Example sentences of "when we [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There was great astonishment and anger in south Wales when we heard by letter of 28 November 1991 the news that the Home Secretary was unwilling to agree any additional manpower for the South Wales police authority in 1992-93 .
2 When we served with Sir Ralph we were not hospitallers .
3 I 'm thinking actually of here in the university itself , we 've got three different groups in those areas that are now collaborating , and I think we 've got a good chance of _ especially in the area of schools curricula — but also in the area , I think , of helping business people , and I 'm thinking now of senior management , who might be your and my age , Brian , for whom computers did n't exist when we went through university or college , erm who 've probably more or less given up any hope of understanding it and understanding the computer boffins who have taken over — almost taken over the company at times , one suspects .
4 When we went into Sir Thomas 's chamber yesterday , I heard him mutter . ’
5 Do you remember Stephen the gardener , and darling Bessie your nanny who still writes to me , and whom we found again when we went into Burma on our way home from Australia ?
6 I loved it when we went to Granton , for I was always hoping I 'd see Uncle Bill .
7 But what I saw when we went to Spain in 1978 and I had a long , relaxed talk with James in the patio of our common hotel , actually frightened me .
8 I packed up I packed up for two and a half years and then erm when we went to Spain in August , no in October , the four girls went me and me two sisters and a friend from work , Barbara .
9 Oh Charlie shut her up at , at Chris 's mums funeral , when we went to Chris 's mum funeral , she 's erm , she said something or other about , request something or other about , pointing at the I should n't 've been there really because I did n't know her and Charlie said she felt did n't know her and erm she said oh well Rose never spoke about her , or words to that effect , Chris says the reason our mum never spoke about her cos she never showed her face in here anyway , he said when was the last time you see your mum , at that , she shut straight up like that , her face went , she 'd like saying that I should n't 've been there cos I did n't know her , I mean yet , she ai n't set foot in the house for fucking year like , you know she 's a horrible cow , and like when we went in the church , when we went in the crematorium er you had , she had a nice , big one up on the hill is it Arnold 's ?
10 So when we went to Stylus Records and Telstar you know they were more than than happy to have because they seemed but I think that at at the start had we been looking for somebody here to take us over probably it would never have happened .
11 Cos when we went to nursery yesterday morning Jim , all the children
12 I did it when when we went to camp while we went
13 We walked further than that when we went to Crackside .
14 But when we went to Holland , a rather different picture emerged .
15 Despite the five or so light aircraft sitting on the apron , when we went to Airport Information to ask how we should get back to our aircraft we were met by blank looks .
16 I tell you what though , if you , like , I , I never forget when we went to Austria and you went into like a delicatessen place and this place was about a quarter of a mile long , right , never seen so many different looking place with sausages
17 When we went to er when we went to Austria , not Austria the year before we had a trip out to the that er big factory at that er crystal factory
18 Well I got it , I just bought it back when we went to Russia .
19 When we went to Leyland we would say , What we having us tea ?
20 I mean that when we went to Italy , when me and our Terry went to Italy last year erm first thing in the morning we 'd , we 'd have our breakfast , then we had a wander round and then we went on beach , two or three hours in and out at the
21 Thing 's like , I like that cos when we went to Italy we went to that Madam whatever , it 's a big erm
22 There we we when we went to Italy last year it was er what I would describe as being fairly warm
23 ‘ She talked when we went to church , ’ Erika said .
24 And we used to have a little card , when we went to church we 'd got put a little star , in the squares , and if we did n't go we got a good hiding .
25 And when we went to bed early we used to we One used to have to fill the kettle , and then the other one used to have to set the table for next morning for next morning .
26 got up late , twenty past six , the kid was going berserk when we went to bed
27 I was gon na say , there were a lot more people when we went to school .
28 For years afterwards , Shanti would remark , ‘ That 's the handbag you had when we went to court . ’
29 see erm , when we went to Windsor on the boat was n't it , when we were going up and down the Thames
30 all them eggs you know , when we went to Alec , when they were selling these trays of eggs , er , we went there with Alec , so I said I 'll have one like , and they were really fresh , but when I got home I got that thing of , from Kwiksave , I got the whole packet , big packet
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