Example sentences of "but when they [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when they reached the dock and were waiting for the boat to carry them to the camp , Seth snatched the van 's keys , nearly breaking two of Suzy 's fingers in the struggle . |
| 2 | But when they reached the implementation stage , in which their orientation was to concrete tasks and the skills required of them were chiefly technical , then they became more directive and used client participation less . |
| 3 | But when they reached the Grove , Carrie felt a little less bold . |
| 4 | But when they reached the railway line and Mister Johnny set the goose down and said , ‘ Gurlyi , gurlyi , ’ she knew what he was trying to say . |
| 5 | But when they reached the drawing room , the only people there were Mrs Denham and Martin , and the baby , which was sitting in a high chair . |
| 6 | But when they reached the embankment , Preston had second thoughts . |
| 7 | The French forces won back the city , but when they reached the residence of Ho Chi Minh they found he had gone . |
| 8 | A particularly striking difference was that when the staff addressed the men , it was by surnames , but when they addressed the women , it was by their first names . |
| 9 | But when they took the wind advantage Harrogate also took control , crossing Driffield 's line for four tries through number eight Jeremy Hopkinson with a push-over , county prop John Woodthorpe from a tap penalty move and rolling maul , Steve Baker from the line-out before driving over , and Adam Pearson from a back move finished off under the crossbar . |
| 10 | But when they took the wind advantage Harrogate also took control , crossing Driffield 's line for four tries through number eight Jeremy Hopkinson with a push-over , county prop John Woodthorpe from a tap penalty move and rolling maul , Steve Baker from the line-out before driving over , and Adam Pearson from a back move finished off under the crossbar . |
| 11 | He invited the AFPFL to submit names , but when they demanded the right to nominate a bloc of their own people to the council he rejected their terms and chose his own council from among superannuated pre-war politicians . |
| 12 | But when they sent the specimen to the Natural History Museum it was found to be the intestine of a hedgehog , if you will pardon the expression . |
| 13 | But when they left the building he turned without explanation to the left and down the steps to Birdcage Walk . |
| 14 | Er but when they changed the room round I moved to the because and I became a director of the for a while fo three f four years something like that . |
| 15 | But when they mixed the materials in a ratio of GaAu GaP , a single-crystal electrode achieved conversion efficiencies of 13 per cent in natural sunlight and a high 22 per cent with a helium-neon laser . |
| 16 | Father had the job , but when they built the new outfall on the other side of town we stayed on here . |
| 17 | But when they hit the power surge of ‘ Culte Des Mortes ( 1 ) ’ or the vicious intro and flowing guitars of ‘ Injecting Out ’ , the Fix stroll into the left-field and cause a serious ruckus . |
| 18 | But when they hit the power surge of ‘ Culte Des Mortes ( 1 ) ’ or the vicious intro and flowing guitars of ‘ Injecting Out ’ , the Fix stroll into the left-field and cause a serious ruckus . |
| 19 | Joe saw an opportunity to get the couple to visit a branch to pick up a ‘ replacement ’ card but when they arrived the police moved in and detained them . |