Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] when [pron] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The adventures usually contain puzzles that have to be solved , cryptic advice , plays on words , red herrings , and some really useful information that is only revealed when you 've asked the computer the right question , correctly phrased . |
| 2 | However you will be encouraged to stay in education to gain more skills and knowledge so that you will be better equipped when you do look for work . |
| 3 | The days were long gone when she 'd wanted him to understand , believe her . |
| 4 | She suspected that she was pregnant when she began seeing Alan , but this was only confirmed when she had to go for a check-up because Alan had a urinal infection . |
| 5 | She had not exaggerated when she 'd said she felt weary . |
| 6 | On the other hand , if the Liberals voted against Baldwin , they would be putting Labour into power , something which many Liberal electors had not envisaged when they had voted Liberal to preserve Free Trade . |
| 7 | Somehow she had imagined them both greeting Peter together , wrapped in each other 's arms , confirming what Peter had already imagined when he 'd rung her the other morning . |
| 8 | defendant in belief that it was necessary to enter an appearance before a payment into court could be made was not estopped when he sought to have the case dismissed for want of prosecution on discovering that the writ had not9 been served . |
| 9 | We still hear of black students who make telephone appointments to view property , only to be told it 's already gone when they arrive to view . |
| 10 | Arthur said he 'd never had their second message , and the fuss all died down , but he 's always come when we 've sent for him . ’ |
| 11 | His argument is further weakened when he seeks to defend the very institution that does bring us Dynasty , Dallas and Blankety Blank ! |
| 12 | And that was what he had once driven when he had done his military service — driven a Leopard tank . |
| 13 | French public opinion was enraged by the attempt and was further inflamed when it became known that Orsini 's bombs had been made in Birmingham and the conspiracy hatched in London . |
| 14 | That was a stupid analogy , Masha said , at the same time as Surkov was pointing out that Katya had always glowed when he 'd praised her nice bottom and tits . |
| 15 | Why had she nearly fainted when I had told her about the letter ? |
| 16 | But that probably stopped when I started going in did n't it ? |
| 17 | The Ferghana party secretary was shot and slightly wounded when he tried to address a crowd ; and 5,000 men armed with automatic rifles and pistols were reported to have stormed party and government buildings in the ancient city of Kokand ( if Izvestiya 's report was to be believed , they carried a portrait of Lenin in front of them with a message written on the back of it which called for the slaughter of all Turks and Russians and ended ‘ Long live the Islamic republic and Ayatollah Khomeini ’ ) . |
| 18 | My voice had nearly gone when I tried to order a brandy . |
| 19 | This has also happened when I have fed the fish . |
| 20 | So carefully dressed when he came to applaud me and , with money given by Dad , to take me out to Simpson 's . |
| 21 | We were really bugged when he started yelling . ’ |
| 22 | The fierce debate between these two tendencies pointed to the difficulties — and personal anguish — women often experienced when they tried to develop positive representations of their own sexuality . |
| 23 | At one point in Vikram Seth 's novel in verse The Golden Gate ( Faber , 1986 ) , the author interrupts the narrative to tell us that his idea for the book had not been well received when he had mentioned it to a publisher : |
| 24 | An Alsation proved to be a little too well trained when he managed to slip the bolt on a shed door , with his owner John Wilson on the wrong side ! |
| 25 | Oddly the cottage was fully booked when we tried to take it again at Easter . |
| 26 | Tuna are sometimes landed when they try to swim through holes in fishing nets and get their teeth caught in the mesh ; once trapped in this way , they can be dragged on to the beach with the net . |
| 27 | Even the Romanian press admitted that progress was not universally welcomed when it meant uprooting oneself and family from the home which had sheltered generations , particularly not when it meant moving into a block-house . |
| 28 | It would be an exaggeration to say I suffered from morning sickness , but my suspicions were certainly aroused when I began to feel a little queasy in the early part of the day . |