Example sentences of "when [noun] [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Olivier arrived she seemed somehow rejuvenated and filming continued . |
| 2 | I 'll never forget the sense of joy that came over our evening congregation when Edwin announced we had just exceeded our target of £200,000 . |
| 3 | And when Ward said it had n't the range , Gómez replied sharply , ‘ But I think it has . |
| 4 | When Chaos came he fought as best he could but he saw that the pitiful weapons of the Elves and the peaceful sorceries of the Everqueen could not stand against the might of the dark . |
| 5 | Why when Mercutio assaulted you did you try to fight the enemy instead of Mercutio ? |
| 6 | When scripts arrived he sent them back unread . |
| 7 | It was a happy evening , and when Sophie left she asked , ‘ May I tell Joanna ? ’ |
| 8 | And when Hawkbit said he wanted to know who was Chief Rabbit , Bigwig bit him . |
| 9 | When crises arose she went into a condition of sustained fizz ; you almost expected bubbles to come popping out of her head . |
| 10 | When daylight dawned he found that he was sharing space with a hoard of gold ingots , one of the lost treasures of the area . |
| 11 | When daylight came she got up and dressed . |
| 12 | But when Andy announced he wanted to cool their relationship a little , Frances felt a panic and dread inside which caused her to lash out in unexpected anger . |
| 13 | When Neil refused they punched him in the face and dragged him to shops two miles away . |
| 14 | When screening began we agreed to discontinue it at the end of the first year if there were a number of traumatised families . |
| 15 | When Dennis emerged I reclaimed my room , flopped out on the sheets impregnated with his distinctive odour and slept fitfully until just after ten , when a hot slice of sunlight which had been working its way across the bed reached my face . |
| 16 | When Hari returned she saw that Craig was standing at the window looking out into the darkness . |
| 17 | When Nellie died we thought that the class would end but thanks to Elsie Simmonds with Kath Vigneux at the piano , we were able to carry on . |
| 18 | ‘ I saw the look on your face in the coffee-bar when Gavin said you 'd better beware of skeletons in your cupboard — frankly , it was a dead give-away that you had something to hide . ’ |
| 19 | When Celtic lost I knew how the players felt . |
| 20 | Early on within this game I th when Blackburn scored I thought this game would be taken away from 'em . |
| 21 | When Ivy went he took clerk with them down at as a witness . |
| 22 | When Maggie returned she found them locked in the strained silence . |
| 23 | When Dong returned he found the dead man was not heavy . |
| 24 | Dad 's first name was George , and he had already made it clear on several occasions that when Granpa retired he had no intention of taking over from him as he did n't want to leave his mates on the docks . |
| 25 | I always wanted to go but when Tito died I said to Arthur ooh it might be a bit risky . |
| 26 | When stewards realised what had happened after the second false start there was ‘ a period of shocked dismay ’ before anyone tried to stop the runaway field . |
| 27 | When stewards realised what had happened after the second false start there was ‘ a period of shocked dismay ’ before anyone tried to stop the runaway field . |
| 28 | When peace came he moved into television production . |
| 29 | Cressy had been moored at Tardebigge for four years while Rolt undertook various forms of engineering war-work , but when peace returned he threw himself into the task of preserving the canal system . |
| 30 | When Hazel woke he perceived at once that it was morning — some time after sunrise , by the smell of it . |