Example sentences of "when they [vb past] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they came out the club went mad , and they honestly believed that the crowd thought they were good . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I first noticed them when they carried out the hospital nursery raid about three years ago . |
| 3 | They tried to kill her and her Cabinet , and nearly succeeded , when they blew up the Grand Hotel , Brighton , during the 1984 Conservative Party conference . |
| 4 | In 1985 French agents killed a photographer when they blew up the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour . |
| 5 | The first is that the land around the Arnish site was owned by the Stornoway Trust , an elected body who received an undertaking from the subsidiary of Olsen Shipping when they took over the site , that only essential maintenance would be carried out on Sundays . |
| 6 | Still more to the point , were they welcomed by the Melians when they took over the existing settlement at Phylakopi ? |
| 7 | But when they took over the firm they were always called " Mister " to distinguish them from the other captains , perhaps . |
| 8 | When they took over the , the mind of that man and that woman |
| 9 | Ireland had crashed to a 145-90 defeat at the hands of the English losing out on all six rinks , and looked to have little chance when they took on the Scots , who had beaten defending champions Wales 130-100 in their opener . |
| 10 | But I was stunned when they took out the curlers — it looked even worse ! ’ |
| 11 | It was the dying days of the citizen Army , the young men who were reluctantly called up to serve their Queen and country — to learn how to fire a gun , to march in step and to use contraceptives when they took out the girl from the NAAFI on Saturday nights . |
| 12 | When they got back the little house was empty . |
| 13 | When they got back the airport hotel seemed like home but his money was running out . |
| 14 | Now , I can imagine that when they started off the journey Ruth , a was full of excitement and wonder what was gon na happen , what were these people who lived in Bethlehem like ? |
| 15 | It was apparent to me that a great deal more useful information could be derived from the FDR if the single parameter of pitch attitude could be added to the requirements , and I pressed this view very hard with the authorities when they drew up the UK regulations on the subject in 1964 . |
| 16 | THEY thought it was all over at the BBC 21 years ago when they switched off the most famous football commentating voice of all , Kenneth Wolstenholme . |
| 17 | When they snapped up the fragments of Spain 's Caribbean empire , the Americans took Puerto Rico as a colony and subsidised it lavishly . |
| 18 | The British Lions were amused to read of the plight of referee Steve McNally when they picked up the local paper in Paihia before the first match of their New Zealand tour . |
| 19 | When they broke down the door the remains of her body were found scattered over the floor . |
| 20 | But until lately very few people had managed to make themselves heard when they pointed out the dramatic effect of all previous philosophers having seen it as that of a man — that is , of course , not an exact reflection of what men are like , but an image of how they tend to see themselves when they contrast themselves with women . |
| 21 | They may have come upon documents relating to their early life when they cleared out the dead parents ' papers . |
| 22 | Votive offerings include elaborately decorated model robes representing the sacred vestments worn by priestesses when they conjured up the goddesses they served . |
| 23 | Trusting virgins drafted into marriage never found Nature had all the answers when they turned out the light . |
| 24 | I started sweating when they called out the bloke ahead of me in the high jump . |