Example sentences of "when they [vb past] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 The Wallabies knew there was high interest in Australia when they prepared for the semi-final and final matches .
2 He alleged that inquiry officers had lied about seeing a flickering light in a bedroom window of his home when they applied for a search warrant .
3 Under the new arrangements there would be an ‘ intermediaries offer ’ to increase the distribution of new shares by giving private clients priority when they applied for the 25 per cent of the issue that is not distributed by the sponsor in a placing .
4 In addition , since the CAB did not succeed when they pressed for the extension of legal aid to cover representation at industrial tribunals , there simply is no other organisation able to take on this work .
5 Alternatively , he could always have chatted up one of the drivers of Middleton & Co. 's waggon , asking if there was a bit of spare room for an extra body when they left for the King 's Arms in Holborn on a Sunday evening or a Monday morning .
6 You know when they said , when they went for a very radical policy
7 The Letter of 1027 reports that he visited Rome to pray for the redemption of his sins and the security of his subjects , and tells how he had negotiated with the pope a reduction in the sums paid by English archbishops when they went for the pallium .
8 ‘ I do n't think they , or the likes of Norman Mailer and Budd Schulberg ever felt that they were slumming when they wrote for the sports pages , ’ says McIlvanney .
9 Anglers discovered dead fish frozen into the Grand Union Canal when they arrived for a major match .
10 Nigel , 34 , and his girl-friend Brix Smith both created a stir when they arrived for the ceremony .
11 He and a friend had been on a cycling tour of the Himalayas , when they paid for the papers from a local travel agent .
12 Sir Hector explained that the French representatives had found themselves out on a limb when they called for an increase in import charges .
13 There had been a highly amusing interlude , when they called for the photographs .
14 When they stopped for a beer rest before running through Act Two again — a fly-man was dispatched to the Oyster Bar with a hot-water jug stamped ‘ Property of Sefton General Hospital ’ — Meredith climbed into the orchestra pit to play the piano .
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