Example sentences of "and when [pron] did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took Russell almost three weeks to call Ellen for a date and when they did meet he was 45 minutes late . |
| 2 | Erm , and when they did complain to somebody , like a company man you know well that 's all the farther it went . |
| 3 | And when they did get out , the response from the all-important fleets was lukewarm and enthusiasm from private buyers greatly tempered by the general sales collapse of December and January . |
| 4 | ‘ The service to the frontmen was n't good enough and when we did get the ball to them , we immediately gave it away , ’ he said . |
| 5 | And when it did arrive , I knew that Kano was still one thousand , seven hundred miles away over mountains and dunes , almost as far from me as Manchester , my home , where , as I turned ruefully north , I wished I had stayed . |
| 6 | It was a worry when we did n't get a pension and when it did come , it alleviated things , but we know it could run out in the New Year . |
| 7 | They were the first big fish I tried to catch when I decided to be more selective with my fishing , and when I did catch a big chub on my first attempt it set the scene for my present angling outlook . |
| 8 | I think I was mentally prepared for gay liberation in 1970 when it came along and when I did encounter it it swept me along quite easily . |
| 9 | Not in the grocery , I suppose there would be , I mean erm as I say I was never thrilled with the clothing department and when I did get involved with the deals , er I 'm afraid I was a political animal and I would 've have been more interested in the political side . |
| 10 | I rarely spoke , and when I did ask questions I did not question the answers . |
| 11 | The nurses seemed overwhelmed , and when I did find one with a moment to spare , she told me my patient had died half an hour earlier . |
| 12 | ‘ Suddenly I went from ex-public schoolboy to illegal immigrant and when I did re-apply I was refused and told to get out . ’ |
| 13 | He sat with his arms folded , staring down at the fancy tablecloth and when he did speak again he was so quiet that they could hardly hear him , so they had to listen seriously — even Sean and Michael , who were never , or rarely serious . |
| 14 | Clift 's insomnia increased , and when he did sleep he had nightmares . |
| 15 | In fact , I did n't know until recent years that it was a person at Philips Records who in fact mentioned DeFries to David , and when he did meet DeFries , Angela was very much in favour of David moving from me to him . |
| 16 | Carrington 's flight was put off three times , and when he did go it was in the belly of a Mosquito , lying on a blanket and wrapped in a heavy coat . |
| 17 | His name was Marlon Brando , and his crimes against the establishment were to be rude to influential columnists , to fail to turn up at functions ( and when he did turn up he wore T-shirt and jeans ) , and publicly to deplore Hollywood and its natives . |
| 18 | He was so astonished that for a few seconds he stood where he was and when he did turn round he could see the top of the wall , the delicate pattern of wire mesh against the sky , and hear running footsteps . |
| 19 | When Louis summoned , exceptionally , a third assembly in the same year , at Thionville , Pippin failed to appear ; and when he did turn up for Christmas at Aachen , there was a family row . |
| 20 | And when he did try one of his celebrated long shots , 30 yards out with not long to go , the ball — perfectly , beautifully struck — missed the far top corner by millimetres . |
| 21 | Then came the drought , and when he did win again in 1990 , it was in Atlanta , where he had last won in 1985 . |
| 22 | He took about sixteen hours to come , and when he did come ( tall and spindly and ginger haired ) all he said was , ‘ From the Job Centre , are you ? |
| 23 | We could n't get an address out of him , and when he did come up with one it was wrong , a non-existent road . |
| 24 | Clarke drove on for a further 200 metres before stopping and when he did emerge from the van witnesses reported that he was in a confused state . |
| 25 | He did n't know how to stop her and when she did stop by herself , when they got to the junction and had to change trains , he was afraid to say anything in case she started again , and so he said nothing . |
| 26 | Stella kept them waiting a long time , and when she did appear she sprinted off down the street ahead of them . |
| 27 | As Mary re-iterated to the police , she 'd had a job to wake her up out of a dead sleep that night , and when she did come to she just could n't take in what had happened : she did n't seem able to speak for ages and she 'd had to help her into her clothes . |
| 28 | She had n't had an early night for ages and when she did get to bed she did n't sleep but just lay there thinking about Karl . |
| 29 | Do you know she said she was n't coming to our wedding right up to the last moment , and when she did consent to come she behaved as if all the guests on my side were mud beneath her feet , though our family 's always been very well thought of around here , as I 'm sure you know , and my father could have bought her up a hundred times and not noticed the difference , and what was her father in New Zealand I wonder , some sheep dipper or other I would n't mind betting — you know the type that went to the colonies then — or perhaps he was a convict ! ’ |