Example sentences of "when [pron] [vb past] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had completed her notes when someone tapped at the door and entered . |
| 2 | ‘ Madeleine , Mrs Appleby is a person , not just a cook ; and in the days when I lived at Maythorpe House , she was enormously kind to me , ’ Harry said . |
| 3 | If I said I saw sex organs when I looked at your rotten ink blots that would really get you going , would n't it ? |
| 4 | But the green smell used to be there and it was strong enough to make me think of English summers when I looked at the sky . |
| 5 | Why ca n't I seem to remember what I saw before when I looked at these things … |
| 6 | I saw them here last time when I looked at them . |
| 7 | ‘ I had n't really been involved with rugby since 1984 when I retired at Bath but I was delighted when Blaina contacted me ’ , he commented . |
| 8 | It was October when I arrived at Binbrook , and as winter approached the air became bitingly cold . |
| 9 | Then suddenly , every morning when I arrived at school two kids would stand by the gate and shout out , ‘ Nigger , nigger , pull your trigger ! |
| 10 | That afternoon when I arrived at Miss Havisham 's house , it was n't Estella who opened the gate , but a cousin of the old lady 's . |
| 11 | I remember when I worked at Ollerton colliery in the constituency of the hon. Member for Sherwood ( Mr. Stewart ) that the management had to use haulage bogeys to take fresh water to the miners , who were drinking it faster than it could be ferried to them . |
| 12 | I had none of [ the former ] assets when I started at the Bar ; but my 25 years in practice were the happiest in my life . |
| 13 | Yesterday , when I called at the house before the funeral I was afraid of what I would find . |
| 14 | I now see that Travis is so smitten that he would n't accept anything but that , meeting me for the first time when I called at your apartment , you at once became very much attracted to me . |
| 15 | And that 's when I waved at the Guards major Nogin and set in motion the arrest of Ralph Pike . |
| 16 | ‘ And still does , ’ Leith slotted in , easily recalling that the Jaguar was invariably still parked at Vasey 's when she left at night . |
| 17 | She does seem to be heavier than she was when she lived at home , and she has dyed her hair blonde recently . |
| 18 | Mary Stuart 's son became King James VI of Scotland in 1587 , and he was heir apparent to the English throne , but Elizabeth I lived until March 1603 , when she died at Richmond Palace . |
| 19 | We shall tell the full story of Charles Frederick Titford in due course ; enough for now to say that he would be outlived by his widowed mother , who was 80 when she died at 24 Warner Street , Lower Holloway , on 4 March 1902 , ‘ Widow of Benjamin Titford , Commercial clerk ’ . |
| 20 | Her grey eyes when she looked at me made me tremble . |
| 21 | Sometimes , when she looked at her like that , it seemed to Emmie that she could easily forget what Gran was like when she was well — how she had looked , sitting in the kitchen all last winter , rocking in her old chair and telling them stories and teaching Oliver games to play with her darning eggs . |
| 22 | She pursed her lips when she looked at him . |
| 23 | But I sent someone to meet the Charlotte T. when she docked at Tilbury on her return . |
| 24 | Despite her depression she occupied herself with office tasks , and , although there were times when she dabbed at a tear , she reminded herself that she must prepare for the time when she would never see Silas again . |
| 25 | It was Rosemary 's compassion that saved Ann-Marie from jail on Monday when she appeared at Cardiff Crown Court . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , no , she 's going to tell me about the time when she arrived at King ‘ s Cross station , pregnant , with a wage-packet in her pocket and no home . ’ |
| 27 | Stephen was busy battening down all the shutters and doors with planks of wood and eight-inch nails when she arrived at Crystal Springs . |
| 28 | Although he agreed , it was obviously difficult for Adam to let go of the reins , as Lissa discovered when she arrived at Lynx some time later to find him still on the premises . |
| 29 | The pile of messages that greeted Loretta when she arrived at her college just after twelve next day was a sure sign that the beginning of term was only two days away . |
| 30 | Did you look slimmer this morning when you looked at yourself sideways in the mirror ? |