Example sentences of "when [noun prp] had [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The large concentration of circulation in the late 1960s was due to the Mirror Group 's purchase of the Daily Herald and the People at a time when Murdoch had not yet arrived to challenge the dominance of the Daily Mirror over the tabloid market . |
| 2 | It could not , by any stretch of the imagination , be because Naylor was remembering another Saturday night when Travis had not slept in his own bed , but a bed Naylor thought was hers . |
| 3 | There had been times when Cadfael had both departed and returned by night , without passing the gatehouse , on urgent matters in which he found justification for absence . |
| 4 | ‘ I would n't do such a thing — unlike some people around here , ’ she added under her breath , referring to the time when Mildred had accidently changed Ethel into a pig during their first term at the school . |
| 5 | The great Aboriginal winger , Chicka Ferguson , was on the wing with Canberra , and in the last minutes , when Balmain had already sent their two most powerful forwards off , and when Bob Hawke was already on his way down from the VIP box to present the shield to Balmain , Chicka scored a wonderfully impossible weaving and kinking try to tie the game . |
| 6 | ‘ What about his parents ? — they 'll worry , ’ protested Leith , remembering the occasions when Sebastian had n't come home at night , and how her mother had gone almost hairless . |
| 7 | The assembly was the first to be held since April 1987 , when Mahathir had narrowly survived a leadership challenge , a contest which subsequently led to a split within the party [ see pp. 35459 ; 35773 ; 36657 ] . |
| 8 | His words were casual , hardly to be construed as a compliment , but reminded Robbie of something Caro had said recently , when Robbie had gloomily deplored Hugh 's defection , expressing the opinion that his new girlfriend was prettier . |
| 9 | His suggestion that the council feared a usurpation displays the hindsight to be expected from someone writing after June 1483 , when Gloucester had indeed used the protectorship as a stepping-stone to the throne . |
| 10 | His suggestion that the council feared a usurpation displays the hindsight to be expected from someone writing after June 1483 , when Gloucester had indeed used the protectorship as a stepping-stone to the throne . |
| 11 | The intricacies of this had almost defied analysis since the early years of the century when Balfour had deliberately muddied the waters . |
| 12 | And all those other times when Luke had adroitly steered the conversation away from the topic of Elise … |