Example sentences of "[adj] when they [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presumably its ancestors were not so different when they shared the marine habitat with the trilobites . |
| 2 | But a High Court judge said the plans were already public when they bought the house . |
| 3 | Durham , by that reckoning , got it all wrong when they signed a batsman as their overseas player in the knowledge that he would be available for only 3½ months of the five-month season . |
| 4 | It may seem easier if you remember that all parents have to do just this when they change a baby 's nappies , wipe the baby 's bottom , and ensure it is clean and dry . |
| 5 | The Wright bothers did this when they developed the first operational airplane . |
| 6 | There were two problems , the youngest children 's reading was n't good enough to manage the menu and most were too short to actually see over the tops of the containers on the heated cabinet to make their choice , because of this when they reached the counter they asked to have the same as the child in front making a nonsense of the notion of choice . |
| 7 | Inland Revenue employees discovered this when they took a claim — that the Revenue 's requirement that they transfer from manual methods to using a computerised system was in breach of contract — to the High Court . |
| 8 | This is traditional children 's Christmas holiday fare and those of you with sprogs still naive enough to appreciate it could do worse than plonk them in front of this when they start the equally traditional post-present grizzling . |
| 9 | Jamie was why you got back on the horse , why you did n't say if you were afraid when they stitched the cut on your face after the brakes on the bike failed . |
| 10 | True , it had been reasonably light when they left the station , and Glasgow , its war scars softened by the approaching night , had seemed like Liverpool to Vi . |
| 11 | But Copernican thinking has already led astray many astronomers who should have known better , and we 'd best be careful when they use the same logic to try to convince us that we and our planet are nothing special . |
| 12 | Although many patients are quite fit when admitted to the ward , they will become completely dependent when they have an anaesthetic and may only slowly return to independence after a surgical procedure . |
| 13 | I noticed it was dark outside when they opened the back . |
| 14 | This was quite straightforward when they scythed the corn or used the self-binder : I could leave the sheep in the stubble for the best part of the day and I need n't worry much about them . |
| 15 | It was already dark when they heard a sudden , hurried knock at the door downstairs . |
| 16 | It was dark when they reached the outskirts of Edinburgh . |
| 17 | Governments only try to do too much when they trust the people too little . |
| 18 | Corbett urged him to keep quiet and was more than relieved when they entered the narrow , winding , rutted streets of Leith and made their way to the small market square . |
| 19 | She was relieved when they abandoned the jeep for a brief ferry ride across the bay , and stepped ashore at a softly lit veranda restaurant among swaying coconut palms . |
| 20 | At the end of March they were delighted when they received a letter saying they had been shortlisted to take part . |
| 21 | I 'd I was I was glad when they said no more can move into Green , cos I was thinking , Well my sister 's getting a house soon and my other sister she 's getting a house and I do n't want them two living round here as well cos the me mam and dad wo n't be able to see them either , you know if they move into the flats so I was glad . |
| 22 | Denis Smith says he enjoyed himself at Stoke especially in the early seventies when they had a good team … as a professional he wants Oxford to win but after the game will revert to being a stoke supporter … he says his young son also supports them |
| 23 | Many of our competitors have an ‘ under ten items ’ till , and many of our customers are confused when they have a shopping trolley . |
| 24 | I can see why nuns wear white when they take the veil , but when you think of the way everyone goes on at the prospect of the wedding night innocence is the last thing on anyone 's mind . ’ |
| 25 | He leaned forward and kissed her cheek , which , from being cold when they entered the coffee-bar , was now glowing pink . |
| 26 | It was late when they reached the great house , but the moon was full , and the night air was warm and still . |
| 27 | Margaret had to be anaesthetised for the birth , and she was hardly well when they sent the two of them home . |
| 28 | The commons had shown themselves increasingly adept at procuring political concessions in return for grants of taxes , and although they were at their most effective when they enjoyed the support of at least some sections of the nobility , they had gained substantially in experience and cohesion by the time the crisis of 1340–1 arose . |
| 29 | My advice is : avoid mefloquine , advise patients to take chloroquine , and add Paludrine when they reach a country where it is obtainable . |
| 30 | It 's real good when they do the work in the lounge int it Iris ? |