Example sentences of "were [adj] when [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | you 're expecting a baby and were pregnant when the dentist accepted you for treatment or |
| 2 | Cyril and Florence Ormerod and their son Andrew were asleep when the fire started . |
| 3 | The first , Carry On Sergeant in 1958 , was made for £71,000 — and Thomas claims they were aghast when the cost of the second , Carry On Nurse , went up to £75,000 . |
| 4 | The Palestinians were peeved when the Americans , spotting an impasse , tried to bridge it by coming up with a compromise . |
| 5 | Follow up data for the 18 patients who were alive when the 1988 report was assembled have been obtained from the most recent inpatient assessment at Harefield Hospital ( 1991–2 ) , where all but one patient are reviewed in depth each year or more often if problems arise . |
| 6 | Shopkeepers there were staggered when a particular brand of noodles sold out within days — until they discovered its high score in the barcode points stakes . |
| 7 | If it were clear when a party has formed an intention to incur legal obligation , if a person did commonly define the obligation he desired to assume in terms which left little doubt as to its nature , it would be unnecessary , and indeed merely foolish , to require an additional test of that intention . |
| 8 | Note that the package module APCK3 and all its modules were OFFLINE when the procedure was called . |
| 9 | Results were similar when the saturated fatty acid in sn-1 position ( palmitic acid ) was replaced by another saturated fatty acid ( stearic acid ) . |
| 10 | Soviet officials were relieved when the Iranian government replaced this extremist plan in July 1982 with the view that a settlement of the situation around Afghanistan should be based on ‘ the principles of Islam and non-alignment ’ . |
| 11 | They had set a target of £5,000 , the same amount that was raised in Manchester and Salford in 1981 , and were delighted when a record of £6,141 was collected . |
| 12 | Staff at slimbridge were delighted when the birds decided to nest . |
| 13 | Skerne Park residents who were delighted when the traffic-slowing plans were approved are now worried by the bus companies ' attitude and are accusing them of putting profit before public service . |
| 14 | Murray was becoming increasingly flamboyant in style , which meant that his rages were fearful when the rest of the team did not get him what he wanted . |
| 15 | Queen fan club spokeswoman Jacky Gunn said : ‘ Freddie 's fans were incensed when the Olympic committee dropped the song . |
| 16 | They were lucky when the freehold of the old Aquarium Theatre , opposite Westminster Abbey , came up for sale . |
| 17 | These findings were unchanged when the non-insulin dependent diabetic subjects were excluded from the analyses . |
| 18 | We however went round , and were glad when the circuit was completed . ’ |
| 19 | It was obvious that the visiting backs wanted to run the ball with what crumbs came their way but were foolhardy when an attempted break out of defence ten metres from the line resulted in a five-metre scrum . |
| 20 | The President , Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Keith Williamson and Lady Williamson were present when the Standard of the Association was paraded at the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall . |
| 21 | One ex-member of staff at the home said : ‘ During the investigation no members of staff were called to witness even though many were present when the incidents occurred . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ So you were present when the old woman died , is that right ? |
| 23 | Thus all things were bearing an equal strain and we were westward-bound when a frantic signal from the rear gunner warned me that we were about to be attacked again , and my heavy-handed evasive action severed the aileron control repair . |
| 24 | For example , Pamela was surprised that her parents were concerned when a boy she had just met at a discotheque brought her home in the early hours of the morning . |
| 25 | A day or two later she was to receive another surprise so far as animals were concerned when the ginger kitten , more adventurous than his brothers , found his way into the cabin where the Dalmatian was suckling her pups and joined in the free feast . |
| 26 | One person on site was taken to the local hospital complaining of eye irritation but was later discharged and the crew of a vessel in the Humber estuary reported exposure to an irritant cloud , but not ill effects were evident when the crew was checked by a doctor . |
| 27 | But the most compelling reassurance for townspeople should come from the firefighters themselves , some of whom were uneasy when the shake-up first came to light . |
| 28 | Friends of the Ferries were stunned when the ECHO broke the news . |
| 29 | We were pleased when the news was good and depressed when it was bad , but first things came first and I suppose we all felt we were doing our bit and that our personal lives were at that moment of secondary importance . |
| 30 | They were furious when the inquiry launched last summer did n't ask for their views . |