Example sentences of "when they [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | True , bolder challenges to orthodoxy , especially when they touched upon the role played by the party , provoked fierce resistance . |
| 2 | ‘ The commission has consulted a lot of people but only listened to what they said when they agreed with the commission , ’ one source said . |
| 3 | So when , when they sold off the buildings , they made us no inclination that the was gon na farm it , he was in another job ? |
| 4 | The Wallabies knew there was high interest in Australia when they prepared for the semi-final and final matches . |
| 5 | A few decades later they became even more remote when they passed with the whole of Mesopotamia under the control of the Parthians . |
| 6 | Bridget too had a similar experience : " The other girls had mixed feelings , some of them were happy for me but some thought I was a slag and a tart and that I did n't know who the father was , and they were bitchy towards me when they passed in the corridors . " |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Despite the darkness and unannounced approach , the raiding party found the Armstrong chiefs , Mangerton , Gilnockie , Whithaugh and the rest , awaiting their arrival at Langholm , their ‘ capital ’ , with some hundreds of their very tough riders assembled , a significant indication of their excellent information system in this wild Border country ; and when they heard of the descent on Dacre 's castle of Gilsland , they appeared to take it for granted that they would go along . |
| 9 | How did the people here feel when they heard of the raid ? |
| 10 | ‘ A lot of people fell around the place laughing when they heard about the middle-aged poet bit , ’ he says . |
| 11 | When they heard about the accident , the men looked for the brown envelope at once . |
| 12 | They were really afraid when they heard about the dangers of uranium . |
| 13 | She first visited in March last year with her mother thanks to the villagers who started an appeal when they heard about the serious burns Elena suffered in a domestic accident . |
| 14 | Derelict , he had thought when they drove through the main street . |
| 15 | As Miller related it to his mates later , they were both asleep when they drove through the gates . |
| 16 | That would be about sixty , sixty one as I see , and er they were the last match of the season virtually was that they gained promotion on was Shrewsbury , which was at the game meadow and Arthur , the player manager who was a prolific goal scorer in his day , was playing at the time and er nobody expected Walsall to win but they ran out two-one winners and all down the A five that night all the pubs were full coming back with everyone celebrating , so erm , after then they had a civic dinner at the Town Hall for the players and they did a big flower display in the arboretum all set out in flowers the club badge and congratulation lads on winning promotion , and this when they kicked off the following season , in the second division , prior to that they played a friendly match against Leicester and Gordon was in goal and I took my boy with me Tim , who was only a toddler at the time , and he , I stood him on the old archway where the players used to run out , but the first league match was against Sunderland and Brian , actually played for Sunderland as centre forward and er Walsall ran out four-three winners in the end Tony , who was Walsall inside left got a hat trick and I believe Tommy , got the other goal and Brian scored for Sunderland , then the er we went on to the , the first away match which was at Derby County , and Walsall won that three-one . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He 's just got inside the house when they knocked on the door and asked to breath-test him . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | When they staled in the yards it quickly froze . |
| 21 | There was no mention in the treaty , however , either of the estates in Scotland granted to English lords by Edward I and lost as Bruce gained control of the country , or of the Scottish lands held by Anglo-Scottish lords such as the Earl of Angus and forfeited when they adhered to the English cause . |
| 22 | Years ago Constance 's mother had kept chickens at the bottom of the garden , and when they went off the lay one of her sons-in-law had strangled them and she had given them away to the neighbours , being unable to eat a bird she had known personally . |
| 23 | Mrs Hollidaye had asked when they went over the fields to fetch the creamy milk from Home Farm . |
| 24 | However , when they went into the field to try him , he was vicious and unmanageable ; and reared up when anyone endeavoured to mount him . |
| 25 | Eva tolerated them since they paid for Dad 's thoughts and therefore her dinner , but when they went into the bedroom to chant I heard her say to Dad , as she put on her yellow silk blouse for that brilliant evening , ‘ The future should n't contain too much of the past . ’ |
| 26 | When they went into the dining room , Stephen 's mother joined them . |
| 27 | The visit to the Brewery Company presented no problems , and they were in and out of the office within half an hour ; when they went into the chop-house on the stroke of twelve , they were the first customers . |
| 28 | When they went into the big bedroom , Patrick was seated in an armchair facing the door , dressed in his blue serge suit waiting for Rosie . |
| 29 | Everyone had gone except this boorish man and his sleazy dirty place , and the poor old decrepit cleaner , who did n't seem particularly dismayed at the sight that greeted their eyes when they went into the room where the reception had been held . |
| 30 | When they went into the crowded dining-room for dinner two people sprang up and came straight towards them . |