Example sentences of "when a [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so , he was called upon to sign documents on occasions , as when a conveyance relating to the chapel and its land was prepared in 1805 and his name as witness ( 'John Titford , Cardmaker' ) appears alongside those of John Lacey , shoemaker , Richard Butler , weaver , and James Browning , clothier ; together they form a nice little thumb-nail sketch of the kind of men who were ‘ Chapel ’ rather than ‘ Church ’ at this period . |
| 2 | These actions are then triggered when a module enters that state . |
| 3 | The neutrino is produced in the beta decay of nuclei , when a neutron converts into a proton , and an electron . |
| 4 | As before there were considerations of restricting overall investment to physical availability of materials , and of maintaining leverage over the nationalised industries as part of Keynesian demand management in the economy ( allowing greater expenditure when a slump threatened and reining it in when the economy appeared to be overheating ) . |
| 5 | This awareness of im-pending disaster was exacerbated in the early seventies when a slump occurred in the property market . |
| 6 | A fierce tank battle raged in the western approaches to the Bosnian capital Sarajevo and Bosnian radio reported that 18 children had been wounded and one killed when a shell hit their school . |
| 7 | A year and a half earlier , she had lost her previous camp home when a shell fired from the Israeli-armed Lebanese Christian enclave to the south hit the roof . |
| 8 | We used this door when a ghost came on or went off in a cloud of smoke . |
| 9 | Fifty three thousand tins spilt onto the motorway when a lorry overturned , completely blocking the southbound carriageway at its junction with the M-Fifty . |
| 10 | A WOMAN , said to be in her twenties , died yesterday in what an eyewitness described as a horrific accident on the M876 near Denny when a lorry struck a car . |
| 11 | And then was called back to do the job again when a lorry ran into the restored ironwork . |
| 12 | Traffic was delayed and a short stretch of the A66 eastbound closed when a lorry tipped over in Cleveland yesterday . |
| 13 | In 1958 , Doisneau was photographing a shepherd and his flock when a lorry careered out of control , killing a number of sheep and the shepherd 's two dogs . |
| 14 | Within twelve months of taking out a joint policy , a successful businesswoman was killed in her car when a lorry swerved across her path . |
| 15 | It began when a lorry carrying drums of paint burst a tyre and went out of control , careering through the central reservation . |
| 16 | TWO men were injured when a lorry crashed into a field after losing control on the A494 Ruthin to Mold road near Llanferres yesterday morning . |
| 17 | Three months ago a worker died and another was badly injured when a lorry ploughed into them on the hard shoulder . |
| 18 | In a 1951 case , a Mr Gregory was injured when a lorry driven by a Mr Hill knocked him off his motorbike . |
| 19 | When hooligans themselves are asked to define the term they usually say ‘ a right little hardnut ’ ; someone willing to get ‘ stuck in ’ when a fight breaks out . |
| 20 | All sounds , from thunder to music , are basically vibrations which travel through the air like the ripples in a pond , when a stone falls into the water . |
| 21 | In 1824 a retrospective view regretted as one of the social costs of enclosure that " the poor have no place on which they can amuse themselves in summer evenings , when the labour of the day is over , or when a holiday occurs " . |
| 22 | Nieto was walking alongside the touchline when a ball kicked from within the field hit him in the face , breaking his glasses . |
| 23 | The meaning of ‘ volley ’ here is : when a ball comes to the player and he hits it first time at the goal before it touches the ground . |
| 24 | A excellent example of his less than 100% commitment was at the Ispwich match when a ball flew across the box and he did not dive in after it . |
| 25 | We find it odd , even offensive , if a boat looks like a teapot and at best quaint when a teapot looks like a boat . |
| 26 | ‘ When a missile hits the head , neck , and to some extent the chest , the results are very serious — or even fatal . ’ |
| 27 | TWO men accused of killing a pensioner when a mugging went wrong had the charge found not proven at the High Court in Glasgow yesterday . |
| 28 | A criterion is satisfied when a skill involved is used satisfactorily in accordance with a teacher 's judgement . |
| 29 | It should be noted however , that often when a minister acts through his civil servants , there is no delegation . |
| 30 | It 's always a bit sad when a door closes — it seems so final . |