Example sentences of "when we [verb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our one day visit soon stretched to two , and when we left at the end of three superb days ' climbing there were still routes we wanted to do . |
| 2 | At the birth of a baby when we marvel at the appearance of new life . |
| 3 | When we met at the Bacon show and I smiled at him he smiled back at once , then remembered and tried to scowl , but could n't and we both burst out laughing . |
| 4 | As the somewhat recalcitrant and irascible member of the famous ‘ What 's My Line ’ panel broadcast on BBC television for years , Gilbert could be and was difficult , but when we met at the Coq d'Or Restaurant on Stratton Street , just off Piccadilly , he was the soul of charm . |
| 5 | His words when we met at the start of the Championship kept coming back : ‘ Willie , I 'm going to win the Open for you this week . |
| 6 | But when we looked at the location , our feeling was that it was close to the City and there were professional couples living nearby . |
| 7 | When we looked at the Telegraph and the Times things seem so samey , there 's just this uniform effect everything seeming to look the same whereas here they 've really used such a variety of styles the curly , the straight , the blocked plus your black blocks across the bottom . |
| 8 | But when we looked at the SVQ in more detail , we found that the underpinning skills and knowledge required would need some extra attention . |
| 9 | When we looked at the figures we proved that we would n't get any more business because of where people lived and when we tried to push them to Detroit over Amsterdam they would n't have it , people would prefer to drive to Gatwick . |
| 10 | When we looked at the place for the first time . |
| 11 | When we looked at the lighter and darker areas separately we found considerable differences . |
| 12 | ‘ When we meet at the Landing Stage and have even half an hour together , it just makes life worth living . |
| 13 | Twice I asked Ward about this , the first time just after we had come out of the cloud on the eastern slope of the pass and had caught our first glimpse of Cajamarca far away in the valley below , and then again when we stopped at the Baños del Inca to ask our way , the hot springs steaming beside the public baths . |
| 14 | Thus the storyteller and the compiler create in us , step by fearful step , a sense of foreboding , and when we learn at the start of chapter 4 that the Israelites are going into battle with the mighty Philistines , then our knees begin to tremble and we dread what the outcome might be . |
| 15 | When we arrived at the station an enormous suitcase was taken out of the car . |
| 16 | When we arrived at the hotel I found that he 'd booked us both into the same double room . |
| 17 | When we arrived at the Seraglio , it was Lexy Everard who showed you in . ’ |
| 18 | When we arrived at the arena , we opened the emergency doors and some even crawled out the windows . |
| 19 | When we arrived at the Regis , Masha rushed straight for the lifts . |
| 20 | Ahead of us I could hear the noise of the waterfall — there had been plenty of rain and when we arrived at the foss , the beck that eventually joins the Ure to travel down Wensleydale was hammering over the lip of the force . |
| 21 | ‘ When we arrived at the house it appeared there had been an attempt to destroy literature by burning it . |
| 22 | When we arrived at the house in the forest , we ran to the underground rooms . |
| 23 | Several transports were sent to convey us to the camp , and they were certainly less basic than the RAF ones we were used to , and when we arrived at the aircraft hangar where the jollifications were being held , it was ablaze with coloured lights and swarming with people , and a seven piece band was being very loud on the platform . |
| 24 | However when we arrived at the spot we were confronted by a group or ten or so 16–18 year olds scattered across the moor who were screaming and shouting as they jumped in and out of peat troughs . |
| 25 | It smelt clean and fresh — but the reality hit us when we arrived at the orphanage . ’ |
| 26 | When we arrived at the market town , my master hired the largest room in the public house , and placed me upon the table there . |
| 27 | From the photograph of the crash we had seen that the demolished house was on the corner of a small lane , and although the house had been rebuilt , when we arrived at the place the position was easily identified . |
| 28 | When we arrived at the office , nobody could have guessed that he had a home , or an aged parent , or any interests at all outside his work . |
| 29 | When we arrive at the spot the cassette is placed on a flat stone and the boys , all high from après-school , gather round , their bright , smiling faces meaning mischief to us both . |
| 30 | Several problems immediately present themselves when we look at the land around any settlement . |