Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] when they [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their eyes popped when they saw the Hamble River flowing with yachts . |
| 2 | PLANNERS bungled when they designed a new bridge over a railway line — without leaving enough room for trains to pass underneath . |
| 3 | His nostrils quivered when they caught the perfume of the scotch . |
| 4 | Obviously we will be guided by our consultants but this er er view of is er er meeting with er er great success in the villages because obviously er we feel that if there is a public inquiry then we stand a better chance of British Coal sticking to the promises made when they had the original planning application and removing all waste by train to suitable sites and there 's one at Welbeck which is waiting for the material . |
| 5 | It was little more than Rangers deserved when they took the lead 10 minutes later when the impressive Sinton played a delightful one-two with Holloway before scoring with a rasping drive . |
| 6 | He told me just to run around and do some starts , which is the way I guess most athletes begin when they join a club . |
| 7 | But what did contemporaries mean when they used the word ? |
| 8 | What do teachers mean when they say a student tries to do his work ? |
| 9 | ‘ Pigs can fly already , or so the druggies think when they see the police helicopters . ’ |
| 10 | In the early stages of migration , the peasants come from the richer and more developed rural areas and so frequently have more skills to offer when they reach the town , than those in the less developed areas . |
| 11 | There were six small bodies in all , three in the Thames near King 's Meadow , another in the Kennet , and a further two that the police found when they dragged a local pond called Clapper 's Pool . |
| 12 | The DLV had recently banned the athletes after irregularities appeared when they underwent an out-of-competition test in South Africa on Jan 24 . |
| 13 | The others stopped when they found the glade empty . |
| 14 | What was it the air-raid wardens shouted when they saw a house with a chink of light showing ? |
| 15 | Other birds , however , can be said with accuracy to weave , for they create the fabric of their nests using exactly the same principles as human weavers employ when they interlace a weft thread between parallel warp threads to create cloth . |
| 16 | BALLYNAHINCH 'S pack dominated the opening exchanges and made their intentions known when they won the first scrum against the head . |
| 17 | It 's what the Romans said when they assumed the answer was no . |