Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [conj] when they " in BNC.

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1 People paid their debts and when they needed help , they asked and it was never refused ; it was the way that the small and widespread community had always lived , and as a system it was dignified and efficient .
2 The deployment of particular arguments both in response to their opponents and when they went beyond those limits , revealed a family resemblance in fundamental ideas .
3 There were tears in her eyes and when they went through to the kitchen she hugged and kissed them both .
4 The men march with their warders and when they are clear of the confines of the fences for those few steps they are hemmed in by the soldiers and the dogs .
5 They seldom dated their letters and when they did it was by the year of the king 's reign .
6 Ambulancemen told his parents that when they first attended Craig they gave him only minutes to live .
7 Our unwound watches lay in our rucksacks and when they stopped we followed the pattern of night and day instead .
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