Example sentences of "when [noun prp] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Sunderland came to the Manor in the league in December less than 2,000 Weirsiders saw them lose 3-0 . |
| 2 | When Carver alighted outside the Hilton in Park Lane the limo drove past at speed . |
| 3 | The originality of the dress drew a gasp when Beatrice walked into the room , and since he did not dance he was content to watch her dance the tango with a number of admirers . |
| 4 | When Pascoe looked into the hallway , he saw Singer leaning against the door of his room , his back half-turned . |
| 5 | Even when Victoria came to the throne in 1837 only five places in England and Wales contained more than 100,000 people . |
| 6 | When Patrick came to the door of the aircraft he saw the flight of metal steps leading to the tarmac . |
| 7 | It is said that when Christie moved into the new mill he took the machinery with him and this must have included the scribbler and carder. with the " Devondale " piercing machine , the slubbing Billy and spinning Jennys . |
| 8 | When Philippa arrived outside the pub she almost felt ashamed of her approval and excitement and admiration of the evening before . |
| 9 | When Nicandra came into the morning room , the air was stilled for a moment . |
| 10 | They went to bed and when Lavinia woke in the night it was Timothy Gedge she thought of , not her lost child . |
| 11 | It was just after nine the following night , rain pounding in from the Atlantic , when Asa stood in the control tower at Laville and watched the Dornier take off . |
| 12 | When Steiner went into the chapel that evening he was escorted by Lieutenant Benson and a police corporal . |
| 13 | Only when Marianne swept from the room did she allow herself to collapse into a chair , closing her eyes and rubbing her fingers over her forehead . |
| 14 | David as a child ‘ sustained my own idea ’ of Roderick Random , the scapegrace selfish hero of this picaresque novel , ‘ for a month at a stretch ’ , could see Roderick 's faithful servant Strap at the wicket of Blunderstone church , and when Micawber went to the King 's Bench , remembered Roderick 's imprisonment for debt ( chap . |
| 15 | When Pringle swung across the line to be lbw , England had done well in the conditions to score 203 . |
| 16 | When Bernard went to the canteen there was a stir , a breath of recognition . |
| 17 | He stood up when Alexandra came into the bar , held out his hand , smiled , showing beautiful teeth . |
| 18 | ‘ When Brad escapes from the Nebulan experiment lab and sets off with Cord and Tara to immobilize the directed-energy scythe on the Xerxian attack ship — where 's Chelsi ? ’ |
| 19 | When Bradbury died before the age of thirty , most of the interest in the process seems to have perished with him . |
| 20 | When Edouard left for the airport the next morning , Isobel was with him . |
| 21 | When Florey came to the chair of pathology at Sheffield a year or two later , Paine mentioned the matter to him but aroused no obvious interest . |
| 22 | When Maria knocked on the door at half past five I woke as if I had a hangover . |
| 23 | And when Cardiff looked at the upside-down dead eyes of that head as they reflected in the torchlight , when he saw the teeth set in a clenched and hideous grin … he recognised the face immediately . |
| 24 | When Keating painted in the style of Palmer , he was picked up by the Fraud Squad . |
| 25 | He 'd informed her of his intention to remarry , and she had commented favourably , so he was quite unprepared for her look of horror when Sarah stepped into the house . |
| 26 | When Chuck crossed to the cook tent , carrying his rifle for the early start they planned for the final day , his father was already sitting at a table in the open , sipping a steaming mug of black coffee . |
| 27 | She had just finished her breakfast of dripping and bread and a piece of cold bacon when Ben came into the room . |
| 28 | When Raybestos decided towards the end of August 1976 to give up its designs on the Knockanemore dump , Michael Harrington of the IDA undertook a search for an alternative dumping site for Raybestos 's waste . |
| 29 | When Levi walked off the 15th green , somebody told him , ‘ Watson 's gon na get you . ’ |
| 30 | It 's funny er when Richard came in the other day and said he 'd been he 'd been to the dentist and you said oh well they have n't been in touch with us yet . |