Example sentences of "when [noun prp] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Beatrice visited the canteen in October 1914 she found a good deal of atmosphere , although there was no beer or wine . |
| 2 | It was no great surprise when Middlesbrough took the lead . |
| 3 | Yet no one was in the least surprised when Ferguson scored the try which earned the Raiders extra time in the Sydney Grand Final , and subsequently a trip to Manchester . |
| 4 | When Jason saw the gun , he jumped out and got into the hedge , ’ said Charlotte . |
| 5 | The fraud by International Signal and Control , the American defence company which Ferranti bought two years ago , was not revealed in the audit carried out when Ferranti made the acquisition . |
| 6 | Sir Derek believes he should not be held to blame since the fraud occurred in the accounts of International Signal and Control , which had received a ‘ clean ’ audit when Ferranti bought the company two years ago . |
| 7 | When Pascoe rounded the back of the house , he had already moved across the Fernies ' garden and was clearing the next hedge like a trained hurdler . |
| 8 | When Pascoe opened the door to Susan Hart , he recognized her at once ; then the recognition fled . |
| 9 | When Victoria found the grit from the paths got into her sandals , Richard removed her shoes and socks and shook all the gravel out of them , folding her socks for her to put them on again in the special way that her nanny did . |
| 10 | When Cora-Beth heard the news , she threw her arms round her father 's neck and hugged him . |
| 11 | The heavy duty generators , ex-Army mobile field units , roared into life when Lawton cranked the handle . |
| 12 | When Stewart said the boom in consumer credit during the previous decade had been phenomenal and some said dangerous , the danger to which he was alluding was not to the consumer/borrower who might incur overindebtedness , but to the professional finance houses . |
| 13 | Odd-Knut asked what time it had been when Kjell-Arne heard the noise . |
| 14 | When McQueen discovered the situation , he refused to work until everyone was paid . |
| 15 | Well I I went out to them , and because I heard banging , and I looked out the window and they were hacking at my fence , and I went out bu and was playing war with them when Jim crossed the road with one of them following behind and away down the street , and I thought oh ! |
| 16 | But when MacDonald saw the King again at 10.20 p.m. , to report that he ‘ had no alternative than to tender the resignation of the Cabinet ’ , the King ‘ impressed on the Prime Minister that he was the only man to lead the country through this crisis and hoped he would reconsider the situation . |
| 17 | When Pugh closed the gap with his second penalty , the North Midlands ' response soon followed with another try from Moon . |
| 18 | A : When Kelly died the government did nothing . |
| 19 | When Kelly turned the light on , there was no one to be seen and nothing seemed to have been moved . |
| 20 | But that millionaires ' playground in the south of France was a far cry from York 's precarious predicament — eighth from bottom of the League , gates dwindling to below 2,000 and their bank balance in similar decline — when Ward answered the call . |
| 21 | United look free from any relegation worries now … this was a good point away from home … they held until late in the second half when Ward hit the equaliser … |
| 22 | The explanation faded into silence when Isabel recalled the way she had spilled water all over her patient because she 'd been so nervous of him . |
| 23 | When Sabina heaved the basket of wet washing onto her head , Rosa took up a smaller one , which the older woman indicated , and obediently wedged it onto her hip -daughters of good family should not carry burdens on their heads , like maidservants . |
| 24 | In this capacity , I started where we built a new building in , a very nice building of handmade bricks and , expensively constructive I also was the principal negotiator when Harvey hired the firm of in Walsall . |
| 25 | For yesterdays are always terrible , when Tod hits the tea . |
| 26 | She was moving towards it , to sweep it away , when Kathleen opened the door . |
| 27 | WHEN HILTON DO THE WORK YOU DO THE BUSINESS . |
| 28 | When Penman opened the door to the first knock , Aunt Emily said , ‘ You will see how easy it is . ’ |
| 29 | When MacArthur banned the strike his action symbolized the feeling that Japan was not yet ready for the complete freedoms contained in the labour reforms . |
| 30 | ‘ When Lawrie made the check call he was informed Pallister was coming but that Ince was out on his feet . |