Example sentences of "when [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah well when right at the beginning of the tape is Dave Allen , but that 's adult |
| 2 | She excused herself when halfway through the meal , and made for the ladies room . |
| 3 | A padlock was where the laces should have been to stop anyone taking them off when alone in the middle of the corridor . |
| 4 | And the time came when all round the world people started talking about the Costakis collection with reverence . |
| 5 | My husband and I were very angry to receive from M.S.W. to contribute to Africa and Asia to assist their water flow , when just down the road from our house the same company had caused the flood meadows to dry up . |
| 6 | Fourteen two , erm the great problem is it 's easier to get if an afternoon meeting can finish at a reasonable time , then I can probably but erm I think if you , if you 're looking at the clock when home in the evening for a number of reasons it might be then I would this and unless we can sort of put a restricted time on the agenda which is impossible , I can imagine coming down here at two o'clock for the meeting . |
| 7 | when rapidly over the rim |
| 8 | When midway through the set four go-go dancers appear , the warped cabaret becomes all too slick and momentum is lost . |
| 9 | When midway through the set four go-go dancers appear , the warped cabaret becomes all too slick and momentum is lost . |
| 10 | ‘ World Shut Your Mouth ’ seems impossibly majestic and you realise that , even when seemingly in the wilderness , this guy could still chop out cool tunes . |
| 11 | The pressure on her increased when half-way through the tour she learned the child of one of her closest friends had died suddenly . |
| 12 | In the streets , vehicles clattered along on tyreless wheels , with the day not so far of– when even at the front the airforce would be forced to encase plane wheels in wooden clogs when being wheeled from the hangar , just to save precious rubber . |
| 13 | Naylor entered the building and was still looking for me when there on the mat right outside your door he saw a set of keys which he instantly recognised as mine from the Alsace wine fob on the key-ring . ’ |
| 14 | When safely across the river , remembering of course to unclip your lifeline , take off the safety helmet , undo your life jacket , and slip out of the survival suit , the route passes beneath the splendid waterfall and starts to climb up to An Gearanach , not marked by name on the ordnance survey map . |
| 15 | In 1909 the " sunday Chronicle " published a light-hearted sketch about a festival in Dieppe , dwelling upon the tendency of sober Englishmen to lead a " gay " life ( in the 1909 sense of the word ) when safely across the channel . |
| 16 | He was just looking round for some quiet corner to put the case when faintly above the noise in the room he heard the doorbell ring . |