Example sentences of "when we came out of " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we came out of the Clerecia , after dipping hands in the holy water stoup and placing a drop on each other 's brows , as we had seen the novios and novias do ( the boy on entering a church would dip his hand in the water and transfer a drop to his fiancée 's fingertip so that they could cross themselves in unison ) , we would go into La Casa de las Conchas next to the Clerecia , with elaborate wrought-iron window-grilles and its tranquil courtyard , and sit there quietly for a while , thinking of the next poem , or of the one we were working on . |
| 2 | It was his old Persian runner that we used to tie up our bundles when we came out of Burma — I expect you remember that we still had it in Leatherhead . |
| 3 | No one was at home when we came out of school so we did n't have to explain where we were going . |
| 4 | When we came out of the trees , I saw the house from the other side . |
| 5 | We had tea in a still half-deserted seaside town and when we came out of the cafe Edward produced from his pocket a tomato-shaped ketchup-holder which had taken Laura 's fancy and amused Edward with its outrageous farting noise . |
| 6 | When we came out of the church we were told our King had passed away . |
| 7 | And then when we came out of school Dean sent a firelight at people . |