Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Carson asked crossly when Ruth appeared . |
| 2 | I know this might sound obscure , but erm , I read somewhere when that erm , if you actually bring in protectionism , it sounds like it could actually increase trade . |
| 3 | They relented only when Branson , who had spent three sleepless nights preparing the club for opening , burst into tears of frustration . |
| 4 | The Utopia that has eluded humankind for so long , and which has so frequently been proffered as a possible gift from ancient ‘ gods ’ , has always been attainable , it became so when that first ‘ good ’ event in the far-off beginning took place . |
| 5 | Thus conditions not in themselves inhuman or degrading became so when they were combined with other bad conditions . |
| 6 | Born in 1903 , a year before Graham Greene , they met only when Orwell was dying ; and only a few letters are known to have passed between them , all composed in polite terms , as if to strangers . |
| 7 | But if he lied , saying that he came to Parfois with no felonious intent , and attacked only when he was surprised and frightened , Isambard would have won a better victory . |
| 8 | The second covers a miscellany of submissions , some on a yearly or other periodic basis , others made only when the need arises . |
| 9 | Retail Runner , who made all when a highly impressive eight-length winner at Ascot on his reappearance , looks set to take the Hallowe'en Novices Chase . |
| 10 | He himself admitted so when he emerged , telling his followers that he thought he had killed Comyn , whereupon one of them rushed in ‘ to mak siccar ’ ( make sure ) : the Kirkpatricks of Dumfries have ever since carried the emblem of a bloody hand with dagger and the motto ‘ I mak siccar ’ on their coat of arms . |
| 11 | Constance asked timidly when she heard the voice at the other end . |
| 12 | It was relieved a bit when Clark squared the match with a birdie on the 16th and transformed altogether when the Americans both pushed their approaches to the long 17th hole to lose that as well . |
| 13 | There is a simple form of the STV , used only when a single candidate is to be elected , namely the alternative vote ( the AV ) . |
| 14 | ‘ What rotten luck , ’ Daisy said , putting on the upper-class voice that she used only when she was feeling guarded . |
| 15 | Their frequent meetings gradually heaped oblivion on Tina 's remark and if Cecilia never entirely forgot it , it surfaced only when something was said that dug into that particular muddy accumulation . |
| 16 | William , who attended the meeting , also agreed that he behaved better when the eyes of the world were upon him . |
| 17 | Board and Sutcliffe ( 1990 ) found clear evidence supporting the Samuelson hypothesis for index futures , but this occurred only when the high and low prices were used in the volatility measure . |
| 18 | This linear relation has been confirmed with in vivo perfusion studies of human jejunum where net absorption of sodium from isotonic enteral feeds containing glucose polymer occurred only when the sodium concentration was above 80–90 mmol/l . |
| 19 | She stopped suddenly when she saw a stranger in the kitchen . |
| 20 | Movements and posture used daily when doing different jobs or in different occupations can save or squander energy . |
| 21 | It stopped only when we told them to leave . |
| 22 | He stopped only when the boy shouted ‘ Beer ! ’ , thereby agreeing to buy his new work-mates a pint each of beer . |
| 23 | As soon as he entered the first field to be cut his mates up-ended him and gave him the same treatment which stopped only when he shouted ‘ Beer ! ’ . |
| 24 | Duvall stopped momentarily when Barbara and Cardiff drew level . |
| 25 | Previously it had laid back its ears and moved away when she approached . |
| 26 | She moved away when he sat near her , went into town to change her library books instead of going home when he invented a string of excuses that would enable him to walk in her direction . |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't let me stop you ! ’ she exclaimed quickly when she saw he was about to call for the bill — and immediately wished that she had n't . |
| 28 | She could hear stirrings upstairs and assumed that Matey , who often rose early when she could not sleep late , was on her way down to start her chores alongside McAllister . |
| 29 | Police tried to pull away refugees climbing over the embassy 's back fence last night , but they moved aside when the West German ambassador , Hermann Huber , appeared in the garden and said : ‘ Let them go ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Of course you can drive down and drive back and be back soon , ’ she fumed later when Marc had released them after prolonging his cat-and-mouse game with his brother for as long as possible , ‘ but what 's the point when there is no paper ? ’ |