Example sentences of "when they [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They thought they would get a warm welcome when they offered the money to the charity-funded hospice in Milton , Cambs . |
| 2 | When they announced the pilot scheme in September 1990 , Nynex claimed that the service ‘ will eventually allow businesses to send , receive , store and retrieve any type of voice , data and video communication in any combination at any time . |
| 3 | When they announced the closure of the North and South Works , things were very uncertain . |
| 4 | Two men had gone to Anthony Bland 's home in Vine Street , Darlington , to execute a warrant for eviction and when they searched the house they discovered sub-machine guns , a pump action shotgun and pistols . |
| 5 | The inmates had rudimentary weapons for just this moment , and Fujimori backed down when they fought the troops . |
| 6 | Ltd. following an amalgamation when they became the second largest cement firm in Britain , and it was incorporated into the A.P.C.M. combine in 1900 . |
| 7 | One day in May I remember , the sun shone , the wind dropped and larks flew straight up from the fields , singing with astonishment when they felt the warmth in the air . |
| 8 | Robert and Ella Burrows were not only married , they already had three small children when they felt the compulsion to enter the ministry . |
| 9 | His tale was verified by another member of the party Hawick 's B international hooker Jim Hay , who recounted that his fellow Teri , Jim Renwick , had been so intent on chasing and tackling the electrifyingly quick Eric Rush that he had failed to notice a helicopter land on the pitch and it was only when they felt the down-draft from the rotor blades that they put on the anchors . |
| 10 | When they spotted the constable stealthily approaching one end , the son at the other would fire his gun . |
| 11 | ‘ Fortunately they lost a ball and were looking for it when they spotted the baby wrapped in a towel , ’ he said . |
| 12 | The authority of government was still exercised more directly through the law courts than in later centuries , and the authority of the Lords of Trade was underlined when they received the power to hear appeals from courts in the colonies . |
| 13 | Later she had a full mastectomy and was just getting over that when they discovered the cancer had spread to her bones . |
| 14 | Tony , 47 , and Maureen , 46 , from Brockenhurst , Hants , sparked the alert when they discovered the girl they had called Carla had an ankle tag with the surname Coyle . |
| 15 | He says they were shocked when they discovered the extent of the plans . |
| 16 | He stood up slowly , asked if they would like coffee , made his way out of the room when they accepted the offer . |
| 17 | Women were most resistant to his strictures , claiming that when they served the goddess , they were never short of food . |
| 18 | When they tossed the used rag of my body |
| 19 | Jamie was why you got back on the horse , why you did n't say if you were afraid when they stitched the cut on your face after the brakes on the bike failed . |
| 20 | The commons had shown themselves increasingly adept at procuring political concessions in return for grants of taxes , and although they were at their most effective when they enjoyed the support of at least some sections of the nobility , they had gained substantially in experience and cohesion by the time the crisis of 1340–1 arose . |
| 21 | The Wright bothers did this when they developed the first operational airplane . |
| 22 | Attfield and Duck ( 1982 ) found that they could reject the rational expectations theory of the term structure of interest rates when they applied the above model to three-monthly , five-yearly and ten-yearly rates of interest in the UK . |
| 23 | The Divisional Court held that the appeal must succeed , taking the view that the police officers were acting in the execution of their duty when they assisted the youth leader to eject the appellants and others from the youth club . |
| 24 | Presumably its ancestors were not so different when they shared the marine habitat with the trilobites . |
| 25 | Their heyday lasted for the first five years of the Eighties , when they scored the incredible total of 20 consecutive Top 20 hits . |
| 26 | we had our red and white rosettes and when our , I was sitting watching the match and when they scored the goal my slippers went up in the air . |
| 27 | Both clubs were prepared to pay the £700,000 Rovers wanted for the 23-year-old , but withdrew when they heard the player 's wage demands . |
| 28 | When they heard the news they did n't know what to . ’ |
| 29 | His whole body felt bruised from the speed at which Doyle had dragged him round and thrown him on to the floor when they heard the shout outside . |
| 30 | Like the Philistines when they heard the shout greeting the ark 's arrival in the Israelite camp , Eli asks , ‘ What is this uproar ? ’ |