Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] when [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The situation that produced it was comparable to that which was to lead to a similar agreement between the returning Dutch and those who had proclaimed the Republic of Indonesia : in both cases neither side was prepared , there and then , for all-out war when the last British forces left Indonesia or when the Chinese armies in Tonkin were finally persuaded to leave . |
| 2 | Mr Cairns , a former Ulster teacher now lecturing in Japan who is home on a study project , said : ‘ They went for a meal to McDonalds and when the girls said they would take a taxi back to the Young Women 's Christian Association the boys told them not to take a black taxi because they were too expensive . |
| 3 | ‘ Liverpool had also bought Mark Wright and when a club has spent more than £5m they are bound to be looking to recoup some money . |
| 4 | Oh it could be stormy right enough but well the steamer might call at Rousay at that time and they would land the goods in Rousay the perishables for Wyre and when the weather abated we would get it from there . |
| 5 | Newcastle 's Robert Lee tangled with Millwall substitute Alex Rae and right-back Ken Cunningham and when the winger went down linesman John Jones immediately signalled a foul . |
| 6 | The Second Line maintenance of 192 Washingtons , which included Major and Minor Servicings , was carried out by Marham ASF but when the Washington was withdrawn from Bomber Command service , this responsibility was transferred to Watton . |
| 7 | When the parties are evenly balanced in the Commons or when the Government has to depend for support upon minority parties , the Prime Minister may well let it be understood that he will not resign or call an election on an adverse vote in the Commons except on an explicit issue of confidence . |
| 8 | Cross had formerly been a lover of Cedric Morris and when the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing burnt down at Dedham , he helped Morris and his partner , Arthur Lett-Haines , move into the house named Benton End where the school was re-established . |
| 9 | Only in June 1989 , when the highest authority of the land became the newly elected Congress of People 's Deputies of the USSR and when the draft of the new law on the press provided for the abolition of censorship , did Novy Mir publish Medvedev 's story for the benefit of its 1,600,000 subscribers . |
| 10 | Dawyck Haig 's son Alexander was much the same age as Alastair and when the two were old enough we used to have fathers ' and sons ' tennis and golf matches . |
| 11 | A third of the way towards Scone and when the running fight with the marching shipmen was at its hottest , the good news came to Thorfinn . |
| 12 | He was a regular at fashionable Glasgow nightclubs like ‘ La Ronde ’ in Sauchiehall Street but when the mood took him , which was most nights ending with a ‘ Y ’ , he would wander into corner pubs and hold court . |
| 13 | Money problems at home led to a temporary fragmentation of the family and a new school for William but when the family got back together and William returned to St Augustine 's , reports from the other school followed the previous pattern at St Augustine 's . |
| 14 | The defender averred that as a result of that announcement he telephoned Macfie & Alexander , speaking to Mr Rae , one of the partners , and told him to expect an offer of £70,000 from Ferguson & Forster and that he instructed Mr Rae that when the offer was received , he ( the defender ) would consider its terms and if he found them satisfactory he would instruct Mr Rae to accept the offer . |
| 15 | The technical services representative for International Paint *Gulf ) is based in Bahrain and when an ice rink opened there last year Russell got his skates on and went along . |
| 16 | He so impressed Kolbe that when the great German chemist , A. W. von Hofmann , professor at the Royal College of Chemistry in London , visited Marburg in 1858 he recommended Griess for a position in Hofmann 's laboratory . |
| 17 | Mandeville kept to himself , fretting about Southgate and when the additional soldiers would arrive . |
| 18 | On the 17th day of the month of Ramadan , the anniversary of the murder of Ali , in the year 559 ( 8th August 1164 ) under the ascendancy of Virgo and when the sun was in Cancer , Hasan 2nd ordered the erection of a pulpit in the courtyard of Alamut , facing towards the west , with four great banners of four colours , white , red , yellow and green , at the four corners . |
| 19 | The reason is a disparity in VAT rates throughout Europe although when the rate is eventually standardised VAT will become payable . |
| 20 | It is a sign of the nervousness around Europe that when the Irish asked a week ago for the treaty negotiations to be reopened so that they could amend the abortion protocol , other countries reacted with horror . |
| 21 | Laura , 31 , went to school with Diana and when the Princess moved into her flat in Cadogan Place , in London , Laura was one of her first flatmates . |
| 22 | By the age of 23 , I 'd starred in a one-man show on Broadway and when the play closed I confronted the truth that if I was n't the star of a play I could n't feed myself . |
| 23 | Among some fine town houses are Moray House , built after James VI had abandoned his capital for the greater adulation of London but when a Scottish parliament still endeavoured to preserve its autonomy in Edinburgh ; and relics of ancient inns more accessible to coaching traffic than those in the congested upper reaches . |
| 24 | It was believed in Kenya that when a Masai came to work for you it was a kind of accolade . |
| 25 | I am hoping to meet some of the children before the Marathon and when the pain barrier hits me at around 20 miles I will only need to think of the courage and bravery of these young children to give me the extra incentive I need to finish the race . |