Example sentences of "when [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What was there to be so glad about when nothing made any difference ? |
| 2 | No they were out all day Tuesday , I do n't know where they were , I rang right from phoning our June when I got that letter twenty five past ten and so ten to four were ringing on and off and there were nobody so I do n't know where they were . |
| 3 | The innocent words suddenly filled me with horror : there had been a time before I was born , a time when I had not existed , a time when I lacked individual consciousness — this last being the most horrifying notion . |
| 4 | Inevitably I shot many animals to feed myself and my retainers , but the memorable occasions were when I hunted dangerous game or tried to secure a really fine head of a rare or elusive animal , like this mountain nyala . |
| 5 | I had hoped there would be a letter from him waiting at Benedict 's when I returned last night . |
| 6 | It was when I had that skiing accident in Switzerland . ’ |
| 7 | Ca n't remember when I had that bomber jacket . |
| 8 | My position on the whole thing started to wobble last year when I had some reflexology ( a foot massage ) which made me more relaxed than I 've felt for years . |
| 9 | In the days when I had more time to spare I would read any book I could lay my hands on and particularly enjoyed anything about foreign lands . |
| 10 | ‘ Three years ago , when I said British superiority would be challenged , it was said I exaggerated . |
| 11 | I remember when I left Central School in 1966 they said the average life for a woman in the theatre was three years and seven for a man before giving it up . |
| 12 | On the other hand , on one of my visits I was at a meeting when I heard some commotion outside and asked what it was . |
| 13 | ‘ The day when I attached less importance to ( my stepdaughter ) liking me than to her respecting me , I began to treat her more as I would my own child . ’ |
| 14 | no , we 're just talking about when I did last week remember when I went teaching last week and you went to Ian 's house did n't you ? |
| 15 | We 're the best meal place round 'ere , an' after all 'e used ter call in all the time when 'e 'ad that ovver job , ’ Carrie reminded him . |
| 16 | She said , ‘ Do you remember when she went last time ? |
| 17 | One of Margaret Thatcher 's first appointments when she became Prime Minister was that of Lord ( then Sir ) Derek Rayner as a part-time adviser on improving efficiency and eliminating waste in government . |
| 18 | Oh , she had n't missed Naylor 's eyes on her a time or two when she exchanged some comment with Travis — but surely he did n't expect her to ignore him ! |
| 19 | ‘ E treated our Nancy when she 'ad w'oopin' cough , but 'e told Mrs Walker that 'er varicose veins is provin' obstinate . |
| 20 | One day , when she had enough money . |
| 21 | Typical was the day when she had another disagreement with the headmaster at the local primary school . |
| 22 | All Barbara could tell me when she rang this morning was that the police had found Paul 's body and that of a tramp , ’ he paused , ‘ with injuries to their throats . ’ |
| 23 | It was like when you had that part in Z-Cars . |
| 24 | His head was full of sentences he was going to write to Hilary when he had the time to put pen to paper : I may remind you that I never asked you for a penny towards the summer gas bill … do you think I am made of stone ? … surely I deserve better consideration … who listened for hours when you had that disagreement at Bromley over Fortescue upstaging you in She Stoops to Conquer … have you forgotten that it was I , when your mother had her second stroke , who travelled with her in the ambulance and went back on the bus to collect her plaster replica of the Sacred Heart ? |
| 25 | You remember when you did that formula hundred divided by an eight brackets , something , something ? |
| 26 | You would have had , if you played the scenario back , take yourself back in time when we interviewed this bird you would have had well I would have had her |
| 27 | It 's on that Were you there the other day when we got that sheet ? |
| 28 | Captain Naas Botha said ‘ We want a repeat of our match against the Midlands in midweek when we played effective rugby for the full 80 minutes for the first time on tour . |
| 29 | I am sure my hon. Friend well remembers the Committee stage of the Atomic Weapons Establishment Act 1991 when we had great difficulty in discussing the measure properly because the Department would not release the necessary information . |
| 30 | It it was a big shock that day , when we had that phone call |