Example sentences of "when [noun prp] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He shouted and swore when Lennie carried a dead mouse in his pocket pet and he gave Lennie a very hard time when Lennie said that he like ketchup on his beans . |
| 2 | Woodforde , who dropped his serve only once in the match , served for the tie , and wrapped it up when Reneberg hit a backhand drive well over the baseline . |
| 3 | A programme called SENALEP was started up when Bolivia had a government which was prepared to fight illiteracy . |
| 4 | There was even closing drama when Shelford missed a penalty , and a chance to save the game , with the last kick of the match . |
| 5 | Falling behind to a 30th minute goal from Doey , Armoy got back on level terms when Holmes scored a superb goal in the 50th minute . |
| 6 | Karen could never surely tell when Jessica was teasing her , and when Jessica found a good one she played it to the hilt . |
| 7 | When Isabella wins a military victory she celebrates it with eleven days of psalms and the sonorous severities of priests . |
| 8 | Ballymena were confirmed on Sunday as the team to make the drop when Bangor defeated a depleted North side by runs . |
| 9 | Allen increased the lead from a penalty corner but Germany soon narrowed the margin when Michel flicked a good goal following another corner . |
| 10 | When Kelly raised a sceptical eyebrow , he added , ‘ Even bookmakers have hearts , you know . ’ |
| 11 | Not only will the German and French teachers themselves benefit , in their increased command of English and knowledge of British life and institutions ( as large numbers of British teachers of German benefited who worked in German schools during the seventies , when Germany had a teacher shortage ) but they will bring their great asset of native-speaker fluency and intimate knowledge and experience of the foreign country to foreign language classrooms that are increasingly practical and communicative . |
| 12 | However Crewe came back into the game a scored after 30 minutes or so when Strach misplaced a pass in the midfield where upon some Crewe player broke away and rolled the ball past Beaney and Hodge ( who only just missed intercepting it ) . |
| 13 | When Arnold played a shot , I felt I was playing it too . |
| 14 | Apart from the fantastic win at Sandwich in 1975 in the PGA Championship , when Arnold shot a 71 in a howling wind , hitting nothing much but 5-irons low and flat , the 1970s and 1980s have been quieter years — a bit easier , not so much pressure . |
| 15 | Town went two nil up straight after the restart , when Bradbury had a good run on the left wing , centred for Aries who nodded the ball back to a waiting Kevin Connelly and he made no mistake with a low shot . |
| 16 | When Chelsea wanted a bit more than the £2.5million United offered for Andy Townsend , the club pulled out of the deal . |
| 17 | Maggie scrounged what food she could , and when Sarah dipped a crust of bread in the cabbage soup she 'd made she could see the cracks in the bottom of the dish through the thin liquid . |
| 18 | When Sophie praised a necklet of rubies that she was wearing , it appeared to give him great pleasure . |
| 19 | Various arrangements were tried when Gorbachev established a presidential system in the late 1980s . |
| 20 | Reluctantly , the Sicilian monarch paid up 20,000 ounces of gold for the unpaid dowry , and a further 20,000 ounces when Richard arranged a marriage between one of Tancred 's daughters and his nephew and heir , Arthur of Brittany . |
| 21 | When Richard came a couple of steps nearer — it would never have occurred to him to go back until the matter was satisfactorily settled — Harry , looking faintly surprised , as though he could n't believe that anything could be quite so simple , raised the adjustable spanner and hit him on the left side of the head , just below the ear . |
| 22 | Real , defending a 2–1 lead from the first leg , faced a Torino side urged on by 120,000 fans and suffered an early setback when Rocha deflected a shot from Gianluigi Lentini into his own net . |
| 23 | That duly arrived when Hardy pinned a helpless Clarkson in his own corner and referee Thompson moved in to end the contest . |
| 24 | The pair had met two years ago when Hardy scored a convincing 10-round win in a non-title bout . |
| 25 | I like it when Marie gets a letter , cos I never get one — except my giro cheque . |
| 26 | It rained on days when they needed sun and it blazed when Nichols wanted a rain sequence . |
| 27 | Actor Richard Harris punched the air when Jimbo made a winner , Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci shouted her support and actress Kim Basinger yelled ‘ Go Jimmy Go ’ . |
| 28 | The corporate dealing team will be completed when David recruits a Senior Corporate Dealer . |
| 29 | I really began to sense it when David did a Midnight Special show in 1973 . |
| 30 | In 51 minutes Ian Ferguson crashed in a fierce 20 yarder which flew wide and Rangers missed a great chance to go ahead when Murdoch saved a Hateley penalty kick , after the keeper had been penalised for bringing down the big attacker . |