Example sentences of "was [verb] [adv] [adv] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was raining quite heavily when er I took Heidi up . |
| 2 | Its role was downgraded even further when the Royal Air force 's Transport Command was formed in 1943 , using largely American-built transport aircraft . |
| 3 | Patrick was climbing up there when he heard his name called . |
| 4 | There is great concern in Northern Ireland , especially following a report from a Committee of the House on land in the harbour region which was sold off cheaply when Harland and Wolff was privatised . |
| 5 | That temper was raised higher still when he was finally allowed through and found Matchsticks already waiting , idly smoking and flicking through a copy of Lui . |
| 6 | There was a big queue , big queue in the Post Office with him I was coming out well when we we got to this turned round and saw her , he 'd scream even more |
| 7 | She was saying so forcibly when the telephone interrupted her . |
| 8 | ‘ She was doing quite nicely when she suddenly developed gas gangrene . |
| 9 | ‘ Roman was hurt so badly when Gabriella died . |
| 10 | They were then struggling at 127 for four with 16 overs remaining but Byas pulled Caddick for six to restore confidence , which was boosted even further when he was dropped on the boundary edge by Andy Hayhurst when 27 . |
| 11 | She was running back home when she turned a corner and met John pushing a handcart full of building materials . |
| 12 | She was giving up anyway when the baby came , so she might as well go a little early . ’ |
| 13 | I was sitting down again when the words floated through . |
| 14 | It did n't see to matter that the match was still in progress and was to end up even when Tom Watson , Mark McCumber , Lanny Wadkins and Curtis Strange beat Sam Torrance , Gordon Brand Jnr , Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam . |
| 15 | Luce struggled to pin down the elusive thought , but it hovered , wraith-like , just out of reach , and in a minute or so was blotted out completely when she found herself being carried into a strange , and clearly masculine , bedroom . |
| 16 | He was waving quite cheerfully when she last saw him . |
| 17 | Any chance to pursue her line of thought , however , was lost just then when the housekeeper came in to clear away their first course , and , with Ven exchanging a word or two with her , serve the second course . |
| 18 | I 've been , I was thinking today actually when I was walking up the road and I thought oh the is shut again . |
| 19 | All was cleared up later when the hotel manager came to investigate but our sympathies must go to the hapless Security Gorilla , as recent photographic evidence proves that mistaking Bob Dylan for a tramp with salubrious lodgings in Cardboard City is something even hardened celeb watchers like ourselves have done at some point or another . |
| 20 | He was held up again when he needed to turn into Mulfords Hill because no one would let him into the flow . |