Example sentences of "[noun] when they [vb past] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roman helped Claudia out of the car when they reached her flat , took the key from her and opened the door . |
| 2 | People living on the estate could n't believe their eyes when they saw their new neighbour . |
| 3 | People could hardly believe their eyes when they opened their newspapers yesterday morning : alongside the ritual party propaganda there was genuine criticism and complaints . |
| 4 | MALCOLM and Judy Carvell could n't believe their eyes when they visited their old village after five years in Australia . |
| 5 | Nuclear Electric paid their staff a bonus of £1600 when they declared their annual results . |
| 6 | We asked who led the Lancasters into action when they dropped their bouncing bombs . |
| 7 | Through the long ride , through the noise and confusion when they reached their destination , through the hurried ceremony that followed almost immediately , during which she moved and spoke when so directed like one in a trance . |
| 8 | The other curse was directed at the committee members of the local Working Men 's Club when they banned my father , on the pretext of his epilepsy , but really because he always won at cards and was n't keen to give people a chance to win their money back . |
| 9 | 1991 was a milestone for the Hastings Machine Knitting Club when they presented their 10th ‘ Accent on Design ’ Seminar , which included many special features to mark this important anniversary . |
| 10 | David said to his brothers when they challenged his right and ability to fight Goliath : ‘ Is there not a just cause ? ’ |
| 11 | If they sent haematologists around local firms and offices then men would be honour bound to take the blood test when they saw their colleagues taking it . |
| 12 | Britons Harry Taylor , Mal Duff , Mike Smith and American Bill Pelkey were carrying just half a tent and minimal oxygen when they made their final push . |
| 13 | In 1065 the Northumbrians were in a less conciliatory mood when they expelled their earl , Tostig Godwinsson , marched south with men from the Danelaw , and demanded Morcar , brother of Earl Edwin of Mercia , as his replacement . |
| 14 | Never conventional homeowners , the Stewarts , from the West Coast of Scotland , lived in an 18th-century house in Spitalfields when they took their textile business to London . |
| 15 | And they got a fright when they got my report and all . |
| 16 | If an asylum claim that is not justified under the United Nations convention is to be the means of obtaining settlement in the United Kingdom , we need at the very least to explain , particularly to the minority communities legitimately settled here , why their friends and relatives who would like to come and join them are not allowed to do so because they told the truth when they made their applications , whereas others who are prepared to make an unfounded asylum claim can remain indefinitely . |
| 17 | Scarborough festival when they omitted their leading strike bowlers . |
| 18 | Before they left the Irish capital , they told how pure joy replaced unbearable anguish when they learned their little girl had been found safe . |
| 19 | Carolingians also flouted " natural " frontiers when they divided their lands . |
| 20 | It was they whom the justices at Speenhamland had in mind in a year of extreme hunger when they produced their system of allowances in aid of wages determined by the ruling price of bread and by family size . |
| 21 | I know sometimes erm people when they got their benefit , would try and do shopping for two weeks , but even that was unrealistic of how long they were , what they were buying was going to last for two weeks . |
| 22 | Laurent-Perrier certainly made a splendid effort towards Wild Game Conservation when they started their £5,000 awards in England in 1984 . |
| 23 | He and Jane have exhibited together twice before : as part of Cleveland Visual Arts Festival at Kirkleatham Museum in October , 1989 , and on home ground when they opened their studios to the public last October as part of Cleveland Arts Festival . |
| 24 | Often a son or daughter will have been on the brink of a promising career when they developed their first symptoms . |
| 25 | Ironically the same Jim Carty was Devenish manager when they captured their sixth senior championship in 1985 . |
| 26 | Although the workers were given written instructions as to their role when they began their work with a client , this role always expanded so that they were eventually performing several functions for the client . |
| 27 | It had been in her coat pocket when they took her clothes away . |
| 28 | Staff at Sellafield 's new THORP complex took a light hearted look at life when they welcomed their families and friends to the plant . |
| 29 | Rain could try and get some answers from Barbara Coleman when they held their whispered conversation before Chagall 's windows , but she must make up her own mind about Maurin 's character . |
| 30 | I would add that toy manufacturers used a good deal of imagination and licence when they produced their models , perhaps not taking into account the keen eye and future criticism of FlyPast readers ! |