Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [vb past] [adv] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | No logical contradiction is involved in the assertion , ‘ The brick fell upwards when released ’ , although it may be that no such statement is ever supported by observation . |
| 2 | The British penchant for shooting themselves in the foot emerged again when officials decided that professionals who resided and worked outside Britain were ineligible to play , although they qualified by birth . |
| 3 | The issue erupted again when asbestos spilled in the factory over the first weekend in June and Raybestos management announced it had closed down that section of the factory . |
| 4 | The mood changed dramatically when Mr Lamont announced his extension of value added tax to domestic fuels , which ignited Labour shouts of : ‘ Resign ! ’ and : ‘ Cheat ! ’ . |
| 5 | The Guider laughed delightedly when she knew . |
| 6 | White House officials insist this is a misunderstanding ; US interest in the coup evaporated rapidly when the rebels made it clear that they would not hand over Noriega . |
| 7 | As a rule the advances occurred either when she was alone with one or other teacher during a free period , or in the time between the end of school and the journey home . |
| 8 | The meeting started badly when Khieu Samphan refused to attend the first session , opposing the seating arrangement which treated the NGC as a single body , rather than three separate , equal groups . |
| 9 | In July the crisis erupted again when Chauthala was re-appointed as Chief Minister [ see p. 37610 ] . |
| 10 | The phone rang again when Ginny was in the bath . |
| 11 | The jokes ended abruptly when he crashed his Ducados NSR at the first turn of the ‘ 88 Spanish 250 GP at Jarama , losing his helmet and sustaining serious head injuries . |
| 12 | On 2 March however , they were called upon to play a more central part in the defence , as Desmond Vincent-Jones relates : ‘ The day started auspiciously when an Heinkel 111 suddenly appeared out of the dawn mist with undercarriage down and started to make an approach to the main runway , presumably mistaking Hal Far for its own base airfield in Sicily . |
| 13 | Some of the people ran away when they saw me , but the others shouted and threw stones at me . |
| 14 | The movement ended abruptly when the Russian tanks rolled in and Dubcek fell . |
| 15 | The feeling occurred again when reading Julie Bard 's article ( 1 May ) on the appalling uses of religion to curb individual freedom by — in this case — leaders of British Muslims . |
| 16 | But this really was a bum day for Liverpool as Cantona won the ball in the air from Gary McAllister 's free-kick , and the Frenchman reacted quickest when the ball bounced off Wallace . |
| 17 | The row erupted again when he won the Nobel last year , and the citation named the offending work . |
| 18 | ‘ Looks more like a home prescription to me , ’ the man said gloomily when he returned with a phial of pills . |
| 19 | The reign began badly when the IX Legion , commanded by an incompetent Legate , was lured by treacherous barbarian allies into the swamps of Dacia , and completely wiped out . |
| 20 | Lewis earned a shot at Bowe 's title after destroying ‘ Razor ’ Ruddock in October and the WBC acted honourably when stripping the champion of his title for reneging on his promise to fight the number one contender . |
| 21 | The wind pressure on the rotors increased rapidly when they were rotated at full speed but levelled off at wind velocities beyond about 12 m/sec . |
| 22 | The situation altered radically when in 1949 Mao Tse-tung 's forces reached the border of Yunnan . |
| 23 | Smith found that the thrushes moved differently when the prey was clumped from when it was spaced out ( Figure 5.3 ) . |
| 24 | In the event the crowd left quietly when the police arrived . |
| 25 | Outside the main entrance , where two police vans and motorcyclists had drawn up , the crowd reacted angrily when Superintendent Paul Burrell said the boys had already left the building . |
| 26 | There are hardly any reports of home sickness and many accounts of how the children cried bitterly when they were removed by their parents . |
| 27 | Bangers punctuated the soundtrack , snow fountains cascaded in the aisles , and the film ended abruptly when a five-bob rocket went straight through Bill Haley 's open mouth . |
| 28 | Publicity for the film started badly when the American distributors flew 140 journalists and potential exhibitors to Britain . |
| 29 | Forced back on a policy of self help , the RCM soon discovered that the public responded best when appeals were made of behalf of specific projects — £40 to support one boy in a course of agricultural training , say , or £60 for a year 's schooling . |
| 30 | The patient knew instinctively when and how , and it all worked out as she and her children intended . |