Example sentences of "when they [vb past] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they did make extensive use of it for coinage , however , the high zinc and low iron content of the coins indicates that they must have used metallic zinc rather than cementation . |
| 2 | In the case of the sociological positivists , this reluctance applied even when they did become involved in the analysis of the operation of penal institutions — when the ‘ sociology of the prison blossomed in the 1950s and 1960s . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | She was just someone vaguely in the background of his life to whom he was courtesy itself when they did encounter each other . |
| 5 | When they did get good they 'd be one of the biggest bands in the world , the Fish predicted . |