Example sentences of "when they had gone " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they had gone , Lily cried for them in their helplessness , feeling , for all her weakness , stronger than them , realising that it was easier to contemplate one 's own death than the death of someone loved . |
| 2 | When they had gone some way from here , the Garda received a radio message , stopped and turned around . |
| 3 | Then , when they had gone , I began slowly to follow their splashes . |
| 4 | When they had gone , I settled down to the potato and made a mug of tea . |
| 5 | When they had gone and the noise of the engines had faded away , all would be quiet for a few hours and most people on night duty could relax — but not the Met Office , of course . |
| 6 | When they had gone , Jack felt very alone . |
| 7 | When they had gone , Cramer used the phone in the garage to put through a call to Sir Harry Marriott at his home and give him the news — the phone was more secure than a police radio band . |
| 8 | Once , when they had gone on a nature walk , Eve had pointed to a small cottage and said that it was her house . |
| 9 | Paccy Moore had said they were two fine ladies when they had gone to have heels put on Benny 's good shoes . |
| 10 | When they had gone I was surprised to see her lock the door again . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm glad you did that , ’ Adam said , when they had gone . |
| 12 | When they had gone to bed together on New Year 's Eve it had been like a revelation to him . |
| 13 | When they had gone , Peskova turned and looked up at the house again . |
| 14 | When they had gone , Fagin turned to Oliver . |
| 15 | Sadly , they turned to leave , and when they had gone , Nancy fell to the ground in a storm of tears . |
| 16 | When they had gone Phat pulled a small notebook from his shirt pocket and with a little grunt of irritation , made a mark in it beneath the number of the barrack hut . |
| 17 | When they had gone she went to the phone and she said , ‘ I must see you . |
| 18 | But when they had gone she turned and said , If I was going to die tomorrow I should be mad . |
| 19 | The impression that everyone had been industrious until their arrival , and would be industrious when they had gone , grew stronger . |
| 20 | When they had gone , I went to the door of the house and knocked on it . |
| 21 | When they had gone , Michael Swinton let a small silence fall and then he said , ‘ We had better make the lie a truth , I think . ’ |
| 22 | When they had gone , Maria glanced at Luke , but to her relief he was looking down at the photos Florian had left behind , his expression inscrutable . |
| 23 | When they had gone he turned again to her . |
| 24 | When they had gone , Maisie started to pick at the grass with her fingers . |
| 25 | When they had gone she felt fulfilled , emptied , at peace . |
| 26 | When they had gone Zen went back to his office and dialled an internal number . |
| 27 | Knowing the likely unpopularity of his mission , he concealed its purpose from the island 's inhabitants , and withdrew from their banquet early , with the excuse that he had been tired by the journey ; later , when they had gone exhausted to their beds , he entered Mildred 's church accompanied by selected monks and the soldiers he had prudently brought with him . |
| 28 | He had n't noticed it particularly when they had gone shopping together . |