Example sentences of "[vb pp] when the [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One was a 50-year-old woman sitting on a shooting stick who had her spleen ruptured when the bird hit her in the back ; the other was the pregnant wife of Swiss businessman Luc Argand , who was knocked off a wall at the Floors Castle estate near Kelso in the Scottish Borders . |
| 2 | The pensioner tackled him but was overpowered when the raider threatened him with a 6in kitchen knife , before escaping . |
| 3 | One of the shadows had n't disappeared when the light touched it . |
| 4 | A GUNMAN who fled into a public loo after a bungled raid in Ashbourne , Derbys , was arrested when the attendant locked him in . |
| 5 | Thousands of pounds in costs were wasted when the woman said she would lose her job if she sat on the jury for the six-week conspiracy trial at Stafford Crown Court . |
| 6 | Paul doubted it , and his fears were confirmed when the assistant told them the price . |
| 7 | The magistrates heard that he had seemed to be drunk when the police stopped him . |
| 8 | ERCO developed several different variants of the Ercoupe , including a retractable version ( the Super Coupe ) ; a floatplane version ( the Sea Coupe — which was destroyed during spin-trials , fortunately without loss of CAA test pilot Dale Westfall 's life ) ; later a four-seat version which was 75 per cent completed ; and a twin-engined retractable version which was ninety per cent completed when the company declared they were bankrupt . |
| 9 | The misery was shared by France 's Ville de Paris , who collided with Nippon and lost both the umpire 's verdict and most of the her bow , and New Zealand , who came from behind to cross the line 2ft in front of Il Moro di Venezia only to have the victory overturned when the umpires ruled she had brushed the finish-line buoy. 6univ |
| 10 | He was sentenced to twelve months in jail but was released when the court heard he 'd already been in custody for ten months . |