Example sentences of "when [noun prp] come [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This Bobby did , and was cautiously treating himself to oysters at the bar when Minton came in with some sailors and bade him join them . |
| 2 | The bottle was in his hand when Nicandra came back from the kitchen . |
| 3 | When Bernard came out of hospital he did not walk very well for a good long time . |
| 4 | When Will came back to us , his eyes were bright , but he was already thinking about it . |
| 5 | And when William came back from Germany and a decision had to be made about his education , he argued that it made sense to send him to the state school , the same as Preston . |
| 6 | When Marcus came in for supper , two hours later , Daniel 's Mum was still talking , to Stephanie , who was in and out of the kitchen dishing up vegetables and making gravy , to her son , who moved his weight cautiously from time to time on a dining-room chair and frowned and frowned . |
| 7 | When Ben came back to the table he placed the fork with great ceremony to the side of Millie 's plate , saying , ‘ There you are , madam . |
| 8 | When David came back to Hawkers a week or so later , he found on his desk a very large can of tomato juice . |
| 9 | She was hanging up the jacket of her plum-coloured suit when Rebecca came in through the outer door . |
| 10 | Other pictures took the place of these ; Neil 's tent , not far up the brae , and the possibility not only , at worst , of having its shelter for the night , but of my seeing from that vantage point when Neil came back with his boat . |
| 11 | So we were back before the firebox , exhausted and happy , and Laura had just shut down the kiln , when Edward came round into the yard again . |
| 12 | They were half way down the stairs when Linda came out of her room and called to him . |
| 13 | ‘ When Blackburn came in for me , they were well down the old Second Division , but I jumped at the chance . |
| 14 | United wobbled a little bit in the second half when Gillingham came back with a goal from Crown . |
| 15 | She had just taken a mouthful of the rather sour wormwood-flavoured wine when Anthony came breezily into the room . |
| 16 | When Nahum came downstairs from Anna 's room , Dolly and Tom had returned home and Christian had joined them from Handley Farm . |
| 17 | ‘ When Janice comes back from her tea I can hand over here . ’ |
| 18 | But I mean , I wa I was really pleased when Toya come up to me and she goes , James ca n't stop talking about you in Science . |
| 19 | When Nara came back with the milk , the calf had collapsed , exhausted . |
| 20 | Laura was still roughly chastising herself , and attempting to ignore the hard knot of unsatisfied desire still gripping her body , when Ross came back into the room . |
| 21 | Her teeth stopped chattering , and when Matthew came back with the tea and the whisky , he remarked that the colour had come back into her face . |
| 22 | When Ludovico came back to the apartment with food for lunch and found her stripped to the waist , washing herself in the cracked kitchen sink , he immediately started making love to her , pushing her back until the taps dug into her . |
| 23 | Grierson was nodding his head furiously when Roy came back with his coat . |
| 24 | When Fred came back to the table , the two old friends suddenly fused and started to laugh , while Daisy had to wait upon them as their natural audience . |
| 25 | When Connor came back with a pint pot in either hand , he found his wife in the arms of the young Welshman , and stood smiling , watching them dance together to a song that had become all the rage in the last few years : |
| 26 | When Vicky came out after three weeks she confirmed that fear . |
| 27 | When Lili came back from Scotland with a bottle of whisky and a biscuit box emblazoned with the tartan of the clan Campbell I told her that I was frightened of growing old . |
| 28 | When Mahmoud came in with a radio playing and said , ‘ Tirry , this is for you , ’ there was a moment 's hush while we all thought , ‘ It must be a joke . ’ |
| 29 | Having dressed , she was about to go downstairs when Angel came out of his room and stopped her . |
| 30 | When Georg came in to lunch , covered in cow muck and mud , the converging smells caused Frau Trauffer to wave her hand in the air and give a disgusted ‘ Phaw ! ’ |