Example sentences of "[noun] when i [verb] they [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My results were received with general disbelief when I announced them at a conference near Oxford . |
| 2 | Old hands from the music business — usually loquacious if invited to reminisce — were struck by collective amnesia when I asked them about Dury . |
| 3 | They laughed like a couple of schoolgirls , hands fluttering to their mouths like butterflies when I told them of my encounter with the priest . |
| 4 | The Muslim Palestinian defenders of Beaufort were ignorant of all this , sitting around the walls in silence when I told them of this historical the old tale of fear , treachery and pain . |
| 5 | I thought , ‘ this will make the carrying of the tea to the remaining resident members of my family an uncommonly pleasant event , because they will all smile upon me instead of producing the customary resentful grunt when I stir them from sleep , and they will say ‘ Good morning , dear husband/father ( as the case might be ) , and they will reach under their beds for the gift-wrapped goodies so lovingly prepared and concealed the night before , and handing me their tributes they will voice their gratitude to God that I have survived so far , and will express the pious hope that they may be able to repeat such sentiments on this same date for many a year to come . |
| 6 | Several Members told me that most still speak in much the same way as they did before the cameras were introduced , and that is certainly my own impression when I watch them on television . |