Example sentences of "when a [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was jailed for four years at the High Court , Edinburgh in July 1992 when a jury found him guilty of indecently assaulting an 18-year-old boy he met in St Andrews Bus Station , Edinburgh . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's a sad moment when a man realizes he is expendable . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ . When a man says he will follow him ‘ but let me first say farewell to those at my home ’ , Jesus reprimands him , and when a woman cries out ‘ Blessed is the womb that bore you , and the breasts that you sucked ’ , he replies ‘ Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God ’ . |
| 4 | Miss Julie Stott , 27 , from Eccles , Manchester , was walking back to her hotel with a friend , Mr Peter Ellis , 27 , when a man attacked them from a passing car . |
| 5 | We had reached the corner of Guilder Lane and Winchester Street when a man hailed us with , |
| 6 | The teenager was walking through the grounds of Hospital yesterday evening , when a man pulled her to the ground and threatened her . |
| 7 | MERCY killing doctor Nigel Cox walked free yesterday when a judge gave him a suspended 12-month prison sentence . |
| 8 | I was near the Bridge of the Spaniards when a car overtook me and stopped , the door was opened and a very friendly fellow at the wheel invited me in . |
| 9 | BRITISH TELECOM boss Iain Vallance was let off the hook yesterday when a bid to jail him was thrown out of court . |
| 10 | This is the time when a professional knows he has to cut sentimental connections and kick close friends and women back into the world of clerks and shopkeepers . |
| 11 | A SECURITY guard cheated death when a thug slashed him across the neck with a Stanley knife . |
| 12 | It was a pursuit which , with savage irony , took her across Lawrence Road , scene of her last attack in December 1991 when a youth punched her hard in the face . |
| 13 | ‘ I found out the following day how much it was worth when a dealer offered me £40,000 . ’ |