Example sentences of "when [pron] [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the disappointment of Paris , when everyone kept reminding him how he 'd missed five kicks out of six in the Parc des Princes , there was bound to be a reaction from Hastings at Murrayfield . |
| 2 | When everyone had gathered in the garden , Sergeant joined them and said , ‘ Welcome , everyone ! ’ |
| 3 | It was the magical hour after the lunch shift , when everyone had gone away and there was no sound louder than the hoover . |
| 4 | Louise said , as they were re-arranging the drawing room when everyone had gone . |
| 5 | After the service , when everyone had gone to the reception at his father 's house , Duncan had returned to the fresh brown earth mound and prayed for his grandfather 's soul . |
| 6 | I found it curious that when everyone had finished Robert still had a plateful of food before him and we had to wait as he ate it and Lili talked and smoked her endless cigarettes . |
| 7 | When everyone had finished the plates were cleared and Clare produced a big chocolate cake with two candles , sending the children wild with excitement . |
| 8 | " We 've a lot of work to do tonight , " said the Collector when everyone had assembled in the hall . |
| 9 | ‘ Hey , ’ said Luke , when everyone had ordered . |
| 10 | Eve was so strange , she could make up tales and then , when everyone had got interested , she would say , ‘ Fooled you ’ . |
| 11 | After the service , when everyone had filed outside , Willie looked around for the strange curly-haired boy that he had seen at the Post Office . |
| 12 | Maybe because tonight the warning had been a long time sounding , had started its tormented wailing just when everyone began to think the bombers were n't coming . |
| 13 | The embarrassed silence which followed was broken only when everyone turned to watch as the Simonova 's bay tractor beams started to draw the most recently captured platform through the force field . |
| 14 | The crowd was a bit quiet but when everyone did sing it was awesome ! ! |
| 15 | ‘ When everyone started to sing Flower of Scotland it gave everyone a great lift . |
| 16 | Country house visiting , which had been common in the eighteenth century and Regency when everyone liked to have their taste admired , became infrequent as even the greatest houses closed their gates to visitors , persuaded that the sanctities of ‘ home ’ were not for exhibition to the public eye . |
| 17 | Fat chance , she thought in despair , but little by little , when nothing happened to unsettle her , she was able to relax more and in doing so became aware of all the little things she had missed before — the warmth of his back against her chest , the firm feel of his waist under her hands , the slight shift of his thighs against hers as he changed gear . |
| 18 | when I ran to catch the bus from school |
| 19 | The door was open and I did hear that much when I passed to go in to the ladies ' toilet . |
| 20 | I was in there nearly three years , or two and a half years anyway and , of course , I when I passed to go to the Q M of course , I , I used to do the Headmaster 's and all that but they , they could n't teach me any more because you , you can only have the same lessons as them that have been taught you know . |
| 21 | When I paused to read the memorial to Jose Rizal , hero of the revolution , I turned round to find about 50 little children in a semicircle watching me open-mouthed . |
| 22 | Sweat was running from my temples , stinging at the corners of my eyes , and when I paused to wipe them Edward shouted , ‘ Come on , come on , give me the bloody axe . ’ |
| 23 | They wanted them all back when I agreed to sell — at their price — but I said I 'd spilt coffee on some of them and thrown them away . |
| 24 | I indicated to the Bishop when I agreed to take the canonry that he did n't possess the personal qualities I require in my subordinates . |
| 25 | But he was clearly relieved when I agreed to accept it at his hands . |
| 26 | When I 'd done with Shepard and the wasp , Shadwell put his arm round me . |
| 27 | He 'd disliked anyone complimenting me and when I 'd done well in a race he 'd found it difficult to offer congratulations . |
| 28 | I was flattered when she first asked me , and curious , but when I 'd seen what it was like , I was n't interested . |
| 29 | I had n't felt like this when I 'd seen him firing the shotgun . |
| 30 | Even so , it set up a security precaution that had occurred to me when I 'd seen the cylinder . |