Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [prep] [noun] when " in BNC.

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1 My first reaction to the resignations was that they were tantamount to an admission of guilt when , in fact , the Argentinians could have attacked at any time in the previous fifteen years .
2 He 'd spent an afternoon with Morton when he first joined the company , as part of his induction .
3 Section 3(2) protects an innocent purchaser from an accusation of theft when , having bought in good faith from someone with a defective title , he later treats the property as his own .
4 Its loss can lead only to an invasion of imports when the recession ends and the market picks up .
5 The Company had been under an obligation to complete the line by 15 August 1905 , but obtained an extension of time when it was discovered that the power supply from Beckenham would not be ready until I April 1906 .
6 I noticed that he never put on an air of diffidence when , as here , his own work was being cited .
7 The arrests follow an incident on Sunday when a man hailed a passing ambulance on the A12 near Chelmsford .
8 The charge relates to an incident in February when he was stopped by police near Middle Barton .
9 The route had been reopened two weeks previously following an attack in January when two people were killed .
10 It would be difficult , and undesirable , to isolate experiences which lead towards an understanding of number when so many arise naturally out of everyday activities .
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