Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] [vb pp] from [pron] " in BNC.

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1 When I had recovered from my immediate repugnance , I had to concede he was merely correct .
2 Only then , Wolfprince , only when you are cowed and submissive , only when I have drawn from you every shred of defiance , when I have extracted every sliver of pleasure I can from your predicament , shall I take your soul .
3 Jane Dalgliesh had bought Larksoken Mill five years earlier when she had moved from her previous home on the Suffolk coast .
4 The pathological connotations of the term paranoid-schizoid are more appropriate to the reappearance of certain of these strategies later in life , when they become overextended from their normal place , and therefore develop as aspects of rupture , as when an adult attempts to gain power and control over another person as a substitute for the development of self-discipline .
5 It had hurt almost unbearably earlier , when he had withdrawn from her to lie turned away from her once more , the shoulder he presented to her as eloquent a rejection as his disinclination to touch her .
6 When he had recovered from his ordeal , Ciparis was able to tell of what had happened — and he went on telling the story for the rest of his life , for he was given a free pardon , joined a travelling circus , and became something of a celebrity .
7 When he had recovered from his embarrassment , Alexei 's father had freed her — on the grounds that it was improper for a woman to be bought and sold like merchandise — and with Mei Ling 's consent had opted to marry her .
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