Example sentences of "be [vb pp] when [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The creature is seen chasing two teenage boys — but all is saved when one tosses him a can of Pepsi . |
| 32 | The second step is controlling the actual physical effects on you of all the adrenaline which is produced when you sense you are in a threatening situation . |
| 33 | It is true to say that Tamburlaine sets himself very few limits , and this is shown when he makes his aspirations clear by telling his friends that he wants ‘ to become immortal like the Gods ’ . |
| 34 | I have a great respect for the floating voter and I am confident he will see which side his bread is buttered when he casts his vote this time . |
| 35 | Even with a simple system like this we can not draw direct conclusions about the functions of a component from knowing what is lost when we destroy it . |
| 36 | The importance of this expenditure is realized when we contrast it with the £701,469 these three same denominations spent on ministerial training and the £692,054 spent on home missions . |
| 37 | His newest toy , a Toyota Land Cruiser with Gumbo Monster Mudder tyres so big that oxygen is required when you reach your seat , has CB , a radio telephone , an anenometer and a Loran radar set fixed in to transmitters on Greenland , Iceland and Norway . |
| 38 | Scums strength in depth was exposed when you see they had Ferguson and Dublin on the bench . |
| 39 | She was fascinated when he said he came from London — as far as she was concerned he might as well have come from the Moon , because she had as little likelihood of ever visiting either . ’ |
| 40 | A COMPUTER expert was sacked when he handcuffed himself to his woman boss while she was on the phone to a customer . |
| 41 | Bruce Kent , chair of CND , was cheered when he declared his belief that nuclear weapons did nothing for Britain 's security . |
| 42 | I was devastated when he said he fancied me but we 've started a relationship . |
| 43 | He was devastated when he discovered his premises had been attacked for the second time . |
| 44 | Wickham had been proud of her , and was devastated when she said they should separate . |
| 45 | The woman had become suicidally depressed while pregnant with her previous two children and was devastated when she found herself accidentally pregnant again . |
| 46 | I was shattered when I met you last . |
| 47 | Derek Cantwell was attacked when he opened his front door late at night . |
| 48 | As Jim Smith 's side recovered from their epic tie with Liverpool , Beresford said he was misunderstood when he revealed he wanted to play Premier League football next season . |
| 49 | ‘ He was gobsmacked when I told him mine was a replica . ’ |
| 50 | Always a footballing footballer , even when under pressure in defence , Derek 's quality was there for all to see and the appreciation of the Palace fans was shown when they elected him as our Player of the Year in 1975 . |
| 51 | ‘ That little mistake was corrected when you got my note this morning , as you know very well ! ’ |
| 52 | The door was closed when he reached it but it was not locked . |
| 53 | I just knew I was inspired when I proposed you for this job here , that it would come back to me in some incredible way . |
| 54 | The Tiso retail empire was born when he opened his first climbing shop in Edinburgh in 1962 . |
| 55 | No confusion was found when they tested them against 200 different isolates of the same , but genetically unmodified , bacterium taken from lake water . |
| 56 | In 1945 she was tried in a Chinese military court as a traitor , but was acquitted when she admitted her Japanese nationality and described how politically naive she was . |
| 57 | The old dictator , General Augusto Pinochet , called a referendum that he hoped would confirm him in power , and was baffled when he lost it . |
| 58 | And the die-hard wrestling fan from Yeovil was floored when he learnt what he had won . |
| 59 | It also helps to know what the fish was labelled when you bought it . |