Example sentences of "[noun sg] when [pers pn] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The auto gearbox refuses to take the revcounter needle anywhere near the red line ( and that 's set only at 4500rpm ) , which means the chances of kicking down into a lower gear are limited , making A-road overtaking manoeuvres more ponderous than they should be and knocking a substantial hole in the cruising speed when you meet a hill . |
| 2 | The Tory government contributed to proliferation when it permitted the supply of nuclear weapons material to Saddam Hussein . |
| 3 | Dr Chris Wells , director of one of Europe 's largest pain clinics at Liverpool 's Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery , says many people lie down in the dark and withdraw from circulation when they have a bad headache . |
| 4 | It has even refused to injunct a magazine which had published an allegation it could not justify , where it might succeed at trial for other reasons : Soraya Kashoggi sought an injunction to withdraw " Woman 's Own " from circulation when it published a statement that she was having an extra-marital affair with a Head of State . |
| 5 | Guernsey made short work of the opposition when they won the event on home soil in 1990 . |
| 6 | He opened the Salzburg music festival , but encountered a protest demonstration when he had a controversial meeting with Kurt Waldheim , the Austrian President . |
| 7 | JG BALLARD ( writer ) : ‘ It 's been suggested that women will be keen to dispense with the penis when they find an imaginary substitute within virtual reality . |
| 8 | But my heart became filled with fear when I saw no prisoners . |
| 9 | In fact once submerged they had to find a red rod and drag themselves along it to the other side of the stage ; more than one mother screamed in fear when she saw the show . |
| 10 | A pronouncement which proved to be news to his own personnel department when he made the first anguished inquiries . |
| 11 | He was at the Department when it abolished the maternity grant . |
| 12 | I really have never felt even a flicker of emotion when I sang the National Anthem . |
| 13 | Terry and Ian Whelan were six miles out to sea off Southport 's coast when they dropped the compass . |
| 14 | As Palace impressed in Division One in 1990–91 , Mark 's prowess gained further recognition when he scored The Eagles ' decisive goal against Liverpool in the televised Football League match on 30 December , but Palace fans had by then long since ceased to need any persuading that this intelligent and hard-working centre-forward is among the best in the country . |
| 15 | I have always loved dogs and I became involved with the association when I met a lady who was also involved in puppy training . |
| 16 | Thus , in December 1983 it was made very clear that other unions would not encourage the small National Graphical Association when it defied the law over Eddie Shah 's nonunion printing operations in Warrington and insisted on conducting a strike deemed by the high court to be illegal . |
| 17 | King drew first blood when he took the opening set 7-5 , thanks mainly to counts of 3 on the first and third ends , but Corsie 's reply was immediate : a 7-1 second-set triumph in five ends . |
| 18 | King drew first blood when he took the opening set 7-5 , thanks mainly to counts of 3 on the first and third ends , but Corsie 's reply was immediate : a 7-1 second-set triumph in five ends . |
| 19 | ‘ There was no way I could have got out of the car when I saw the lorry coming towards me , ’ Adam , 26 , said yesterday . |
| 20 | Leith was reversing her car when she spotted the Jaguar which she had first seen — grief , was it only yesterday morning ? |
| 21 | You might rarely want to roll the treble off the neck pickup , but you can take treble off the bridge pickup , if it 's a little hairy for you , and still be sure of a full-treble sound on the neck pickup when you hit the switch hard left . |
| 22 | This will help to make the seal when you reassemble the joint . |
| 23 | Two ducks were flying over their favourite pond when they heard the sound of a hunter 's gun and turned tail to flee . |
| 24 | They were just getting into their stride when they received an invitation from Lila to come to her place . |
| 25 | Paul had the technical know-how to copy Edison 's Kinetoscope when he realized the American inventor had n't covered all the necessary patents , to make his own camera when Edison cut off the supply of films and produce a film projector , the Theatrograph , within two months of hearing about Lumière 's invention . |
| 26 | There was the gleam of a Marat in his eyes , and his eloquence took on a Satanic ring when he invoked the rising wrath of his colleagues against the festering scum that by cowardice and sloth had reduced the British Empire to a moribund thing , in peril of annihilation . |
| 27 | Now he aims to come top in the ring when he faces the more experienced Dark Destroyer . |
| 28 | In any case , Pound has the centuries on his side when he equates a genius in statecraft — Jefferson if not Mussolini — with a genius in an art or in speculative thought . |
| 29 | SELLAFIELD apprentice is aiming to establish himself in Great Britain 's amateur rugby league under-19 side when he takes the field in Albi , France later this month . |
| 30 | Former Scarborough striker Steve Norris will be out to repeat last month 's scoring feat against his old side when he netted the only goal at Saltergate . |