Example sentences of "[noun sg] when [pers pn] [was/were] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well the Bill was , who was the manager in those days was very much the manager , and there was one of the directors used to play for the Villa , and he used to more or less look after the playing side which the rest of the directors never seemed to interfere with , they , they left the management up to the manager the selection of the team , Bill and the trainer when they were in the second division was Arthur who 's manager of Derby County now , he had the , I believe he had a sad time when he was at Walsall he , he lost his wife in a car accident and |
| 2 | I have always been particularly grateful to Fred for this generous and helpful boost when I was at the crossroads . |
| 3 | owner of minibus who parks vehicle with keys in ignition although creating an allurement does not owe a duty to a person knocked down by minibus when it was in the hands of the thief . |
| 4 | ‘ You looked out of the window when we were on the Concorde . |
| 5 | Courtney 's accident happened on the very first lap when he was in the lead at Mather 's Cross between Coleraine and Portrush and he was taken to hospital although his injuries were not known at the course . |
| 6 | Dungannon 's Eddie Sinton finished fourth in the 600 newcomers race , won unexpectedly by Mark Flynn , after Belfast 's Chris Richardson 's motor stopped on the last lap when he was in an unassailable lead . |
| 7 | ‘ I used to know a pickpocket when I was on the beat a million years ago . |
| 8 | He struggled to make the first team when we were in the second , and went on loan to a couple of spanish clubs , then was sold to some crap side for next to nothing . |
| 9 | One of these men had a wife and family , and only joined the Powis Square circle when he was on a spree . |
| 10 | The mix of keening voices , dreamy storylines and unusual , far-off sounds brings to mind The Band when they were on a roll , and David Hidalgo in particular sounds like he 's done his best ever work — conjuring up old ghosts and loser friends and working up a deal of sadness and unique moods from familiar instruments . |
| 11 | When he started treatment , the positive supporting reaction in his foot was difficult to desensitize because he had learned to walk using the abnormal reaction when he was in the orthopaedic rehabilitation centre . |
| 12 | Seventy-two-year old Mrs Lydan met her group captain husband when they were in the RAF . |
| 13 | The defendant impeded a sentry when he was inside a prohibited place . |
| 14 | And there was an occasion when we were at a chapel anniversary service and Mother had to go on the platform to sing . |
| 15 | You were hardly the innocent when you were in the back close with me . |
| 16 | Not all of these rays will have left the object when it was of the same size . |
| 17 | ‘ What did Miss Trunchbull call your father when they were around the house at home ? ’ |
| 18 | I bought the fish from a local breeder when they were about an inch long . |
| 19 | He near killed Patrick Glas two days past on the big birlinn at the far side of the bay , him and his dallta , for slipping and falling in front of his lordship when he was in a hurry . |
| 20 | Erm and the two the two females in the solidarity evaluations they it was constant the d There was n't any change erm across the two guises but with the males there was a significantly higher score in solidarity when they were in the Kentucky accented guises . |
| 21 | She was not going to answer but , yes , there had been a call when she was in the estate office waiting to direct a consignment of creosote to the saw mill , otherwise , being a Saturday , the office would have been shut . |
| 22 | Erm , some of you are very critical of , of , of the Penguin operation when you were in the U S A but I have to tell you , they did achieve record sales there last year and increased market share and in fact the children 's er , book publishing was twenty percent ahead of the year before . |
| 23 | ‘ Dash it all , ’ she said , ‘ Lord Woodleigh spoke very sharply to the fellow when we were on the boat . |
| 24 | and my Japanese when I was in the States found the leaflet and when I cam back she said would n't this be of interest to you for my own and then she said and what about your project because there will be people there who write and dead dead true . |
| 25 | My mum dabbed her eyes with her handkerchief and said , ‘ Arnold Bottomley had a seizure when he was on a canal boat and it took four of us to hold him , although he had been so easy-going on other trips , especially the Greek one that I did n't go on . |
| 26 | She did n't come , which was surprising ; she was a docile creature and particularly devoted to him because he always took her for a walk when he was at the stables . |
| 27 | This was manifested in a number of ways , particularly in that pupils still in their second year in the mixed ability classes would be talking about playing with their friends and generally their attitudes towards the teenage culture of pop music and magazines and fashions and discotheques did n't seem to develop so quickly as it had in the streamed situation , and I think really this comes from the problem of those pupils in the streamed situation — in the bottom streams in particular — who found that they wanted alternatives to school when they were in an inferior position in the school . |
| 28 | I think really this comes from the problem of those pupils in the streamed situation , in the bottom streams in particular , who found that they wanted alternatives to school when they were in an inferior position in the school , they were devalued if you like by finding themselves in the bottom streams and so they tended to look for out of school things , alternatives to school , from which to gain their satisfaction and they would look to the pop media , to fashion , to football , to these kinds of things . |
| 29 | With regard to what he said about Stratford school , if he had taken rather more interest in the school when it was in the control of Newham and insisted on the school keeping up to reasonable standards and if he now put pressure on Newham LEA to ensure that it raised standards in schools , he would be doing more for his constituents than he is by his performance today . |
| 30 | I weighed eleven stone when I was in the Line : before I came out with that I weighed five stone ten . |