Example sentences of "when [pron] be [vb pp] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I was born two voices cried from my mouth . |
| 2 | Strachan said : ‘ It came as a big surprise when I was told six weeks ago my name was being put forward . |
| 3 | I put my name on the list with everyone else , but was absolutely dumbfounded when I was told one day that it had come up , along with that of one of the other Waafs , and if we wanted to go we were to report to RAF Wyton at 10.00 hours the next day . |
| 4 | A chases B. When B is caught , s/he freezes , eyes closed , counts to 5 , then chases A. The game continues for as long as you want — or to a pre-set time limit , or when somebody is caught three times , for example . |
| 5 | Where shall ye now get as much money as ye owe ? ’ , and when she was given forty pence she bought herself a furred cloak with it rather than paying off any of her debts . |
| 6 | Allison Dutton , 24 , was working late at her office in Cherbourg , France , where she had moved to live with her fiance , when she was stabbed 18 times . |
| 7 | Two-year-old Leannda was sighted when she was born 14 weeks premature . |
| 8 | Second seed Amanda Coetzer of South Africa joined Martina Navratilova on the sidelines when she was beaten 7–6 6–2 by 17 year-old American Chanda Rubin . |
| 9 | It was just too much for the American girl when they were faced one day with yet another torrential downpour . |
| 10 | In the late 1920s W. Embden , professor of physiology at the University of Frankfurt , found that German miners produced 20 per cent more coal when they were given 7 grams a day , decidedly a harmful dose , of sodium hydrogen phosphate . |
| 11 | His urethral discharge and her vaginal discharge had both cleared by two weeks , and when they were seen one month after their original visit , there was no sign of infection or inflammation . |
| 12 | In a Swedish study , patients with IBS treated with eight sessions of ‘ supportive psychotherapy which could be performed in any physician 's office ’ had fewer symptoms and psychological and physical disability compared with a control group when they were seen 3 months later . |
| 13 | Table-toppers Rhyl lost their 100 per cent record in the Manweb Cymru Alliance when they were beaten 3-2 at Gresford in September . |
| 14 | France put future prospects before personal glory when they were beaten 4–1 by Germany in the play-off for the bronze medal . |
| 15 | Three times in succession they have fallen in the semi-finals , and Beenhakker 's departure became a formality when they were thrashed 5-0 by Milan at San Siro last season . |
| 16 | The discovery that oriented bars and edges were the trigger features for neurons in the visual cortex was enormously exciting when it was made thirty years ago , but Levick followed up their discovery and found that there are orientation selective neurons in rabbit retina as well as the directionally selective ones shown in Figure 4 . |
| 17 | Labour accused him of mis-using a public building when it was revealed 300 Conservative women attended a coffee morning at 11 Downing Street , organised by his wife Rosemary . |
| 18 | INVESTORS who piled into North West Water when it was floated three years ago are on the crest of a wave . |
| 19 | Of the 16 funds that made up our Global Strategy umbrella fund when it was launched five years ago , no less than four have come first in their respective sectors over this period , according to Finstat . |
| 20 | Die Hard 's action sequences won rave reviews when it was released four years ago . |
| 21 | . And nine times out of ten when I ask the congregation whether your church is bigger now than it was when it was founded nine times out of ten the congregation say , it is smaller now than when it was founded . |
| 22 | Retailers say Pentland Crown , the Scottish-bred variety which increased farmers ' yields by up to 20 per cent when it was introduced 30 years ago , bruises too easily and goes black . |
| 23 | ANDRE AGASSI was given a helping hand last night in his bid to retain his Wimbledon title when he was elevated five places above his world ranking to No 8 seed for the Championships , which begin next Monday . |
| 24 | Mr Hill said : ‘ Mr McGregor appreciated something was not right but had no more time than a split second to begin to look round the corner of his chair when he was struck two extremely heavy blows to the base of his skull and the back of his neck by this defendant wielding a heavy fire extinguisher . |
| 25 | BJORN BORG 'S hopes of a return to his former glories received another setback when he was beaten 6–3 , 6–7 , 7–6 by Venezuela 's Nicolas Pereira in the second round of an exhibition event in Houston , writes John Parsons . |
| 26 | Brett weighed a mere 1lb 5oz and was as short as a watchstrap when he was born seventeen weeks early . |
| 27 | Sam weighed only 1lb 6oz when he was born 18 months ago . |
| 28 | Ulbricht died in office when he was gone eighty , did n't he ? ’ |
| 29 | James Richardson , prosecuting , said documents found at Bedworth 's home in North Parade , Ilkley , West Yorkshire , when he was arrested two years ago , contained the teenager 's views of his hobby — views the Crown claims left even top experts worried . |
| 30 | Lineker also reveals his anger when Taylor criticised him after an international against the Republic of Ireland and when he was dropped 24 hours before a friendly with France . |