Example sentences of "when they [vb past] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some teachers , problems arose when they sought to reconcile this expectation with their simultaneous sense of obligation to monitor , diagnose , assess and interact at the level of the individual child . |
| 2 | Later , when they came to know each other better , the pupil might graduate to calling him ‘ Lewis ’ , but this would be in the case of intimates . |
| 3 | It is not surprising that the Science and Engineering Research Council 's review committee found evidence for a low level of activity when they chose to compare such a small part of physics with the whole of chemistry or biology . |
| 4 | When they seemed to resemble each other rather too closely , he introduced random mutations in the offspring . |
| 5 | Er a well I do n't know , I feel that th there used to be something in that , that used to burn it up now what they call their top site and when they burned it they took all the acid out of it , and there used to be all yellow stuff come out the chimney and that , when they finished burn that was always red and the Germans used to come after that before the war , Second World War , they used to come after that and they used to reckon they make paintwork but now you done something else different with it and they use I tell you we used to give it the name of green oar or parites |
| 6 | They began to drift into amiable silence when they had asked each other questions about their children and the schools , and the plans they had for their holiday in Ireland . |
| 7 | When they had reassured each other , Kalchu put the calf down by her side . |
| 8 | He often felt hungry when they had made such magnificent love . |
| 9 | There they had just begun to feel safe again , when they had scented more of the hated man-things lurking among the trees . |
| 10 | corinder and no more except on occasions with great the bowl never wanted washing , the boys polished , polished them with their spoons till they shone again and when they , when they had to form this operation , which never took very long , the bowl , they would sit staring at the copper with such eager eyes as if they could of devoured a of which it was composed . |
| 11 | When they had gone some way from here , the Garda received a radio message , stopped and turned around . |
| 12 | The last time this had happened was in Belfast , when they had cornered that PIRA bastard in the cellar . |
| 13 | When they had described all that they could the film was started again and they watched the next five second section , and so on until an entire film had been described . |
| 14 | The first part dealt with unmixed foil and stated that ownership in the foil would transfer to the buyers only when they had paid all that was owing to the sellers . |
| 15 | Necessity sometimes drove half-pay officers to seek a commission in an active battalion even when they had attained such an advanced age that any chance of a successful military career was long over . |
| 16 | When they had finished several hours later I felt confused and sat outside the room to smoke a cigarette while the Sergeants deliberated . |
| 17 | Suggest to them the fact that when they had finished this one they would know absolutely bloody everything that could be possibly known , now and for always , about Wimbledon . |
| 18 | When they 'd heard that name , they knew they must take the place . |
| 19 | It was as pained and as lost-even now , as he came to kill her — as it had been when they 'd faced each other in the street . |
| 20 | There are 800 professionals round the world now compared with the days 20 years ago when they struggled to find enough pros to compete for the world championship . |
| 21 | So I think when they started getting all this |
| 22 | But I do n't re think they realize what they were doing when they started making that flower border round , it 's going to be a never ending job . |
| 23 | And when they started to shout these people out shopping , cos everybody stopped to see what the fellers screaming about . |
| 24 | And erm erm the tailors would come when they wanted to do any pressing of seams , or anything , and they would take the goose iron , and put it in on of the , what we call press cloths , that we pressed the And then they would douse it in the bucket of water , to get it the right heat , to start , so a cloud of steam went up . |
| 25 | They made their first mistake when they tried to sell some ‘ stolen ’ emeralds to a Hatton Garden dealer . |
| 26 | Working on the template agreed with his fellow coaches , McGeechan and Douglas Morgan , Dixon has brought a dynamism to the driving mauls , mostly triggered from clean lineout ball , which had seemed largely beyond the Scottish Exiles — four of whom are in the pack — when they attempted to deploy that tactic during the inter-district championship . |
| 27 | When they did employ this form it was , as at the Pantheon , a dome set upon circular walls which did not present great constructional problems ( 127 , 128 and 129 ) . |
| 28 | She was just someone vaguely in the background of his life to whom he was courtesy itself when they did encounter each other . |