Example sentences of "when [art] [noun sg] [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The drums had been too loud to hear the preliminary ripping , so when the tree suddenly crashed to the ground , no one moved . |
| 2 | Jimmy had dropped to his knees and was hugging his head , when the noise suddenly snapped out of existence . |
| 3 | Newton was playing for ADS Graphics in a Wirral Sunday League Division One match when the offence allegedly took place . |
| 4 | No objection could be taken to this when the offence actually took place in public ; now , of course , it need not . |
| 5 | He was still up when the theatre eventually stopped at three-forty , and returned with the S.S.O. The latter was in theatre clothes , with his green cap pushed back on his red head and his mask limp round his neck . |
| 6 | When the call finally came , it took Zen several moments to realize that the phone was n't ringing in Sue Ellen 's en suite boudoir but in the dingy pool-room at the end of the bar , where a pack of the local rogue males were playing throwing-billiards . |
| 7 | When the sun finally appeared , the reds and golds dispersed , swallowed up in daylight . |
| 8 | Vi wished she could fire a gun and shoot down those bombers if only for what they had done to Gerry , but it was easy to be brave in this small , precious house when the sun still shone in the evening sky and a west wind blew away the stench of bombing and burning and broken bodies . |
| 9 | When the hotel only had one toilet , it was the board master 's privilege to have first use every morning . |
| 10 | Mr Friere , who used to call his gallery fiction/non-fiction , decided to change its name when the gallery recently moved to more spacious quarters on Prince St. |
| 11 | When the antenna now clipped to the rain-gutter above the passenger-door heard the blip emitted from the D/F transmitter in Quinn 's attaché case , a line would race out from the glowing dot to the perimeter of the screen . |
| 12 | When the Magistrate duly appeared the Collector , lying feverishly on his bed , asked him to take command of the garrison for a few hours . |
| 13 | The ashbowl was full and the fag packet empty when the telephone finally rang . |
| 14 | He was so involved in these thoughts that when the school finally loomed into view he failed to notice it and only when Tock poked him in the side did he look up and see the gigantic sight . |
| 15 | When they were given a choice between a familiar and a novel member of the opposite sex , birds might actually choose the familiar even when the novel really did not look so very different to our eyes ( Miller , 1979 ; Bateson , 1980 ; Slater & Clements , 1981 ) . |
| 16 | We did ask Mr Connon if he recalled any unusual telephone calls — any that he answered , I mean , when the caller just rang off . |
| 17 | When the phone finally rang Quinn answered it with his usual calm good humour . |
| 18 | By talking to him all night and keeping him on his feet , Luke had saved Spike 's life , only to have him try again successfully a week later when the story finally hit the press . |
| 19 | And when the door finally flew open it was Mandy who first saw them . |
| 20 | When the door quietly swung to , she paid it no mind . |
| 21 | So I think life was erm boring , tough , hard-working , pretty unpleasant during the war , erm and I think most of the citizens must have been very very relieved when the surrender finally came , and it brought no actual fighting , and at least the city was left reasonably unscathed . |
| 22 | When the parade finally came to an end , Sergeant-Major Philpott congratulated them all and before dismissing the parade told the troops they could take the rest of the day off , but they must return to barracks and be tucked up in bed before midnight . |
| 23 | When the caretaker eventually ventured into the room the following day , all was as usual . |
| 24 | When the free-kick eventually took place , Irwin sidestepped a defender and squared the ball for Paul Ince , whose shot was blocked by Monkou . |
| 25 | When the Occupation formally ended in 1952 following the conclusion of the San Francisco Peace Treaty the previous year , a Mutual Security Treaty between the two countries also came into force . |
| 26 | When the film finally ran out of their cameras , an ambisexual person in headphones said , ‘ Can you give us a funny line to get people to watch Telethon , Maureen ? ’ and ‘ Action ! ’ |
| 27 | When the Queen finally saw me , she could not stop herself laughing , but she was angry with the dwarf at the same time . |
| 28 | We bowed and were about to leave when the Queen suddenly murmured , ‘ Signor Daunbey , Signor Shallot . ’ |
| 29 | Just three of the 16-strong team — which included four outside contractors — were allowed in the room when the Queen actually recorded her speech . |
| 30 | When the lorry finally drove away , loaded , we noticed that a book had ‘ fallen off the back ’ . |