Example sentences of "when they were [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when they were over the blue Aegean sea , many miles from Antioch , he circled widely , descended , and alighted on a small mountainous island , on soft green grass beside a grove of apple trees . |
| 2 | David had always liked Mott The Hoople and admired them , and I think it was one of the few really unselfish acts he did when , when they were on the verge of breaking up , he wrote them a song — ‘ All The Young Dudes ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm not very good , I 'm afraid , ’ he said when they were on the floor waiting for the band to strike up . |
| 4 | You found them everywhere and in the sun all of them were beginning to be too big for their blue jeans and jackets that they could never fill when they were on the bum and hungry . |
| 5 | ‘ It was good when they were on the bridge in the rain , and bicycles kept criss-crossing behind them . ’ |
| 6 | Well no , er we , no we did n't , the only cattle we saw was when they were on the train , cos I do n't remember they , they seemed to . |
| 7 | ‘ Is your sister expecting you at a specific time ? ’ asked Penry when they were on the way to Haverfordwest at last . |
| 8 | You could n't , you co you could n't see them when they were on the roadside , you know on , on the whe when they moved |
| 9 | Luckily too old to know any better : the amazing Cramps THE CRAMPS : Off The Bone THE ULTIMATE collection of gassed-out , greased-up garage rock from the top gorehounds when they were at the peak of their creativity . |
| 10 | When they were at the nursery I could take them at 7 a.m. and pick them up at 6 p.m . |
| 11 | We have some wry wry smiles from some of the older people er in the group here because they er did n't get much when they were at the formative stages of their careers . |
| 12 | When they were at the grandmother 's house , they slept in a spare room and sometimes their father , grandfather and uncle had come in . |
| 13 | Only when they were within the house , in the timber-scented darkness of the staircase , did she halt to kindle a light . |
| 14 | ‘ What did Miss Trunchbull call your father when they were around the house at home ? ’ |
| 15 | Once you gained their trust , they became affectionate when they were in the mood , and were capable of gratitude . |
| 16 | And when they were in the field , Cain rose up against his brother Abel , and killed him . |
| 17 | It was at a dinner party in the flat , when they were in the kitchen together fetching yogurt and raspberries , that I heard for the first time one of them turn on the other in anger . |
| 18 | When they were in the market she insisted on his buying a pair of white loons , which were just coming into fashion . |
| 19 | It amused him to see how the gullible idiot deferred to him , even when they were in the midst of a vicious argument . |
| 20 | Erm and the two the two females in the solidarity evaluations they it was constant the d There was n't any change erm across the two guises but with the males there was a significantly higher score in solidarity when they were in the Kentucky accented guises . |
| 21 | When they were in the woods Tess turned to look at the house . |
| 22 | But when they were in the clipper Nona took a more detailed interest than he did . |
| 23 | When they were in the corridor , she said tartly , ‘ I can find my own way out . |
| 24 | When they were in the little hall at the foot of the stairs Francis said : ‘ Is father 's studio locked , Cathy ? ’ |
| 25 | Gillette with , with cricket rather than razor blades , given that when they were in the supermarket Gillette they would say that was it er er a friendly name . |
| 26 | Seventy-two-year old Mrs Lydan met her group captain husband when they were in the RAF . |
| 27 | Oh , it was , that would be the late sixties I would think when they were in the erm third division . |
| 28 | Well the Bill was , who was the manager in those days was very much the manager , and there was one of the directors used to play for the Villa , and he used to more or less look after the playing side which the rest of the directors never seemed to interfere with , they , they left the management up to the manager the selection of the team , Bill and the trainer when they were in the second division was Arthur who 's manager of Derby County now , he had the , I believe he had a sad time when he was at Walsall he , he lost his wife in a car accident and |
| 29 | When they were round the corner , it was impossible to see the heap of trees and rocks . |