Example sentences of "when [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When for a stagnant month no call has broken |
| 2 | and when , when for a two mile journey it would be , would three pound twenty or something like that |
| 3 | But it seems sad that so many did not have a more enjoyable sexual introduction , especially when for a few it had been the one and only time . |
| 4 | Neil Cochrane 's mouth tightened when for the first time Sally-Anne saw his face plain , and reacted by controlling her own , so that the shock which she had received was only momentarily shown . |
| 5 | Will my hon. Friend commend as compulsory reading part of our proceedings in Committee when for the first time hon. Members listened for two or two and a half hours to — |
| 6 | He did so by wandering the streets , and when for the second time he passed the food office where she worked , he knew what he was going to do . |
| 7 | Where is the justification in this when for the past 22 years this same scum have killed and maimed the people of Ulster . |
| 8 | ‘ Why should n't I , when for the past four years I 've been allowed to say nothing at all ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ How do you propose to raise the money when for the past months you 've been claiming that it just was n't possible ? ’ |
| 10 | I was convinced I had done badly and was very depressed when during the practical exam university lecturers came around to talk to other people but not to me . |
| 11 | My story concerns the last England cricket tour of South Africa in 1964–65 , when during the first morning of the Durban Test the pitch was so utterly dead that Peter Pollock , at full pace , could hardly get the ball bail-high and England 's batsmen were obviously headed for a huge total . |
| 12 | When during the Second World War the German occupiers deported the entire Danish police force for several months , recorded rates of theft and robbery ( though not of sexual offences ) rose spectacularly ( Chris-tiansen , 1975 ; Beyleveld , 1990 : 159 ) . |
| 13 | Reaction was firmly enthroned , and when during the parliamentary debate on the Security from Violence Bill one MP voiced the belief that ‘ the want of employment was the parent of crime ’ , this seems to have been regarded as little more than a sentimental eccentricity . |
| 14 | Thus in 1506 the Spanish representative in Venice was succeeded by his son , who presented to the doge on the day after his father 's death credentials prepared in advance ; and when about the same time a French ambassador to Hungary died , his duties immediately passed to his nephew , who completed the work of the embassy . |
| 15 | Whatever roots I may once have had were cut off years ago when as a young man or old boy I left my father 's house to make my way in horrible competitive London . |
| 16 | He first become involved in the Order when as a junior doctor he was encouraged by the promise of a bottle of beer by a colleague . |
| 17 | There were still traces of ethnocentrism in the nationalist viewpoint elsewhere in the report : for instance , they still referred to ‘ the historic integrity of Ireland ’ ( New Ireland Forum 1983–4 : i. 28 ) , implying an almost naturalistic concept of Irish unity , when as a political unit Ireland only ever existed as a British-administered territory . |
| 18 | I remember learning this lesson painfully when as a new curate I came to the weekly staff meeting in Cranham . |
| 19 | We may remember the unusual play on Hornblower 's self-distrustful temperament in Hornblower and the Atropos , when as the official organiser of Nelson 's funeral procession down the Thames he is beset by disaster . |
| 20 | These shops are trying to pass discount trainers from way beck when as the genuine article . |
| 21 | There are occasions when after a long and difficult dig , and when a long time has elapsed before the recovery of the ferret and rabbit , you may discover that your ferret has scraped at the hindquarters of the rabbit for so long that it has broken the skin , drawn blood and started to eat the rabbit before it died . |
| 22 | Therefore property passed to him when after a reasonable length of time he had failed to object . |
| 23 | The seneschal glanced at it briefly but did not appear excessively worried , even when after a few moments — the scullions running past and round them were all carrying pails of water and sand , fire blankets , cutting gear and stretchers . |
| 24 | Relief flooded in when after a quick glance to the card , which clearly meant nothing to her , the woman politely uttered , ‘ Prosím za prominutí , ’ and disappeared . |
| 25 | Most anglers adopt the following decision sequence when after a particular fish : river , fishery , swim and then precise area of swim . |
| 26 | Iraq launched its invasion of Kuwait on Aug. 2 at 2.00 a.m. ( local time ) , when of the 100,000 Iraqi troops massed on Kuwait 's northern border an estimated 30,000 soldiers , including elite Republican Guards , crossed in the first assault . |
| 27 | The question , light , whispered , had barely left her lips and seemed to tremble in the air between them , when with a swift unexpected movement , just as she lifted her hand to touch his face , he caught her wrist . |
| 28 | However , that was to prove costly as from Spurs next attack , Pemberton slid in to intercept a cross from leeds right , the ball came off him awkwardly , Beeney , when under no real threat , handled the ball . |
| 29 | He advised his student that a comprehensive microlight conversion course was necessary as it was possible for conventional control ( three-axis ) pilots with insufficient weight-shift experience to make incorrect control inputs when under a heavy workload or in turbulent conditions . |
| 30 | You know , probably , that Malduin would n't have anything to do with the fortifications in Fife and the Lothians , and would only release his land-workers when under a direct order from my lord your husband . ’ |