Example sentences of "'s [noun pl] when it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was almost under the mare 's hoofs when it saw fit to leap into the air and then dart away at speed . |
| 2 | The working was booked to stop at Colwyn Bay , Llandudno Junction and Llandudno , and worked from block to block until Muspratt 's Sidings when it took the Down Fast line and having got clear signals , proceeded to try to make up time . |
| 3 | NEWARTHILL , the McAlpine family 's private construction group yesterday joined the sector 's casualties when it announced losses for 1991 totalling £72.2m . |
| 4 | Marin Ceauşescu 's position at the Romanian Foreign Trade Mission in Vienna made him the provider of the family 's needs when it came to everyday items from razor blades to video films . |
| 5 | Much more remarkable , however , were Gracey 's comments when it became obvious that his earlier hopes — ‘ If only the French would promise progressive sovereignty … say two or three years and the Annamites would be equally ready to meet them … ’ ( an almost exact parallel , so he thought , with Burma ) — stood little chance of fulfilment . |
| 6 | The company began operating in the world 's rainforests when it bought out the international interests of the American company Tenneco in 1988 . |
| 7 | But he had a dark side , too , as I 'm sure everybody knows , and Seve Ballesteros could n't lace Weiskopf 's boots when it came to bad temper on the course . ’ |