Example sentences of "[adj] when [pron] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expected no different when his Lordship sent me out on the morning of the 19th . |
| 2 | Brian Langley , who has known Suzanne since she was six , said : ‘ Things started going wrong when her mum left . |
| 3 | The early choices will be painful , of course , but in much the same way that ‘ pins and needles ’ are painful when your leg has gone to sleep . |
| 4 | She had behaved like this when his grandmother died a few months before . |
| 5 | ‘ It were a night like this when your mother went off , lass , and Jake near lost his mind when he knew she 'd gone for good . |
| 6 | He writes : My daughter was recently widowed when her husband died suddenly . |
| 7 | Joan Allen was 74 years old when her son asked her general practitioner to visit her at home . |
| 8 | The Crown Prince was just six years old when his father came to the Imperial Throne , and from that moment on all communication — even the most personal — between himself and the Kaiser took place through the formal intermediary of the Chief of the Military Cabinet . |
| 9 | Son of a Scots father , the marine insurance broker John Farquhar Mackay , and a German mother , Louise Auguste Mackay née Ehlers , John Henry Mackay was born in Greenock on 8 February 1864 and so was only nineteen months old when his father died there on 11 September 1865 . |
| 10 | Franz Xaver , only six months old when his father died , was later sent to study music in Prague , where he lived with the Dušeks . |
| 11 | Cocks was only ten years old when his father died , leaving him heir to his paternal grandfather 's baronetcy and estate at Dumbleton , Gloucestershire , and the remainder of his upbringing was entrusted to the strict guidance of his elder sister , Dorothy , who regulated the family to her own pattern of godliness . |
| 12 | Andrew , 13 , was just three years old when his father suffered the first of a series of strokes . |
| 13 | Well up until the time I would be about eight years old when my father decided there was a change in the estate then and it was off to Argyllshire Dalmally that Sir Douglas and Lady as she was then decided to go and wanted my father to come with him . |
| 14 | I was around 20 years old when my mother purchased our first car . |
| 15 | I was four years old when my mother died . ’ |
| 16 | That way , you will be ready to play sensible when your time comes . |
| 17 | But while this ‘ violence ’ is to be expected within the family , it 's not acceptable when your child does it to other children she encounters . |
| 18 | Backpackers must make adjustments — quite easy to do with a few days ' walking under your belt , not so simple when your planning trips in your living room . |
| 19 | A coroner has recorded verdicts of accidental death on a family of three killed when their car crashed head on into a tanker . |
| 20 | They were even more uncomfortable when their father entered with Rose just as the full hall was waiting for the curtain to go up . |
| 21 | What they really like is talking about it , talking about others doing it , and feeling mighty relieved when their partner arrives home with a headache . |
| 22 | Fresh blood immediately began to trickle down his leg , but he was relieved when his examination revealed that the bullet had drilled cleanly through the big muscle of his inner thigh . |
| 23 | I told myself I 'd have an abortion , although I knew I could never go through with it , and I was so relieved when my period came . |
| 24 | I had no specific use at the time , but I thought it would prove a handy addition to the workshop , and was delighted when my grandfather elected to purchase the tool for me . |
| 25 | He laughed suddenly and all the tight irritation in his face melted away , so that , as usual , Robyn felt confused and foolish because being angry with him was so difficult and pointless when his mouth curved into that wonderful smile and his eyes sparkled so . |
| 26 | It is not unfair when my horse loses , even if I was confident , with good reason , that it would win . |
| 27 | Twenty years ago we were thrilled when our accountant advised us to move into a larger house in order to qualify for a much higher tax exemption on our mortgage . |
| 28 | Left penniless when her husband dropped dead suddenly one Monday morning as he was putting his horse between the shafts to go to the country on his weekly door-to-door round , her pride had not allowed her to accept for long the charity of the community 's Board of Guardians . |
| 29 | Dressing often becomes a battle at this time , as you try to hurry the process by helping where help is n't wanted and she becomes more and more frustrated when her leg goes in the wrong hole or the jumper ends up back to front . |
| 30 | Which right-wing French politician was horrified when his ex-wife posed naked for Playboy ? |