Example sentences of "[verb] when they [vb past] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , on Oct. 24 Democrats in the House appeared willing to compromise when they abandoned their demands for the inclusion of surtax , in favour of phasing out personal tax exemptions for those with incomes in excess of $100,000 . |
| 2 | This occurred when they had their children baptised or mothers came into contact with other Christian young mums through the play group organised by the church . |
| 3 | The news might well be outdated by the time it reached the curia , messengers and even legates might be seized , as Cardinal Leo was by King Imre of Hungary , and the curial instructions might well be outdated when they reached their target . |
| 4 | Stich and Ferreira failed in their bid to take the doubles title when they lost their quarter-final , suspended from last night , 5–7 , 6–4 , 6–3 to Australian top seeds Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde . |
| 5 | And this did not stop with the Reformation for , ‘ by virtue of the very generous pensions they were granted when they surrendered their houses to the Crown , ex-abbots possessed ample means to found chantries … or to make bequests for soul-masses after death ’ . |
| 6 | Iakov Solov'ev calculated that of the thirty-nine appointees only thirteen could be called opponents of reform , and three of those withdrew when they realized their helplessness . |
| 7 | Their commitment to the nationalisation programme of Let us Face the Future was fully demonstrated when they revealed their opposition to any attempts to ‘ water down ’ the principle of public ownership , as over civil aviation in 1945–46 and over iron and steel in 1947 . |
| 8 | Television documentary-makers asked them , respectfully , about exactly how they felt when they hacked their aged mothers to death or disembowelled a neighbour 's child . |
| 9 | The RAF Halton Gymnastic Display Team showed how well they are trained when they performed their sparkling routine in the Empress Ballroom on Friday evening . |
| 10 | She had a heavily lined face , a prominent , almost hawk-like nose , but she had kindly eyes and every so often she would display a vein of sharp humour that suggested her family had to keep their shoes clean when they approached her little parlour . |
| 11 | I wept when they lowered her coffin into the ground . |
| 12 | People screamed when they saw his face . |
| 13 | ‘ Taken when they brought his body in . ’ |
| 14 | The servants smiled when they saw my strange appearance . |
| 15 | The servants smiled when they saw my strange appearance . |
| 16 | Cole adds that what actually happened when the Pioneers engaged in production was not what they had intended when they started their co-operative ; and goes on to offer a more detailed explanation : The Rochdale Manufacturing Society was set up in 1854 , Supposing that , as an expression of democracy , Co-operative principles are as valid for the producer working in the factory producing goods for sale in the Co-operative store as they are for the consumer buying them there , a newcomer to the story might find it surprising that the Pioneers ' belief is presented , if not itself as a matter for surprise , then certainly one for explanation . |
| 17 | The Shiites thought they were doing what President Bush wanted when they staged their uprising in March 1991 . |