Example sentences of "when [pron] [vb past] more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she required more coffee he leapt up , determined to prove his newfound love and to take the opportunity the task afforded of sitting by her side . |
| 2 | But then the good old American public elected Nixon so here you had Al Capone in the White House and these same political scientists wrote books saying hey hang on , when we said more power to the president we meant more power for our kind of president , you know , Jack , you know , and L B J and the boys , not this Nixon , Tricky Dicky character . |
| 3 | We were still laughing when we took more food out to the others . |
| 4 | ‘ I wish you could have talked about this when we had more time , Adam . ’ |
| 5 | We could not have sustained many Nuremburgs when we lost more aircrew in one night than was lost in the entire Battle of Britain ( in several months ) . |
| 6 | When they sent more men across , to liaise with him , it did n't work . |
| 7 | Last year the party won overall control of the borough council , when they polled more votes than Tories and Labour combined . |
| 8 | When he returned more water was boiled with leaves brought by a second neighbour summoned from her home in the upper forest . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , Mrs Cohen , I wo n't keep you , ’ he said , not wishing to delay himself when he had more money to earn and no prospect of any worthwhile gossip from this quarter . |