Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] in [noun] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first releases occurred in mid-July when the government commuted all death sentences and proclaimed an amnesty for all political and some criminal prisoners . |
| 2 | A novelty of another kind came in October when Billy Smith became the first player to score direct from a corner kick in the 4–0 home defeat of Arsenal . |
| 3 | Unrest in Aceh province on the northern tip of Sumatra erupted in April when separatist insurgents ( members of the Free Aceh Movement ) carried out a series of attacks on police posts , which prompted a major security operation against the rebels . |
| 4 | Fox 's dream began in June when a nightmare ended . |
| 5 | United States efforts to broker a Middle East peace plan floundered in March when Israel 's national unity coalition collapsed under the pressure of differences between Likud and Labour over the country 's Palestinian policy . |
| 6 | Warning of the group 's problems came in August when it cancelled its dividend . |
| 7 | Mr Runciman said the first warning of problems came in August when it was realised that a major contract expected in the first half of the financial year was not going to materialise . |
| 8 | A classic clash of symbols occurred in April when the government took no action to prevent the 1916 Easter Rising being commemorated in Belfast . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , in the year 1880 , what came to be viewed as the greatest injustice ever to be perpetrated against deaf people occurred in September when the highly-misleading International Congress of Teachers of Deaf-Mutes was convened in Milan , Italy . |
| 10 | But Kevin died in August when he fell thirty-feet from the top of builder 's scaffolding and fractured his skull . |
| 11 | Their first real taste of life on the road came in December when they stayed over after playing London and Brighton for four days . |
| 12 | The US responded in September when the Secretary of State , James Byrnes , speaking in Stuttgart , also offered new hope for Germany , on the basis of a federal , liberal government and economic resuscitation . |
| 13 | The first session of our training began in February when the weather was freezing cold and there was a hail storm . |
| 14 | The saga began in January when Mr Knight was deselected by Harwich Constituency Labour Party in favour of Kirby builder Brian Theodom . |