Example sentences of "to [noun] when it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The charity organisation assessed the hospital 's needs on its last visit to Romania when it took out over 30 tons of relief aid on three articulated lorries . |
| 2 | The Tory government contributed to proliferation when it permitted the supply of nuclear weapons material to Saddam Hussein . |
| 3 | The $24,000,000 production was to be an unmitigated disaster and was to bring Twentieth Century-Fox close to bankruptcy when it found out that the heyday of the film musical was past . |
| 4 | The case was brought by the RSPCA after claims that the animal was subjected to brutality when it became stuck on a five bar gate . |
| 5 | A MOUSE brought rush-hour chaos to Birmingham when it bit through wires in a traffic light control unit . |
| 6 | War with England ( 1796–1802 ) was a sheer disaster , revealing all the inherent weaknesses of Spain 's position in the American market ; American ports were opened to neutrals when it became evident that Spain could no longer supply her colonies . |
| 7 | What happened to Italy when it decided to move from the wide band to the narrow band within the ERM ? |
| 8 | Sympathy for the general aims of civil rights legislation turned to hostility when it affected people 's everyday lives . |
| 9 | The car had been travelling along the A534 from Wrexham to Holt when it went out of control . |