Example sentences of "[vb past] when [verb] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police said the raiders had taken £450 worth of sweaters but fled when disturbed by a passer-by . |
| 2 | ‘ It is a lie , ’ he stormed when quizzed by a TV reporter . |
| 3 | Some heavy-duty buckets ( which were suitable for most purposes for which such buckets were normally bought or used ) collapsed when left by the buyer for several days stacked in extreme heat such that the contents reached 70° Centigrade ( 156° Fahrenheit ) . |
| 4 | But perhaps the critics hesitated when faced by a film whose politics were rarely foregrounded . |
| 5 | ‘ The Yugoslav Army has never fired on the people , ’ Col Budimir Mladenovic said when confronted by an angry Muslim villager who held in his hands the remains of an Army issue mortar shell . |
| 6 | The chief inspector shivered with an indefinable dread , the fear she always experienced when faced by a hatred that could only be satiated through violence . |