Example sentences of "when [noun] [vb past] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Genoa never really looked like overcoming the 3–2 defecit from the first leg in Italy even when Iorio gave them the lead in the 39th minute . |
| 2 | The bus took a very long and roundabout route to Linby , through a dozen tiny villages and hamlets , but Cheryl thought the journey was worth it when Jessica handed her the promised signalling flags . |
| 3 | An interesting insight into the kind of restructuring which had occurred in memory when subjects discovered what the theme of the passage was in Thorndyke 's experiment comes from recall in the narrative after-theme condition . |
| 4 | This figure was painted in the same syrupy pastel shades as the rest of the crucifix , but when Zen tapped it the head resounded not with the dull thud of plaster but with a light metallic ring |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't see what difference it makes , people 's ages , ’ he said when Carrie told him the girls in her class thought this odd . |
| 6 | I was pleased to see his grin varnish when Mala gave him the vicious edge of her tongue for ignoring the Ardakkean request for discretion , causing the FedPol squad to visit Vadinamia . |
| 7 | When Stephen told me the name of the submarine captain , I recognized it . |
| 8 | He showed no surprise when Blanche told him the number plate of the car was false , and Nowak emphasised he did not want the police to press charges if the driver was found . |
| 9 | ‘ Gosh , she has got it bad , ’ Anne said when Maureen showed her the letter . |
| 10 | When Marian uncovered it the wound was raw and open and the flesh around it inflamed . |
| 11 | He had been working at the Council depot as an attendant when Joe offered him the job , and he had been very pleased to make the change . |
| 12 | ‘ He gave me twenty dollars when Sheridan shoved me the other evening . ’ |
| 13 | Jean Reece-Carlton made no comment when Christina showed her the suite . |
| 14 | The truth of the matter is that Picasso was almost certainly aware of tribal art when Matisse showed him the piece which he admired , but that he was still not taking it very seriously and only ‘ discovered ’ it for himself during his now legendary visit to the Trocadero . |
| 15 | Leo had chuckled when Barbara told him the story of Hubert 's conversion . |
| 16 | The expression on Hurley 's face when George told him the news was reward enough in itself , but there was an altogether different reaction from the DIA when Coleman reported in about El-Jorr and his key role as the DEA CI fronting for Eurame . |
| 17 | Moisture in the pitch made the toss an important one , and when Gatting won it the bowlers did their stuff beautifully . |
| 18 | Tyndale was nervous , and , when Vaughan offered him the King 's promise of safety if he returned to England , he expressed his fear that the promise might be broken on the persuasion of the clergy , who would affirm that promises made with heretics need not be kept . |
| 19 | Roirbak experienced a moment of panic , sure it was one of Penumbra 's staff , arrived too soon before he could work anything out , when Mellissa informed him the visitor was Leila Saatchi . |
| 20 | Now , when Paul told her the truth , her first thought was that she wished she had got herself an extra gown , while she was at it ; in fact she had been unable conveniently to carry any more , or would have done so . |
| 21 | We were chatting away when nurse gave us the news that George VI had died , everything went quiet , we forgot our worries and thought of Elizabeth . |
| 22 | More controversy followed when Leeds showed him the door following an incident at a North Wales training camp . |