Example sentences of "[noun] when [pron] [adv] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lee is currently casting his magic spell over Ampeg 's tube guitar amp range , although we also suspected some Jackson-type involvement in Crate 's GT-50 Stealth combo when we recently reviewed it . |
| 2 | They stung , as they were meant to , and there were tears in her eyes when he roughly turned her over . |
| 3 | ‘ She gave me some help when I badly needed it . |
| 4 | to walk round the bread shelves twice and they were right on the bottom shelf when I eventually tracked them down and they had the hot cross buns on the shelves . |
| 5 | I wondered if she 'd moved on to another place in the forest without saying anything , but when I stood perfectly still , I could hear the rhythmic scratching of her karaso from behind some trees , and the occasional tearing sound when she accidentally caught it in the undergrowth . |
| 6 | Endill was about to declare his joy when he suddenly realised what was about to happen . |
| 7 | This is interesting because Morrissey was referring back to his days spent in hopeless fandom when he practically worshipped everything that moved within the media . |
| 8 | He seems to have lost the knack when he most needed it , for he was stoned to death by unimpressed heathens . |
| 9 | Not bathing for two days was no great inconvenience when he only had himself for company ; not shaving suited him fine when there was no woman to complain of beard burns . |
| 10 | ‘ And your parents quite obviously hate my guts because they think I walked out on Jennifer when she most needed me … |
| 11 | Dr Runcie , the well known Archbishop , found himself in terrible trouble when he obviously betrayed his feeling that the Argentinians were human brings in the Falklands memorial service . |
| 12 | ‘ Once with a favouring wind , and once with reinforcements when he most needed them . |
| 13 | I got a reproof from Dr Kelleher when I facetiously said I 'd grow geraniums in my gas mask . |
| 14 | He would not talk about it , and you knew not to ask more , but you realised that it must have been the time in his life when he most resembled himself . |
| 15 | And that was the day after ( heart going bang-the-big-bass-drum 'cos I knew what they 'd say ) I tried to get a word in edgeways when they finally fixed my GCSE options . |
| 16 | This was one game in which Frank Strandli had a chance to prove himself and salvage some points when we really needed them but he did n't deliver . |
| 17 | It was three o'clock by the tower clock when I finally forced my numb fingers to dose the creaking covers of the Thesaurus Exorcismorum . |
| 18 | Doug , 60 , was chatting about food regulations to a town hall environmental officer when he chummily addressed him as Richard . |
| 19 | Everything is day-glo , from pumps and pedals to the funny little helmets the riders wear to stop any further brain damage when they inevitably hit their heads on a rock . |
| 20 | Perhaps I was sent to the chippie , or café up the street to fetch cigarettes , or lemonade , or to go at full haste and deliver a note to one of his girl-friends ; or maybe he simply wanted to chastise me for something I had done , as for instance when I inadvertently got him into hot water by mentioning to Mum that I had seen him with a girl ( an infamous young woman ) after he had faithfully promised not to see her again , ever . |
| 21 | A night out was not complete without a gamble on the station machine , when the agony of nine successive defeats would be replaced by euphoria when you actually got your bar . |
| 22 | I despised the other actors for not sticking up for me , and for sniggering at the accent when I finally did it . |
| 23 | With that settled , they were back by the outbuildings near the house when she again remembered her car and thought she had better find out where it was garaged before she again forgot to bring it up . |
| 24 | The FBI has yet to explain why he would have needed another copy when he already had one . |
| 25 | A tide of crimson flowed into Isabel 's face when she hurriedly disentangled herself from fitzAlan and saw that Ralf had been joined by Sybil and Master Thomas , who had come to the inn door to wave them off . |
| 26 | She was lowering herself from the tip-toe that she needed to look over the panelled backing of the window display when something else caught her eye , further down the road . |
| 27 | And he had been a healthy influence on Clare when she most needed it — when that creeping Jesus of a Damien had threatened to infect her with the mildew of his own damp piety . |