthday cake on it ’ . |
| 3 | These air-holes were usually kept open when the stove was burning , because too much smoke in a small , airless hut could kill the shepherd . |
| 4 | But you were always allowed home when the children were not at school . |
| 5 | They stayed first in the hotel and were still living there when John was born . |
| 6 | ‘ And you were still sitting here when the eunuch came ? ’ 'l was , ’ said the steersman . |
| 7 | They were still sitting together when Hotspur came from the prince 's apartments . |
| 8 | About 90 per cent of the ravers were still dancing enthusiastically when closedown finally came . |
| 9 | But he was concerned to prevent the system becoming a greater burden than ever through malpractice of the sort which the Worcester monk Hemming reports when he says that estates were sometimes taken even when the money due had been paid on time . |
| 10 | The upsurgence of the motor car was forcibly rammed home when the cross-country holiday route , the Midland & Great Northern Joint line from Peterborough across Norfolk to Great Yarmouth Beach station was shut on 28 February 1959 . |
| 11 | A student at Lashan Gliding Centre was badly hurt once when the glider lifted off the ground and came down on top of him as he walked by the nose . |
| 12 | He was somewhat taken aback when Robin pointed out that he was entitled to use the name anyway . |
| 13 | When I arrived at the Palace gates with my invitation card I was somewhat taken aback when two or three in the crowd around the railings recognized me and asked for autographs — in that place of all places ! |
| 14 | He was somewhat taken aback when we identified ourselves as Customs , muttering something about clearing customs at Poole Quay later . |
| 15 | In his notable achievement , Gavin discovered that apart from surface tension ( already known ) other components were also responsible for the remarkable adhesion , namely viscosity in wet adhesion , and that each pad was gently peeled away when movement occured . |
| 16 | Many parents felt that their own contribution to the assessment was only taken seriously when it supported what the professionals were saying . |
| 17 | Er people did not , in fact , wish to pay taxes in order to allow erm their rulers to play the game of war and the limited sums of money available for these wars was soon expended so when your cash ran out , then you sued for peace you , you engaged in negotiations . |
| 18 | So the locomotive of change was already rolling powerfully when Lord Hanson made his unwelcome appearance on the share register the following May . |
| 19 | Even Mortimer felt a tingle of horror as he saw the figure approach Ace and laugh , but he was momentarily taken aback when Ace 's hands suddenly whipped round and grabbed the man 's shoulders , and she kneed him swiftly in the groin . |
| 20 | The man was just turning away when Breeze stopped him . |
| 21 | ‘ I was just coming home when I got hit in the engine . |
| 22 | Although Mary had gone to Farringdon Street each year with Patrick , and was always greeted cordially when they arrived , the actual interview was a strictly male affair . |
| 23 | It was still raining steadily when she 'd put him to bed , after a last half-hour of television and a couple of chapters of Stig of the Dump . |
| 24 | She was still sitting there when the silence began , those few moments of suspended time that came before the sounding of the air-raid sirens . |
| 25 | After making the tea she sat at the kitchen table to drink it , and was still sitting there when dawn broke . |
| 26 | She would have been quite content simply to stare at the house for hours , and she was still sitting there when Alain opened her door and bent to look in at her . |
| 27 | Maria was still shaking violently when she and Luke got out of the lift . |
| 28 | She was still giving forth when he came in to investigate . |
| 29 | She lay dry-eyed and motionless on the bed and was still lying there when the maid came to ask her if she was packed . |
| 30 | He blinked to make sure he was n't dreaming , but the Bookman was still standing there when he opened his eyes . |