Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] [prep] [noun sg] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from meeting Mussolini , he remembered the occasion chiefly for the panic at half-time when he temporarily lost the key to the locked dressing-room . |
| 2 | Only if the window is a sunny south-facing one should they be shaded a little during the middle of the day in summer when the sun is shining . |
| 3 | But while a non-linguistic preference or bias might explain why the meaning of more appears to be acquired before that of less , there still appears to be some violation of the principle of Contrast when children respond to more and less as if their meanings were identical . |
| 4 | I was not , then , full of the joys of Christmas when , crushed , creased and cross , I bailed out at Waterloo . |
| 5 | It was made to coincide either with the rising of the river in early summer or with the recession of the waters in autumn when the fertilized fields were ready to be sown . |
| 6 | And we shall get a clearer idea of the time of death when Dr. Blain-Thomson has done the P.M. But judging from the state of rigor , Dr. Kerrison was n't far out . |
| 7 | Blackburn suffered their first defeat of the season in midweek when lost 3-2 at home to Everton . |
| 8 | It was an unfortunate choice of phrase when memories are still fresh of the summer of discontent when workers staged sit-downs on some platforms in an attempt to secure better conditions . |
| 9 | It seems almost like the beginning of time when visitors to Welford Road first saw dear old Dusty tee up the ball , meticulously pace his couple of steps back and sideways , pause , take a deep breath , glance at the target and then , slick as clockwork , sidle up and caress the ball between the posts . |
| 10 | Captain Naas Botha said ‘ We want a repeat of our match against the Midlands in midweek when we played effective rugby for the full 80 minutes for the first time on tour . |
| 11 | For all these people the first Sunday of Lent marked the time when Bishop Brewer , in the name of the Church , called them to journey with the Church towards Easter when they will be baptised , or received into full communion with the Church . |
| 12 | According to Central Statistical Office data ( 1988 ) the largest number of road casualties per hour coincide with the times of day when traffic is at its heaviest , reaching a peak between 5 and 6 p.m. and with a secondary peak between 8 and 9 a.m . |
| 13 | There is a period each year before the onset of spring when the land breathes anticipation . |
| 14 | If one took analogies seriously and from such a definition … of ‘ so-called primitive capitalist accumulation ’ , then literally the whole of capitalism , right up to its death would end up in the ‘ pre-history ’ of capitalism : for capitalism obtains surplus profits from ‘ third persons ’ throughout its entire existence ; there is and will be no such stage in the life of capitalism when profits were not to come its way on the basis of exploitation of third persons . |
| 15 | The satellites revealed a rather remarkable feature in the Antarctic sea ice in that there are persistent open water areas even in the middle of winter when the area should be frozen over , the atmosphere is cold enough to freeze the ocean and yet , in these areas , the ice does not form . |
| 16 | What happened in in the depth of winter when it was really bad and stormy as far as supplies and things went ? |
| 17 | It seemed that the entire congregation was there helping , through breakfast time in the Undercroft until evening when everything was stowed away in Church leaving it presentable for he next day 's Service . |
| 18 | In the fullness of time when products are superseded , module versions may no longer be required and consequently may no longer need to be retained in magnetic form . |
| 19 | Sometimes Greece 's place on the map can even help , in the periods of history when Europe is on easy terms with its neighbours to the east . |
| 20 | With winding street hidden behind massive stone walls , the old town is a must to visit , particularly in the cool of evening when the traders in the street markets display their wares and the old shops open after the afternoon siesta to sell gold , silver , leather and furs at reasonable prices . |
| 21 | ‘ It is natural for men to tell tales , and I suppose the short story was created in the night of time when the hunter , to beguile the leisure of his fellows when they had eaten and drunk their fill , narrated by the cavern fire some fantastic incident he had hear of . ’ |
| 22 | Much of the next couple of hundred yards of river are fairly shallow and fast and would be good points to fish in the height of summer when fish look for these places for the extra oxygen available there . |
| 23 | Starting on page 6 we 've got lots of suggestions of great lowland areas to explore — places you may overlook in the height of summer when you 're busy heading for the hills or tackling treks abroad . |
| 24 | In the midst of summer when you came out , your eyes burned with sunlight and your small meaty smooth arms and legs were stung by the pavement 's heat . |
| 25 | In Leaf v International Galleries , Denning LJ ( as he then was ) expressed the view that the right to rescind for misrepresentation can not survive beyond the point of time when a right to reject for breach of condition is lost . |
| 26 | Today , of course , there is a real question-mark over the importance of negotiability when cheques are rarely transferred , and when non trade-related commercial paper is either not issued or is located per-manently in depositories . |
| 27 | This is especially valuable to the birds in winter when supplies of ‘ natural ’ food are at a premium . |
| 28 | Robin Launders , Manchester United 's finance director , told ACCOUNTANCY that the company thought it appropriate to disclose the value attributed to players in the directors ' report in a similar way to the publication of information when properties were worth more than the balance sheet value . |
| 29 | There is a return to the balance of antiquity when peripheral Spain — especially Mediterranean Spain — attracted to itself population , activity and production . ’ |
| 30 | The exhibition examines the close political links between the art of nineteenth-century Italy and the changing political situation throughout that period , with particular reference to four periods : 1797 to 1814 , the years of Napoleon ; the restoration of the monarchy until mid-century ; the triumph of Realism in tandem with the move towards Unification , 1849 to 1870 ; and the period from 1870 to the end of century when Realism was influenced by European art , leading to the development of Italian Symbolism and Divisionism . |