Example sentences of "[coord] when [art] [noun] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Doña Ximena and her daughters stood trembling , like women who had never seen such things before : and when the Cid saw it he made them seat themselves , so as no longer to behold it . |
| 2 | One argument has been that the Government 's housing programme was introduced to buy industrial and social peace ; it could do this in exchange for really very little , except expense — and when the Treasury found it too costly , the scheme was jettisoned . |
| 3 | And when the King thought it a fit season , he spake to him and said , that Doña Ximena Gomez , the daughter of the Count whom he had slain , had come to ask him for her husband , and would forgive him her father 's death ; wherefore he besought him to think it good to take her to be his wife , in which case he would show him great favour . |
| 4 | Montague managed to convince Mortimer of his innocence , but his narrow escape did not discourage the king , and when the coup came it had all the appearance of being carefully planned . |
| 5 | So Aaron makes a golden calf , and when the people see it , they cry , ‘ These are your gods , O Israel , who brought you up out of the land of Egypt ! ’ |
| 6 | But when the proof comes it also turns out to rest on the assumption that it is already true . |
| 7 | Somewhere people are drumming — it must be at the far end of the village , because at times the rhythm is distinct but when the wind takes it it becomes muffled , merging with the roar of the full monsoon river . |
| 8 | A VET clipped the wings of a valuable parrot to stop it escaping — but when the owner got it home it flew off and was never seen again . |
| 9 | But when the end comes it may well , as so often in the past , be bloody , both for her and her party . |
| 10 | But when the morning came it had seemed disgraceful to pretend illness and let everybody down . |