Example sentences of "when they [vb past] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the , the pensions when they raised at the same time , because we only pension raised every year , and we 're up there at that particular time at the Lothian region , a full council meeting . |
| 2 | The men of Charlton must have cherished their independence , especially when they looked at the fate of the neighbouring village of Noke , which , it was said , was lost by Lily , duchess of Marlborough , at cards . |
| 3 | There was a little wistfulness about these village girls when they looked at the rich convent girls in their expensive clothes . |
| 4 | One answer to this could be that articulate Europeans , however much they differed , were formed by a common educational heritage and thought of themselves as Europeans when they looked at the rest of the world . |
| 5 | Bobsy actually drummed for The Beautiful South when they played at The Brit Awards some time ago , so do n't hold on to your ears pop kids . |
| 6 | He had been fifteen years her senior when they met at the church door but he had been slimmer then , fleet as a greyhound , a veritable Hector on the battlefield and a Paris in the bedchamber . |
| 7 | Some submissions were to clear the initial hurdles relatively quickly , even when they fell at the first one . |
| 8 | When they stood at the curb to cross the road her back ached for the support of his hand in its pit . |
| 9 | Not too shattered when they arrived at the cottage to propose a round of Trivial Pursuit . |
| 10 | When they arrived at the station there was a hired Daimler waiting , with a note on the windscreen . |
| 11 | When they arrived at the temporary mortuary they halted outside . |
| 12 | When they arrived at the temporary mortuary they halted outside . |
| 13 | When they arrived at the HQ of World Security in Freiburg the closed gates were opened for them immediately . |
| 14 | Brian and Deborah Curley had expected champagne and flowers when they arrived at the four star hotel on the island of Tenerife after a perfect wedding . |
| 15 | When they arrived at the gate , Nicky said , ‘ Please let me try to explain , Constance ’ |
| 16 | He stopped crying when they arrived at the house . |
| 17 | But when they arrived at the meeting it was Oldfield who was wearing Branson 's horn-rimmed spectacles , riffling papers in his briefcase and doing his best to look brisk and businesslike , while Branson gesticulated in a parody of artistic eccentricity . |
| 18 | When they arrived at the bridge , she got out and turned away . |
| 19 | The train journey lasted all day , and it was dark when they arrived at the station . |
| 20 | He spoke only when they arrived at the car . |
| 21 | When they arrived at the manse , between twelve and one o'clock on the Saturday , the Reverend , according to Mrs MacAulay , had gone to the church distributing tokens — ; ‘ little pieces of tin , stamped with the name of the parish ’ . |
| 22 | After a few minutes Dieter 's car overtook them ; when they arrived at the auberge , it was parked in the shadows a short distance away with two dim shapes close together in the front seats . |
| 23 | When they arrived at the house , they saw a man whom they had good reason to suppose to be the assailant washing blood from himself . |
| 24 | What was the true intention of the parties when they arrived at the agreement pleaded by the defendants in para. 5 of the amended defence ? |
| 25 | When they arrived at the house , Jessamy grabbed hold of her bag , went straight into the house and headed for the drawing-room . |
| 26 | When they arrived at the barn , he led her silently by the hand , through the living-room , and then up along the gallery to his bedroom . |
| 27 | The forensic officer said it was unclear from examination how the Carnlough device would operate because the materials were in a ‘ disrupted ’ state when they arrived at the laboratory . |
| 28 | When they arrived at the college , it seemed even more forbidding than it had in daylight , and as she walked from the car towards the entrance , Loretta felt as though she were about to cross a threshold in time as well as space . |
| 29 | When they arrived at the Ca' del Leone Michele carried her straight to her room . |
| 30 | It was late when they arrived at the old house and by tacit consent they went straight to bed . |