Example sentences of "[to-vb] when they [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , on Oct. 24 Democrats in the House appeared willing to compromise when they abandoned their demands for the inclusion of surtax , in favour of phasing out personal tax exemptions for those with incomes in excess of $100,000 . |
| 2 | They began to scream when they saw me , and their mother fainted . |
| 3 | This is the date England had originally set aside for a friendly against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin but which both Robson and Jack Charlton agreed to abandon when they found themselves paired in the same World Cup group . |
| 4 | There only 3 places off the bottom and the drop into the non-league world and there was just one minute to go when they saved themselves in this match . |
| 5 | Josiah Wedgwood may have boasted his intent of " making such machines of men as can not err " but he could not nail his potters to the floor and was left to fume when they absented themselves for the local " wakes " . |