Example sentences of "[noun] ['s] [noun sg] [noun] when [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ERIC Donohoe of Services Delivery , Technology retained the Edinburgh Squash Club 's championship title when he put up a fearless display to beat his boss , Martin Webb , Director of Technology . |
| 2 | The clashes in January 1987 followed the sacking of print workers by Mr Murdoch 's newspaper group when it moved to its new print plant at Wapping , east London . |
| 3 | Never one to opt out , Minton starred at the boat 's fancy-dress ball when he appeared as the Mysterious Guest in female dress . |
| 4 | Not for nothing did Sue Ellen 's hair flop when she became an alcoholic . |
| 5 | He will also be responsible for Johnson Brothers ' customer service when it is fully integrated later in the year . |
| 6 | Hailed as the weird and wonderful show that dared to be different , the media could n't lavish enough praise on David Lynch 's Twin Peaks when it debuted on American television in April . |
| 7 | THE Tory MP Mr David Tredinnick ( Bosworth ) provoked fury from the Liberal Democrats during the Queen 's speech debate when he accused them of ‘ doughnutting ’ — sitting in a tight circle around their spokesman in order to give the impression on television that the Commons was full . |
| 8 | There was serious foreign interest in Esselte 's publishing division when it was first put on the market early in 1990 , and Hachette is known to have been in negotiation before an agreement with Liber was finally concluded . |
| 9 | She remembered , too , Canon Wheeler 's unexpected appearance at Ian 's attic office when he had perhaps expected to find it empty . |
| 10 | She escaped her sister 's gimlet gaze when she returned to the privacy of her own apartment . |
| 11 | Gallacher , 27 , was Coventry 's record signing when they paid Dundee United £900,000 for him in January 1990 . |
| 12 | Today , after a period of five short years , we are a health-conscious nation , exercising careful concern about our guests ' cholesterol levels when we invite them round to supper , looking unconcerned as yet another jogger pounds us into the pavement as we take a stroll , and reacting with sheer open-eyed shock at the sight of a plate of bacon , eggs and bangers as we spoon down our own regular morning bran cereal — or dish of F-Pan Fibre-Filler . |
| 13 | Tyrone Evans had been brought into the court 's car park when he overpowered his guard and got away in a blue Renault . |
| 14 | JOANNE Jenkins from Raloo near Larne collected the top trophy at Ballyclare 's Speech/Drama Festival when she was awarded the Audrey Robinson Rose Bowl after giving the most pleasing performance during the week-long event which ended yesterday afternoon . |
| 15 | The transfer of Baker , who in 1988 had resigned as Treasury Secretary in order to take over Bush 's election campaign when it was trailing badly in the polls , had been widely anticipated in the month prior to the announcement . |
| 16 | The ambitious Spanish carrier is almost certain to make an offer for Peru 's state AeroPeru when it is ( eventually ) privatised , and is also eyeing the Dominican Republic 's airline , Dominicana . |
| 17 | ‘ You should go take Spanish at night school , ’ he said one evening in the Airds ' downstairs lavatory when we were clearing up after they had gone out to dine . |
| 18 | He says that BT were asked to disconnect his firm 's fax machine when he moved his premises to Wotton under Edge . |
| 19 | But the strongest condemnation of the Tory rebels came from Sir Bernard Ingham , Mrs Thatcher 's press secretary when she was Prime Minister . |
| 20 | He had assisted in lifting her from the floor of Willi Zimmermann 's living room when she was blindly unconscious . |
| 21 | Many things had fallen into place as a result of his father 's explanation : drawings on lavatory walls , the shape of girl babies , the strange scufflings in Jimmy Thompson 's rabbit hutch when they put the black buck Jumbo in with Snow White … |
| 22 | Desmond McAteer was given a two year suspended prison sentence at the city 's Crown Court when he admitted attacking his rival involved in the love triangle with his wife . |
| 23 | Super Sarah TENNIS : Unseeded Sarah Pitkowski , the 16-year-old French prodigy , won the LTA women 's satellite event when she beat Belgium 's Caroline Wuillot in yesterday 's final at Swindon . |
| 24 | TEAM Components Bureau took a giant step towards their first Scottish women 's league title when they beat champions Glasgow Powerhouse 15-11 , 15-9 , 15-3 in a Royal Bank Scottish League match in Whitburn last night . |
| 25 | It said 56 per cent of those asked believed the president had misled the public during last year 's election campaign when he said he would not raise taxes on the middle class to pay for his programmes . |
| 26 | Why was the Lotus issue put into this mo this year 's training plan when it was last year 's money ? |
| 27 | The good honest that kept your master 's worship house when he requires . |
| 28 | Adults with cystic fibrosis become known to ACFA by transfer from the Cystic Fibrosis Research Trust 's mailing list when they reach the age of 18 , or by direct referral . |
| 29 | Comdisco had been playing in a high stakes financial game known as risk arbitrage , hoping to get ahead of the rapid run-up in a company 's share price when it became the object of a takeover ( or the reversal of fortune that occurred when a takeover fell apart ) . |
| 30 | He also injured Thomas 's common-law wife when he hit her in the legs with the stick , Teesside magistrates heard . |