Example sentences of "when [pron] [be] [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been thinking for a long time that I 'd welcome the chance to talk with a psychiatrist , although not about captivity — I felt I 'd worked my way through that enough — but about my past and how I came to be the person I was when I was taken hostage . |
| 2 | However many feathers must have been ruffled in the process Eva survived and received a further vote of confidence iii her leadership skills when she was appointed principal of Usher Institute , a girls ' school with a growing reputation , south of Howard in Matabeleland . |
| 3 | The father , a South London cab driver , attacked the children when he was granted weekend access to see them after his eight-year marriage broke up . |
| 4 | Godoy was a good-looking Guards officer of twenty-five when he was granted power more absolute than that possessed by any subsequent ruler of Spain until General Franco . |
| 5 | Thomas first appeared before West London magistrates in April last year when he was granted bail on a charge of raping a 14-year-old schoolgirl . |
| 6 | He moved to risley in 1979 when he was created Company industrial relations manager . |
| 7 | Smith 's course , based on that taught in London by ( Sir ) Alexander B. W. Kennedy [ q.v. ] , was open to the entire university , a fact recognized in 1888 when he was made university lecturer in mechanics . |
| 8 | He stayed in Clyro till 1872 , then returned to a further curacy under his father in Langley Burrell until 1876 , when he was appointed vicar of St Harmon , Radnorshire . |
| 9 | The high point of Sir John Markham 's career came in 1549 when he was appointed lieutenant of the Tower . |
| 10 | Mr McDaid was at the centre of another controversy in November 1991 when he was appointed Minister of Defence by the then Taoiseach , Charles Haughey . |
| 11 | ( fl. 1180 ) , architect , Nothing is known of William 's life before 1179 , when he was appointed master architect at Christ Church Cathedral , Canterbury . |
| 12 | From 1 December 1914 to 31 October 1915 he held the rank of captain in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers , Infantry Branch ; he was on sick leave from 17 February 1915 to 18 October 1915 , when he was appointed principal of Elphinstone High School , Bombay . |
| 13 | Tom King , 58 , has been a member of the Government since January 1983 when he was appointed Environment Secretary . |
| 14 | The partnership was dissolved in June 1735 when he was appointed goldsmith to Frederick Louis , prince of Wales [ q.v. ] , and moved to Panton Street . |
| 15 | His involvement with bridge building started in 1767 , when he was appointed surveyor to direct the widening of the English bridge in Shrewsbury to a design by Robert Mylne [ q.v. ] and then , when that project was abandoned , submitted a design for the new bridge which was rejected in favour of that by John Gwynn [ q.v . ] . |
| 16 | He was canon of Canterbury from 1929 to 1934 , when he was appointed regius professor of ecclesiastical history and canon of Christ Church , Oxford . |
| 17 | By 1560 , when he was elected alderman , he was already a substantial figure in London , and he became one of the City 's commercial magnates . |
| 18 | As secretary of state , Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli was resident in the Vatican when he was elected pope . |
| 19 | He first became involved in the active work of the association in 1867 , when he was elected vice-chairman and joint secretary of the St George 's ward committee . |
| 20 | The seal was set on his career in 1771 when he was elected president of the newly established Society of Civil Engineers , an exclusive ‘ club ’ admitting by invitation only the most eminent members of the profession . |
| 21 | The biggest scandal in the show 's 34-year history was when it was revealed presenter Michael Sundin had once taken part in a raunchy gay sex show . |
| 22 | A British colony until 1970 , when it was granted independence , Fiji is a mixture of imposed Western values and indigenous traditions ; of native Fijians and a majority Indian population which migrated to the country in the last hundred years . |