Example sentences of "when [noun] came [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | When Scott came off the ship , a newspaper man walked up to him . |
| 32 | When Millie came to the UK in 1964 on the strength of her huge hit ‘ My Boy Lollipop ’ , Edwards also arrived , and recorded under the tutelage of Chris Blackwell , Island 's Jamaican-born boss . |
| 33 | The greatest accolade came when Reggie came to the show , bringing Joyce 's closest friend Virginia Graham . |
| 34 | Seb learned that Boz had returned to the Wychwood Forest when Melody came to the farm one afternoon to say goodbye to him and to Christian . |
| 35 | She was still going full pelt when Parkwood came into view . |
| 36 | So , for example , when Barth came in a later volume of the Church Dogmatics to discuss the image of God in man , he did so in a fashion which led Brunner to assert that Barth had now changed his ground , and adopted Brunner 's own stance as developed in Nature and Grace . |
| 37 | A group of lesser Khans stood muttering in one corner of the room , and when Alexei came through the hangings which provided access to the bedchamber they fell guiltily silent . |
| 38 | The two were poring over them when Simon came into the room . |
| 39 | It supported the British state for most of the nineteenth century in Ireland , then supported constitutional politics for home rule ; and when independence came in 1921 , it supported the pro-treaty faction in Southern Ireland and opposed the civil war because that faction was the state . |
| 40 | When independence came in 1963 , the moran were there to greet it with their manyattas intact . |
| 41 | Since it was the golden-fleeced ram the king really wanted , he was not at all pleased when Marko came before him on the seventh day with a jug of sweet wine and a cluster of grapes in his handkerchief . |
| 42 | And maybe when Ramlal came to town again he would not be so lucky . |
| 43 | When Peace came on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month , the citizens of Glasgow at home and abroad were elated , relieved , delighted , and very , very tired … |
| 44 | When peace came in 1801 , Gibbs was able to set up a profitable business in Cadiz . |
| 45 | When peace came in 1945 , they moved to Kent , to live with Doris 's mother on the Isle of Sheppey . |
| 46 | If we cheated about not having it back you know , when parents came in June but we do n't need it immediately you know , it does n't have to be photocopied so that we all |
| 47 | There may have been queues in the streets when Derrida came to Oxford recently . |
| 48 | When sound came to her , it was only the whispering of blood in her ears , the gentle huff of air in and out of her lungs . |
| 49 | Telling the truth was recognized as desirable , but when truth came into conflict with a more important value , such as justice , it could easily be discarded . |
| 50 | But when Grainne came to the Castle , he knew himself lost , and he knew that the carapace so diligently acquired over the years was melting . |
| 51 | The next morning Seb was sitting in the kitchen minus his boot and sock when Carrie came into the house . |
| 52 | ‘ I expect that was why you agreed to have me here when mama came to you . ’ |
| 53 | When war came in 1939 , Sidney went into the Coldstream Guards and George into the Grenadier Guards . |
| 54 | But when Daddy came into the garage ten minutes later he exclaimed sharply : ‘ Where 's Miss Clinton 's car ? ’ |
| 55 | What happened when Rudolph came to town . |
| 56 | When Britain 's pound joined the ERM , the British should have consulted their partners about its chosen central parity of DM2.95 ; and when sterling came under pressure , they should have been prepared to raise interest rates sooner than they did . |
| 57 | When Constable came to the Lake District , the rain , wind and constant clouds disturbed him . |
| 58 | He smiled when Stephen came to him . |
| 59 | When Raft came to , he flew at Beery and it was only after several punches were exchanged that they were separated by the crew . |
| 60 | When conscription came into force , Unionists pressed for the disfranchisement of conscientious objectors , more because it would be a sign of civic excommunication than because their numbers were significant . |