Example sentences of "[verb] when [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said he had only offered to use the truncheon as a sex aid but desisted when she shook her head . |
| 2 | Aye er and er I got to the now on the and steamers go so far up , past Le Havre at the mouth Le Havre we disembarked when we went out to France first time and we took guns and all sorts . |
| 3 | Switchboard is still almost as white dominated as it was male dominated when I joined . |
| 4 | She always felt unnerved when she researched at the august Victoria and Albert Museum and became only too conscious of her lack of formal training . |
| 5 | Stafford , who lost in the semi-finals at Beckenham last week to British number four Chris Bailey , said : ‘ I had a feeling I would win when I woke up . |
| 6 | Her feelings had been mixed when she had seen who it was climbing out of the taxi . |
| 7 | His lips did n't curve or pucker when he smiled . |
| 8 | He was still praying when he got in the water . |
| 9 | However , when he is transferred to a strange yard with different handlers , even if it is a good establishment , his natural nervous temperament will reappear , explaining why so many new owners think their horse may have been drugged when they bought it . |
| 10 | Some of the brothers were busy in the scriptorium but I was greeted courteously and no one objected when I began to leaf through the manuscript Southgate had left upon the table . |
| 11 | Joanne Menzies still looked drawn and strained when she ushered Detective-Sergeant McWhirter into Mr Steen 's office on the Monday afternoon . |
| 12 | I began to wonder what was happening when we stood for a long time at Birmingham New Street . |
| 13 | Mellor 1980a ) that consciousness dawned : in particular , consciousness of what was happening when one communicated . |
| 14 | Which of the following did you buy when you bought your bed ? ( please tick all that apply ) |
| 15 | They disobeyed instructions by continuing to work when they had failed to do this . |
| 16 | He was just cursing the child lock which his sweating , trembling hands were unable to work when he noticed the girl jockey walking towards his car . |
| 17 | gives him an overdraft facility of so much money enable him to work when he moved , and they reneged on it ! |
| 18 | No , Olive that used to work when I worked for Laura Ashley 's |
| 19 | Melanie and Victoria each had a fat , foil-wrapped tangerine from an aromatic , tissue-padded cardboard box , which was being unpacked when they went in together for potatoes and cooking apples ; and the greengrocer lady , nodding her gold earrings , promised Victoria a solid triangle of muscatel raisins if she was a good girl and if the muscatel raisins did not sell . |
| 20 | and , a relationship built up , especially between myself and the surrogate and life was devastated when we parted and my daughter will always know how much her genetic mother loves her and how much I love her obviously . |
| 21 | Wickham had been proud of her , and was devastated when she said they should separate . |
| 22 | I loved Jeanne and I was devastated when she died . |
| 23 | I was rather devastated when she told me she was moving to Crieff , as she made major contributions to the work of the Library here ; she had a long-term future , and her personality made many friends for the Library among our users . |
| 24 | The woman had become suicidally depressed while pregnant with her previous two children and was devastated when she found herself accidentally pregnant again . |
| 25 | ‘ She said he was devastated when you went back to England after Seville — ’ |
| 26 | She stared at the rim of her cup and said tonelessly , ‘ As you 'll have gathered , I was — devastated when I heard Elise had died . |
| 27 | I was devastated when he said he fancied me but we 've started a relationship . |
| 28 | He was devastated when he discovered his premises had been attacked for the second time . |
| 29 | His solicitor , Mike Allan , told Sheriff Alexander Jessop that Say had been completely devastated when he arrived home to find a note from his wife , telling him their marriage was over . |
| 30 | She 'd overcome it by the time she was eighteen but it still surfaced when she got excited about something . ’ |