Example sentences of "[noun prp] when [pron] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A coalman , Mr Martin Phipps , had been driving his lorry along the downs at Chartham at 7.25am on Tuesday when he noticed a Jaguar XJS parked in a chalkpit , said PC Burden . |
| 2 | CHRISTIE 'S SET an auction record for Islamic metalwork on Tuesday when it sold a silver inlaid brass casket for £242,000 . |
| 3 | The 27-hole overnight leader was Brian Davis ( East Herts ) who won the Hertfordshire boys title at Nevill last Friday when he recorded a course record 65 . |
| 4 | As he was doing night work I did n't see him until Saturday when we had a good heart-to-heart talk , it was really nice . |
| 5 | Gloucestershire county councillors had been fearing the worst since February when they approved a budget almost ten million pounds more than the Government target . |
| 6 | Her hopes were raised in January when she received a letter from Hartlepool General Hospital offering the chance of an operation at Middlesbrough General within a fortnight . |
| 7 | Mr Hamilton met the three widows — Mrs Lennox , Mrs Elizabeth Weeks and Mrs Lyn Hicks — at the MoD in January when he indicated a compromise could be reached . |
| 8 | Proud dad Derek Corkindale , 25 , was holding newborn Daniel two days after his birth last December when he realised a name tag on Daniel 's leg bore the name of another baby in the ward . |
| 9 | The 26-year-old Owens has not fought since last May when he gave a brilliant display to out-point Middlesbrough 's Graham O'Malley . |
| 10 | She came as night-nurse on the second of May when I had a bad attack of sciatica and left on the fourteenth of June . |
| 11 | Laura , 18 , who is currently taking a one-year cookery course at Leith 's School of Food and Wine in Kensington , made a big impression at her father 's inauguration as Governor of Hong Kong in July when she wore a stunning short navy suit from Jigsaw and large-brimmed straw hat . |
| 12 | Birchall recalls Le Mans practice last July when he noticed a tiny change in gearbox noise , even above the scream of the Krauser engine . |
| 13 | The two men were arrested at a Bosnian checkpoint last November when they made a wrong turn while driving through the Serb-held western outskirts of Sarajevo . |
| 14 | It started on a Friday night in November when I felt a bit odd , so I took a paracetamol and went to bed with a hot-water bottle . |
| 15 | They had just turned into Bacon Street when he heard a loud voice calling to him and pulled sharply on the reins . |
| 16 | The Garryowen winger toured New Zealand with Ireland last summer , but found out just how tough life is Down Under when he received a broken jaw , and made a quick exit home from the trip . |
| 17 | In 1992 the two countries had agreed to exchange Bank of China and Korean Exchange Bank officials and , in April , Lee Sang Ock had become the highest-ranking South Korean to visit China when he attended a meeting of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Beijing . |
| 18 | The NICMA stance dates back to October when it adopted a ‘ no smacking ’ policy at an Annual General Meeting . |
| 19 | Federal officials made the world 's largest seizure of cocaine in Los Angeles in September when they raided a suburban house and found 20 tonnes ( 44,080 lb ) of cocaine . |
| 20 | I can recall an incident early one September when I had a net carried away on to a hedge . |
| 21 | He ends his term of office in September when he addresses a national conference for his members which , fittingly , is to be held in Darlington . |
| 22 | He first met Chapman when he played a game for Leeds City in 1917 . |
| 23 | She was the youngest student to attend Oxford when she started a maths degree at 12 . |
| 24 | Accusations were shouted particularly against Energy Minister Nicholas Biwott when he attended a memorial service on Aug. 22 . |
| 25 | The members were very busy on 1 June when they held a grand tombola at the finish of the annual raft race in York . |
| 26 | Susanna Lewis visited England in June when she held a series of workshops and signed copies of her book . |
| 27 | Hitchcock got the edge over rival Dave Beasant when he saved a penalty from Everton 's Tony Cottee in the FA Cup in January . |
| 28 | He was about to call Bodie when he noticed a small white writing pad in the opened kitchen drawer . |
| 29 | Gregory himself thought he had married Rachel when he became a monk ; but being pope was like waking up in the night to find oneself in the arms of Liah . |