Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] when it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says it was flicking through the frequencies when it locked onto a call and he recognised the voice as Diana . |
| 2 | ‘ No , this he threw back into the bushes when it snapped and turned in his hand . |
| 3 | In general terms , a landlord ( like a vendor ) should disclose to the prospective tenant any defects in title that may not be obvious to the tenant unless it was clear that the tenant knew of the defects when it entered into the agreement for lease . |
| 4 | He had all the skills , but there was also a huge question mark over his ability to produce the goods when it mattered most . |
| 5 | His success with the coffee machine was acknowledged , grudged but acknowledged , but he had been made aware that there was an argument for calling in the professionals when it came to tampering with the thermostat on the air system . |
| 6 | And that was where er , a train came off the railways when it hit a van on |
| 7 | Cromwell had thrown in his lot with the Levellers when it suited him two years before and so was regarded by them as no better than a mutineer himself when he turned against them . |
| 8 | But she used a different technique to the others when it came to the salting . |
| 9 | The simplest reported that two Octopuses at Portsmouth Sea Life Centre required the use of two giant beer coolers from the Carlsberg brewery to chill the Solent sea water used in the tanks when it reached 22°C . |
| 10 | Although it has been claimed that the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher had no carefully thought-through strategy to deal with the unions when it came into office , but rather proceeded pragmatically ( Roberts , 1989 ) , nevertheless ( Young , 1990 , p. 353 ) : |
| 11 | Most of the time it was rigid and still under the hot sky but on the occasions when it swayed , though no one noticed a breeze , there was a tiny ticking noise of brittle head against dry stalk . |
| 12 | Apparently you were n't averse to trying to score with me — on the occasions when it suited you . |
| 13 | We do not accept the submission by Mr. Sedley , who appeared for the Bar Council , that there was any conscious distinction made between the occasions when this jurisdiction of the judges , however it was exercised , went to matters related to the administration of justice , such as the equipping of the courts with advocates who were fit to appear before them there , and the occasions when it went simply to matters relating to the administration of the Inns and their property . |
| 14 | It acquired the shares when it sold a London property to EL last year . |