Example sentences of "when they [vb past] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she rang up here when when they offered us the space , she rang up here and asked for me . |
| 2 | When they heard it the sepoys threw back their heads and uttered a howl so piercing , so harrowing that every window in the Residency must have dissolved if they had not been already broken . |
| 3 | He did not feel happy when they told him the result . |
| 4 | ‘ When they told me the body had been mutilated and burnt I did n't think it was Brian . |
| 5 | When they saw me the laughter stopped . |
| 6 | When they assured him the deposits were in order , he assumed it was a payment due from a former employer . |
| 7 | The Waste lay on a high part of the forest so that when they reached it the sun , which had already sunk from sight in the valleys , was still poised above the dark low edge of the distant forest . |
| 8 | Where I used to live , when they evacuated me the first time . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ They knew I had insurance because I took it out with the TSB when they gave me the loan . ’ |
| 10 | FORMER Goon Harry Secombe , who has had a second home in Majorca for the past 15 years , reckoned he had finally been accepted by the locals when they gave him the Spanish name El Gordo . |
| 11 | The Government must have thought that he was worth the money when they gave him the job and they must value his advice . |
| 12 | When they gave him the MBE ( some said it should have been the Croix de Guerre ) for services to the Party , the club committee charged 10p a pint all day . |
| 13 | Scientists did not help matters when they gave it the generic name Oreamnos , meaning ‘ mountain lamb ’ . |
| 14 | The men times the hours when whenever you whenever you get your answer , you can check that your men times the hours must still still be the same as it was when you when they gave you the question . |
| 15 | They land in a field among crop circles ( they bought crop circle footage off National Geographic , and when they watched it the only car you could see in it was — synchronicity ! — a red station wagon … ) and then pick up a hitch-hiking alien . |
| 16 | when they showed me the ropes : |
| 17 | There was only one good bit in the film — when they showed you the lit–de bastard pissing up a wall . |