Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] when it [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glass making prospered in St Helens when it was found that there were suitable local sands which are the main raw material . |
| 2 | The outstanding feature of these Roman operas was the splendour of the scenery and ingenuity of the scenic effects , which were devised by Bernini himself for Erminia and for Sant' Alessio when it was revived in 1634 for the entertainment of Wladyslaw IV 's brother . |
| 3 | Among her other political activities , she sympathised with the Boers and visited St. Helena when it was used to house prisoners from the South African War . |
| 4 | Four years ago , the same picture was offered at Sotheby 's in New York when it was bought by California collector Martin Blinder for $1.3 million |
| 5 | Metaphor Computer Systems Inc , the company IBM bought off of Dave Liddle when it was setting up Taligent with Apple Computer Inc , is expected to enter the Unix arena this week by hooking its decision support software to the Sybase Inc and Red Brick databases . |