Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 It was too easy to gain access to a Company 's computer records when everyone used the same communications web .
2 But there are times when nothing less will do — on a chilly winter 's or rainy spring day , or when the family are at home , or on weekends when everyone welcomes a change from the routine of packed lunches and wine bar grub .
3 I remember one case late at night when someone had a cardiac arrest .
4 There were occasions when someone did a large number , and they would bring the job-sheet round and show the others and say ‘ She has done so many , you also must . ’
5 Another amusing incident to come out of ‘ Space Oddity ’ was when I got a phone call from David one day , who said he had to record an Italian version of the song because two kids in Italy had apparently done a cover version of it and as it looked as if it was going to do quite well , the Italian record company wanted a version by the original artist and said they would send someone along to teach Bowie phonetically how to sing the song .
6 I was just packing up my medical papers when I got a call to Ward 16 , now also a reception ward .
7 That is when I got a real bee in my bonnet about British restaurants .
8 I had n't been back longer than ten minutes when I got a sledgehammer through my street door .
9 ‘ The first I learned of either the debt or the judgement was when I got a letter about it this week .
10 That was when I got the gun out .
11 We talked about that for a while and that was when I got the idea of using the mud wagon-not just for him but for the McLaren girl too , and just like before I could see myself sitting in it with her .
12 There was something else , you know when I got the when I got my food processor
13 The ride from Pimlico to Portobello took well over ninety minutes and it was gone midnight when I beached the car on a double yellow line outside my sock .
14 ‘ No , I gave you back some tearducts when I inserted the new model .
15 There are times when you can feel successful when you 've done virtually nothing — I remember when I became a radio actor , and I was pushing my motor bike , which had run out of petrol , up the main street in Cardiff , and I felt that I was a great star , and was very pleased with myself .
16 It started on a Friday night in November when I felt a bit odd , so I took a paracetamol and went to bed with a hot-water bottle .
17 I had gone perhaps fifty yards when I felt a bullet sing past my ear and heard the crack of a rifle-shot behind me .
18 I was about half-way across when I felt the rear begin to swing sideways under the weight of the torrent .
19 I had fished for half an hour when I felt the line tighten .
20 On another day when I asked the question , she began slowly and with difficulty to lift the skirts of her dress , revealing bare knees .
21 Did you see their faces when I asked the question ? ’
22 I was checking the rooms of The Pightle for leaks and other necessary repairs when I discovered an entirely new wing .
23 I was recently down at my local stationers looking for the projector pens when I spotted a pack of ‘ Berol Washable Juniors ’ .
24 Some days when I attend a day meeting I can start at 5am and finish at 9pm including travel .
25 As I say it 's when I take the bandage off at night .
26 yeah , just like erm , say a Friday or Saturday night when I take the car to go home , Sarah 's worked it out that by the time she walks upstairs and into her bedroom , she normally sees me going down Upping Road , but she does n't see me , next days it 's oh where did you go ? or what happened ? ,
27 At the moment I find that I can just afford my fortnightly twenty-minute flights , but in eighteen months time , when I reach the age of seventy , I wonder if I shall be able to afford £130 per year for the ‘ privilege ’ of flying ?
28 . Well in that today he says er when I seen the syringe coming out I just , I 'll not be in the room if he 's getting injected .
29 ‘ That 's when I thought a little research might be in order .
30 Sometimes , when I made a move towards the cottage door , as if to leave on some errand , he called me back .
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