Example sentences of "when they [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girl described how the men would wear Freddy Kruger masks when they touched her . |
| 2 | His lips , when they touched hers , were warm , tasting very slightly and pleasantly of cognac . |
| 3 | Mind you , this fellow jibbed a bit when they offered him two hundred to knock off a bloke who would n't play along with them , but not for long . |
| 4 | And she rang up here when when they offered us the space , she rang up here and asked for me . |
| 5 | But I do n't think I ever seriously considered having Low Birk Hatt connected when they offered it to me . |
| 6 | ‘ When they offered it to me , I was in turmoil because I was n't sure I had the experience the job required . |
| 7 | They found most of the equipment to do just that in my flat when they searched it : an answer-machine , my PC and its modem ; another lead or two and it would have been easy to set it up if you knew what you were doing , or just used trial and error and were patient . |
| 8 | This was a bar that er went under the bomb like that when they fastened them up , and then when they dropped the bombs this bar was in a clip , like where me finger is , i in a clip so when they released them it dropped out of this clip the bar went as well of course , down that went down went the bomb drop bars with it used to be make them day and night and things like that and er of course there was er Bloxwich Lock and Stamping we used to do odd stamping , odd forgings and things li and er that was other part of the war work . |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | The idea is that if elderly people can be encouraged to think back to the times when they had lots of relationships , and when they felt they had some status and worth , then they are able to feel that status carry over more into their present life . |
| 11 | They 'd stand there and laugh at you , or say things to get you going , and when they felt they 'd wound you up they 'd walk away laughing . |
| 12 | This option was , however , never used without the agreement of the chairmen , and then only on those rare occasions when they felt it would help secure acceptance of unpopular measures by their colleagues and the broader public . |
| 13 | … In the present case it is not even averred that the defendants knew of the pregnancy of the plaintiff 's mother when they received her as a passenger ; it is merely averred that in fact she was then quick with child , viz. with the plaintiff , to whom she subsequently gave birth . |
| 14 | Anyone failing to pay the total amount shown on that account when they received it ( the end of the ‘ free credit ’ period ) would have to pay what he owed plus interest , which in 1990 was on average 2.2 per cent monthly or 29.8 Annual Percentage Rate ( risen from 23.1 per cent in 1988 ) . |
| 15 | ‘ It was funny to see those agents ’ faces when they discovered they were up against the famous Marc Vila ! |
| 16 | And their reaction when they discovered they 'd won ? |
| 17 | When they discovered he was n't home , they 'd phone the police . |
| 18 | They liked him even less when they discovered he hated playing rugby , especially on cold winter mornings when the ground was as hard as concrete and the snow lay two feet deep . |
| 19 | Sinqe , who holds his country 's national record of 2hr 8min 4sec , was due to run his first marathon outside the republic in the NutraSweet-sponsored event on 18 April but London organisers were left fuming when they discovered he had run a marathon in Japan a fortnight ago in defiance of his contract which stipulated that he should not run a competitive marathon within 90 days of the big race . |
| 20 | It had started when they discovered she was meeting Rob , and they had asked for her promise that she would never see him again . |
| 21 | The Pushkin police officers had intended to take her to St Petersburg police station when they discovered she was a foreigner . |
| 22 | But when they discovered she planned to marry fellow student Willie Armour , they gave the prize to a young man in the year below . |
| 23 | The Court of Appeal dismissed an Inland Revenue challenge to a High Court ruling that £75,000 paid to England and Derby County goalkeeper Peter Shilton by Nottingham Forest when they sold him to Southampton in 1982 should be treated as a ‘ golden handshake ’ . |
| 24 | We helped second-hand car-buyers , too , when we uncovered British School of Motoring 's clever dodge for covering up their cars ' real origins when they sold them on . |
| 25 | Well when , yes where they rented when they sold theirs |
| 26 | When they served her with a stallion you see , it was three weeks elapsed then before she if you did n't go and foal with that service it was three weeks elapsed afore you game again . |
| 27 | Another would-be Tory rebel , Walter Sweeney , who has an ultra-slim majority of 19 — Britain 's smallest — accused Central Office of ‘ hitting below the belt ’ when they forced him to abstain in the vote . |
| 28 | ‘ Prove what you say , ’ said she when they threatened her . |
| 29 | The rich merchant thought the children should always salute him and call him ‘ sir ’ when they passed him in the street . |
| 30 | But then when they went up when they passed it just two year ago it was fenced off . |