Example sentences of "when [noun prp] [noun] [vb past] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Ian Durrant returned from three years on the scrapheap with a crippling knee injury , Graeme Souness said it was like signing a Pounds 3 million star . |
| 2 | When King George died in 1952. and Queen Mary died in 1961 , Edward returned to Windsor for a few days . |
| 3 | It was the first ‘ invisible radiation ’ to be discovered , when William Herschel found in 1800 that a thermometer would register heat beyond the red end of the Sun 's visible spectrum . |
| 4 | When A.A. Matveev went as Russian minister to The Hague in 1699 eight young Russians were attached to his mission to gain the experience which would fit them for future diplomatic careers ; and during the next decade members of several important noble families studied in Europe for this purpose with government backing . |
| 5 | When Edward Shevardnadze resigned as foreign minister , he at once set up the first privately financed think-tank in the Soviet Union , the Foreign Policy Association . |
| 6 | When Aunt Grove died in 1840 , she left money to fund the school for poor children which she had founded in the village . |
| 7 | Nessie had only closed the stable door when Sergeant Davidson arrived with two uniformed policemen in the police cart . |
| 8 | When Carello Lighting ran into this problem , it looked to Ambit Research 's Ark modelling package to reduce the size of the data and increase the function of the model at one fell swoop , while retaining the ability to produce spreadsheet-like outputs . |
| 9 | When Bernie Goodfellow arrived with two basses for us to look over , it was pleasing to hear him qualify them with , ‘ They 've already done some serious gigging — I hope you do n't mind too much . ’ |
| 10 | When Roy Mason arrived in 1976 to take up his duties as secretary of state for Northern Ireland , the present writer met him as part of a deputation from my political party . |
| 11 | When Countess Spencer died in 1972 , it was another loss for Diana to cope with . |
| 12 | This was the moment for me to escape , but I had only just left the sitting-room and reached the hall , when Mr Rochester appeared through another door . |
| 13 | When Mr Ramsay died in 1943 the Leaders paid tribute to one who was greatly loved : ‘ Testimony was given to his worth and zeal in the work and all that pertained to the welfare of the church , and particularly to his services in the choir and his love for the weekly prayer meeting . ’ |
| 14 | Despite this admirable record , Liverpool 's directors decided to break the sequence when Mr Fagan retired in 1985 by seeking a replacement in the dressing room . |
| 15 | When Prince Albert died in 1861 , Stockmar 's hopes were shattered . |
| 16 | They remained friends and , when Maurice Fermoy died in 1952 , Ruth became the Queen Mother 's lady-in-waiting . |
| 17 | WHEN Laurence Olivier died in 1989 , his family closed the door of the study and hid the key . |
| 18 | But in the House of Commons , when Mrs Thatcher rose on 6 June to express ‘ revulsion ’ for the massacre , she also restated her government 's intention to proceed with the handover in 1997 . |
| 19 | Dot did n't like it when Mrs Parvis spoke in this way , as though they were dusty victims from under the rubble . |
| 20 | When Mrs Welch came to this country , she did a crash course in English and then a post graduate course at Durham University before becoming a translator for British Steel and local industries . |
| 21 | Interest in the Bofors case had been rekindled when Madhavsinh Solanki resigned as External Affairs Minister in March , having admitted asking the Swiss government to slow down its investigations into Bofors-related pay-offs [ see p. 38813 ] . |
| 22 | Denmead opened the scoring through Chris King and they held on until the second half when Campbell Wilson equalised for Good Sports . |
| 23 | A fleet of 80 ships was assembled at Brest under de Tourville , who was to be joined off Ushant by others sailing from Rochefort and Toulon , but in the event neither force was ready on time and when de Tourville sailed on 2 May he had only 37 ships , excluding fireships , under his command , though seven more arrived later . |
| 24 | When Delia Sutherland did at last ring it was three weeks after their meeting and he was proved right . |
| 25 | A living legend passed away when Ferdinando Keast died in 1891 , aged 87 . |
| 26 | Similarly , the term " freemen " , also much used , was used in a very restricted way as when Lord Hardwicke declared in 1757 , " Our men of property are our only freemen … " |
| 27 | Lord and Lady Burlington had three daughters , the heiress , Lady Charlotte Boyle , married William Cavendish , the Marquis of Hartington ( son of the Duke of Devonshire ) , so , when Lord Burlington died in 1753 , Chiswick House became part of the Cavendish estate . |
| 28 | Perhaps the stories were even more popular , for when Conan Doyle decided in 1894 to kill off his hero , so that he could write serious books , historical novels , there was such an outcry that bands of young men wearing black armbands marched on the Strand Magazine office . |
| 29 | When Angella Taylor improved to 22.7 for 200 metres , Marita Koch improved the record from 22.06 to 21.71 . |
| 30 | When Molla Fenari heard of this he , in his turn , expressed the hope that he might be cured , that Haci Ivan might be blinded , and that he , Molla Fenari , might pray over Haci Ivaz 's corpse . |