Example sentences of "be [vb pp] when [pron] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her fingers closed round the small bottle of sleeping tablets Dana had been prescribed when she had stayed with Claudia after a bout of flu . |
| 2 | There had been a tremendous hash made of one contract by her predecessor , it was true , but that had all but been completed when it had landed on her desk , so there was no way she could be held to account for it . |
| 3 | The injuries which had been forgotten when he had levelled his furious accusations . |
| 4 | But calling something a science does not guarantee that its practitioners forthwith cease to be attracted to the same specious accounts of what it is to communicate to which the rest of us are attracted when we try to say what communicating is . |
| 5 | I believe that music-lovers are deluded when they claim to find artistic pleasure in any but a fraction of this music . |
| 6 | Her feelings had been mixed when she had seen who it was climbing out of the taxi . |
| 7 | Everything had been shattered when he 'd brought another dimension into the situation , tried to force something she did n't want , something she did n't think she could ever face again … |
| 8 | Many a good dog has been ruined when he has done something good and , for some reason , not received the right response from the handler ; in other words , the wrong association has been created . |
| 9 | I 've been told when I do get settled into my new home , maybe that I 'll be able to have Darren home once a month . |
| 10 | All shipping in the area had been alerted when they went missing , and at 3.30pm the following day the SS Nimoda came across them , and they were taken aboard . |
| 11 | This morning John Smith says he is saddened by John 's remarks , he thinks it will give some material to John Major , I 've got news for him , many times I 've been saddened when he 's said nowt to John Major when all the clangers he 's dropped . |
| 12 | She had told him lies about where Bella 's money was hidden , pretended to be fascinated when he had lied to her about spending the day with his father : ‘ We played golf together , then he took me for a ride in the new car . |
| 13 | Under these circumstances , a " Device full " error would be reported when you tried to write data to the file for the first time . |
| 14 | This endorsement should be added when we have insisted that an alarm should be fitted to improve security at the home . |
| 15 | This endorsement should be added when we have insisted that a safe be installed at the home to improve security , usually when the policy covers a lot of valuable jewellery . |
| 16 | All this damage can be repaired when we have beaten the Boche . ’ |
| 17 | Then type in a name for your graph — using eight characters or less — and it will be saved when you press Enter . |
| 18 | Yes , before you all write in , I do know that by pressing the yellow button on the machine I will be told when I need to knit with the main carriage , but ( hand on heart ) how many of you have got carried away and done one too many strokes with the lace carriage ? |
| 19 | Most of the time you could just ignore a lot of the stuff you did n't know ; it 'd come in time , you 'd be told when you needed to know … |
| 20 | Fishing for predatory bream with imitation or real fish should be regarded as an opportunist method to be employed when you happen to see bream chasing fry , or when you have tried all conventional methods and failed ; or simply when you fancy your chances with a fish bait . |
| 21 | She asked him if he would lift the bicycle over a stile for her , she not having realized there was a stile to be crossed when she had embarked over the fields by herself . |
| 22 | The book is lent , it needs to be known when it 's gone out , when it 's due back , but the computer can clock up one . |
| 23 | What is the question to be asked when one wishes to determine the scope of the authority of law ? |
| 24 | These illustrations are simply suggestive of the complexities which are likely to be involved when we attempt to understand patterns of ‘ tending ’ within families of different cultural background . |
| 25 | The plastic bag can be removed when you have finished and the magnet will still remain clean . |
| 26 | But I can assure you appropriate action will be taken when we have found the guilty party … ’ |
| 27 | And had been salvaged when they 'd had a sort of a a mock assessment . |
| 28 | The five workers were dismissed when they refused to accept the demotions . |
| 29 | BRAVE police were attacked when they tried to save a motorist from a 1,000 strong ‘ lynch mob ’ . |
| 30 | On my mother 's instructions , I always refused any drinks that were offered when we went to visit her . |