Example sentences of "of [pos pn] [noun pl] when [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I lost half of my friends when it happened |
| 2 | They 're going to be the godparents of my twins when they arrive soon . |
| 3 | Many mums and dads only realised the extent of their problems when they were caught out by their kids , added the princess , patron of the Adult Literacy Unit . |
| 4 | ‘ Annabel and Clare are going to get the surprise of their lives when we tell them about us ! ’ |
| 5 | It was the time of their lives when they found it hardest to make ends meet . |
| 6 | He thought of all those white-faced passengers , panic-stricken as they peered out of their windows when they heard the engines spooling up again , wheels rumbling as they were noisily retracted , finally followed by the sharp upward tilt as the plane climbed out from the airport at full power . |
| 7 | But there was a detachment in their manner which shut people out , and frequently these children would refuse to take any notice of their parents when they came to visit . |
| 8 | TWO little girls died after an horrific accident in front of their mothers when they were struck by a car which mounted the pavement . |
| 9 | mind you it 's not surprising the size of their dicks when they get horny is it ? |
| 10 | But frequently they appear to have taken leave of their senses when it comes to choosing the right sort of women . |
| 11 | ‘ of atrocious memory , who courted and married fourteen wives , and destroyed them all by tickling the soles of their feet when they was sleeping in the consciousness of innocence and virtue ’ . |
| 12 | This unit 's main aims are to inform pupils of their rights when they buy an item and what they can do should that item be defective in any way . |
| 13 | Despite the availability of consumer magazines like Which ? people are still not always sure of their rights when it comes to the purchase , or indeed the sale , of goods . |
| 14 | Many of the alleged ‘ hidden costs ’ of distributed systems are are estimates of the informal training and problem-solving given to end users — yet in most companies , end users learn the in-house-preferred word processor or database program as they go along , asking one of their colleagues when they get stuck . |
| 15 | The mortgage market has been in the doldrums for three years and lending is shrinking steadily , partly because there is only a trickle of new customers and partly because existing customers are paying off at least part of their mortgages when they can . |
| 16 | Even the chickens must have been ashamed of those parts of their bodies when they were alive . |
| 17 | If a cat performs some very strange action — finds its way home over a long distance , predicts an earthquake , or senses the return of its owners when they are some distance from the house — then it is a challenge for us to try and find out which particular sensory pathway was involved . |
| 18 | A SOCCER club says drugs-hunting Customs and Excise officials impounded 300 of its footballs when they arrived at Dover from Pakistan . |
| 19 | The meaning of the word ‘ immediate ’ is likely to give rise to dispute in the courts , but it may be assumed that if , for example , a man threatens a woman that unless she has sexual intercourse with him , he will violently assault her in the presence of her children when they return home the following day , this will not be rape under the Committee 's proposals . |
| 20 | THE body of a 26-year-old man who was apparently buried alive while trying to rescue one of his terriers when it became trapped down a hole , has been found on a Welsh mountainside . |
| 21 | The rest of the time , he 'd stay with one of his friends when they were out campaigning for the animals . ’ |
| 22 | In Eternity , like the madman in the story who got rid of his devils when they were driven out of him and into the swine , Russia will sit healed at the feet of Jesus . |
| 23 | ‘ It is natural for men to tell tales , and I suppose the short story was created in the night of time when the hunter , to beguile the leisure of his fellows when they had eaten and drunk their fill , narrated by the cavern fire some fantastic incident he had hear of . ’ |
| 24 | Most occupational schemes pay a proportion of your earnings when you retire and are called final earnings schemes . |
| 25 | There is a long and useful section on making the best of your snap-shots when you return home . |
| 26 | And you ar , it is part of your obligations when you take the house on . |
| 27 | You must get a magic lens in front of your eyes when you fall in love , that makes everybody beautiful . |
| 28 | It makes the heart pump blood faster ( we have all felt the pounding and racing of our hearts when we are roused ) ; dilates the airways of our lungs ( so we can breathe faster ) ; and causes a great increase in the release of energy — by breaking down glycogen ( the form in which glucose is stored ) for muscles , and fat ( from fat storage depots ) for the rest of the body . |
| 29 | There comes a time in many of our lives when we say ‘ Girl , get yourself a piece of paper ’ . |
| 30 | Accordingly , the rhythmic compression of our leg-veins when we walk , or chest-veins when we breathe , turn these veins into little peristaltic pumps , aiding the circulation of the blood around the body . |