Example sentences of "when [prep] [adj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite this bitter tragedy the town again rallied itself to the Yorkist cause when in 1470 they assisted King Edward IV in dispelling a Lancastrian uprising at the battle of Loosecoat Field . |
| 2 | When at last they did see him coming they had to follow his slow path from the road , watch him lean his bicycle carefully against the wall under the yew and plod slowly up between the two rows of boxwood . |
| 3 | When at last they are released , they are positively maniacal , and gallop and buck around the paddock twice as much as usual before settling down to eating the grass . |
| 4 | City shopkeepers thought this would be disastrous as the last thing that people cooped up in offices all day want to do is to plunge underground when at last they have a chance to get out in the fresh air . |
| 5 | When at last they came to the lower end of Spring Street , Agnes stopped and , looking from one to the other , she said , ‘ This is where I live ; I 'll be all right now . |
| 6 | When at last they sat down to eat , a small crowd of children had gathered in the doorway , drawn from their own homes by the smell of puris frying , knowing from this that today was a special occasion . |
| 7 | When at last they reached the maize fields they stopped . |
| 8 | When at last they drew back , he saw that one side of their faces was skinless and bleeding . |
| 9 | When at last they broke apart , he took both her hands in his and kissed each of her palms . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's that good to see you , Master Harry , ’ she said when at last they were all seated comfortably round the dining-table . |
| 11 | ‘ We need to talk about this , ’ he said when at last they broke apart . |
| 12 | When at last they began to come out to her in the sun-drenched quadrangle on the Castle 's south side , where she liked to sit , she was patient and cautious . |
| 13 | But when at last they halted in front of me , their eyes also held disappointment . |
| 14 | Dora accepted these ministrations without protest , but Melissa thought she detected a growing restiveness and a thinly veiled relief when at last they said goodnight and returned to their own room . |
| 15 | ‘ Snodgrass , ’ Oliver remarked , picking up Angela 's quotation , when at last they reached the safety of the gardens far below , ‘ do not let me be baulked in this matter — do not obtain the assistance of several stalwart Lionisers to carry me prostrate back to Broadstairs , do not listen to me when I say never , never again shall I visit a sight connected to the late great Mr Charles Dickens . |
| 16 | ‘ It is n't fair , ’ she complained breathlessly , when at last they both came up for air . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , I 'd better say goodnight , ’ she said , when at last they called a halt . |
| 18 | When at last they lay quietly , her head resting on Luke 's shoulder , her hand spread against the damp warmth of his skin , Fran felt as though she had come back from some great journey that had shifted her conception and understanding of everything . |