Example sentences of "when [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Ginger Rogers swept around in yards of chiffon , spangles and ostrich feathers , Audrey Hepburn looked like a walking wedding cake in My Fair Lady and Liz was practically gold-plated in Cleopatra , it was well-nigh impossible for the rest of us to copy the look . |
| 2 | Said his co-boss Curbishley : ‘ I was a bit disappointed when Lennie Lawrence at Middlesbrough did n't come up with the price we 'd fixed but I 'm happy the lad is still here . |
| 3 | ‘ I mean , when Lennie and I done our act , we worked on it . |
| 4 | He always has enough time for Lennie and when Lennie speaks George always listens , no matter when . |
| 5 | He does not expect miracles from Lennie and is not at all surprised when Lennie forgets things , even though he gets angry at him . |
| 6 | George knows that sooner or later Lennie will do another ‘ bad thing ’ and so when Lennie accidentally kills Curley 's wife , George is very upset and disappointed , but not shocked . |
| 7 | PAINFUL memories were revived for one Middlesbrough player when Lennie Lawrence welcomed his latest recruit this week . |
| 8 | George begins to look after Lennie when Lennie 's Aunt Clara died . |
| 9 | He shouted and swore when Lennie carried a dead mouse in his pocket pet and he gave Lennie a very hard time when Lennie said that he like ketchup on his beans . |
| 10 | George 's freedom had disappeared when Lennie 's Aunt Clara had died . |
| 11 | When hegemony begins to come apart , the dominant class resorts to coercion , leading to a ‘ crisis of authority ’ . |
| 12 | When Sunderland arrived their coach , Craig Lynch , agreed to play in the absence of spectators . |
| 13 | Apart from one brief pitch invasion when Sunderland scored , the supporters of both clubs behaved impeccably . |
| 14 | ARSENAL made a discreet check on midfielder Gary Owers ' availabilitiy when Sunderland boss Malcolm Crosby watched Wednesday 's Danny Wilson at Highbury last weekend . |
| 15 | When Sunderland came to the Manor in the league in December less than 2,000 Weirsiders saw them lose 3-0 . |
| 16 | Innovation role models have always been provided by the German chemical industry , which had a clear lead when ICI was founded . |
| 17 | Although many economists would argue that capital gains , as for example when ICI shares are purchased for 2 and subsequently sold for 3 , are as much income as the dividend component of the return on an asset , in practice the Inland Revenue assesses and taxes capital gains separately . |
| 18 | When ICI Chemical Product and Petrochemicals conducted a survey of its customers in 1986 , it received the proverbial shock to the system . |
| 19 | Previous work had suggested accumulation of bismuth in the body when tripotassium dicitratobismuthate was taken orally , although this has been disputed . |
| 20 | The Wimbledon champion , though , had no words of condemnation for American fans , who cheered every service error by the Swiss and shouted ‘ foot fault ’ when Marc Rosset was about to serve . |
| 21 | ‘ Of course you can drive down and drive back and be back soon , ’ she fumed later when Marc had released them after prolonging his cat-and-mouse game with his brother for as long as possible , ‘ but what 's the point when there is no paper ? ’ |
| 22 | When Marc spoke his words seemed to grow out of the night itself . |
| 23 | Confident that they were not going to start scratching each other 's eyes out again , she drank deeply when Marc refilled her mug . |
| 24 | When Marc spoke it was on another topic altogether . |
| 25 | But when Marc 's body was found there were traces of petrol around his feet . |
| 26 | When Melanie said so to her aunt , the older woman scribbled : ‘ Those are the de luxe models , these are the standards . |
| 27 | The people in shops sent their regards to her aunt through Melanie and asked how she was keeping , as they had asked after Melanie 's mother and also after Mrs Rundle when Melanie had gone shopping in the village . |
| 28 | There was no sudden , sharp break in policy when Truman entered the White House . |
| 29 | The South-West 's late try came when Clough was sent a hospital pass and Fallon booted the loose ball over the line . |
| 30 | One of his favourite after-dinner stories revolves around the 1979 League Cup final win against Southampton , when Clough surprised the players by lifting his customary bedtime curfew the night before Forest 's descent on Wembley . |