Example sentences of "[adv] when it [vb past] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He moved slowly , according to Nithard , " wanting to know which way things would go before he crossed the Alps " ; only when it had become clear that plenty of support would be forthcoming did he decide to claim " the whole empire " . |
| 2 | Her high-handed personal style , it appeared , had created widespread hostility to her , which surfaced in the course of the trial , especially when it became known that there had been blatant intimidation of witnesses . |
| 3 | So when it had come playtime I went home . |
| 4 | She 'd perhaps take the plugs out dinnertime when she got home when it had stopped . |
| 5 | After a flat opening beers perked up when it became known that August beer production was up 8 per cent and the year 's output had edged 0.6 per cent ahead of last year 's corresponding performance . |
| 6 | He had mentioned it to me , in a roundabout sort of way , but I could never work out when it had happened or how old I was when it occurred . |
| 7 | They were much more worried about the other problems associated with such a large , unwieldy beast — its potential for erratic behaviour , its contamination of the countryside and the waste products it would leave behind when it had performed its task . |
| 8 | It had always had a few troops in its settlements to defend property locally , but even when it had begun building up its own little army it had only about 3,000 men in 1749 . |
| 9 | Then when it had grown enough God brought the baby out and the mother took him in her arms . |