Example sentences of "[noun] when [noun] come [prep] " in BNC.

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1 And then there was that night just before the murder when William came to him with his plan .
2 János Hunyadi was regent of Hungary during the minority of King Ladislas V , but had to step down at the very moment of the fall of Constantinople when Ladislas came of age .
3 She had just finished her breakfast of dripping and bread and a piece of cold bacon when Ben came into the room .
4 The Government introduced the community charge legislation as a result of total panic about what was happening in Scotland when revaluation came before us again .
5 Police say the case highlights the need for elderly people to be on their guard when strangers come to their homes .
6 Seb learned that Boz had returned to the Wychwood Forest when Melody came to the farm one afternoon to say goodbye to him and to Christian .
7 He was struggling with his second mouthful when Buddie came to his assistance .
8 The next morning Seb was sitting in the kitchen minus his boot and sock when Carrie came into the house .
9 Maggie was sitting reading a magazine when Laura came into the kitchen having just got the twins off to sleep .
10 Charles Laubscher , who remembers : ‘ We were flying across the southern end of the island when Control came on the air with the warning that two bogeys were in our area .
11 Mick Redmond had finished a tour of operations and was on leave when John came on leave so the brothers were able to spend some time together for the first time for years .
12 But tell me of Samain when Medoc came to Tara . ’
13 To stay with yellow for a moment : we noted a paring-down to the bare bones of yellow water in a yellow glass when Raskolnikov comes to after fainting on his first visit to the police station .
14 No doubt it was behind the sudden volte-face of the American position on disarmament when agreement came within its grasp in 1955 .
15 They beat Mayo 4–1 in the semi final when McGimpsey came from two down with four to play to birdie 15 , 16 and 17 .
16 I was enjoying a drink with Jessica Dragonette and Nadea on their West 57th Street balcony when news came over the radio that the war in Europe had begun .
17 There may have been queues in the streets when Derrida came to Oxford recently .
18 She was still going full pelt when Parkwood came into view .
19 Alan was having his breakfast when Carolyn came into the kitchen in her dressing gown .
20 She was ready to go downstairs to the kitchen when Ellen came into the room .
21 Alan reached his 100th League game for the Palace when Arsenal came to Selhurst Park on Faster Saturday 1990 , can always be relied upon to give one hundred per cent in the Palace cause and is now a firmly established 1st Division player .
22 Two of his attackers followed him and caught him and were about to drag him back out into the street when Zeinab came down the stairs .
23 Make-up could work wonders , though , and she was just putting the finishing touches to her lipstick when Travis came through the connecting door .
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