Example sentences of "[adv] when [pron] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only when she stretched out a hand to replace her own receiver did Fabia realise that she was shaking . |
| 2 | Another racking fit of coughing seized him , doubling him over and ending only when he retched up a gush of phlegm and blood . |
| 3 | And your Mum ca n't afford toilet paper for her pussy , so when she slides down the banister and says like blurgh , la blah la blah loo ! |
| 4 | I sang down the Bottom Club , so when I went down the next week the manager said I 've just been waiting for you , I 've been waiting for you to come in he said so he said , look the group ca n't come he said , will you sing ? |
| 5 | So when I go round the garden , I carry two containers : a bucket for compostable weeds , and a plastic bag for those perennials with tough tools that might survive . |
| 6 | ‘ These drills run at a tremendous speed , ’ the father said , ‘ so when I switch on the drill the mileage numbers on the speedo spin backwards at a fantastic rate . |
| 7 | So when he woke up the donkey was looking at him . |
| 8 | This spirit can only travel in a straight line , so when it slides down the roof in the hope of gaining entry to a house , it will be swept up in the air again by the curving gable . |
| 9 | I 've got mine back on , but it wo n't be long when I get out the bus mind , but |
| 10 | He jumped into the shower and felt a little better when he got out a few seconds later . |
| 11 | His code was no problem ; had n't she seen it enough times anyway when he powered up the network ? |
| 12 | I met him for the first time ever when he took over the leadership of the party from the recently deceased Hugh Gaitskell in February 1963 . |
| 13 | I have seen people deteriorate quickly when they give up a routine , believing that this is the right thing to do . |
| 14 | Once when they went round a corner she swayed against him and caught his arm to steady herself . |
| 15 | I said I 'll put my shoes back on but I do n't know what my feet will be like when I get out the bus |
| 16 | Chap might have just set the bomb and been taken unawares when it went off a bit early . |
| 17 | A night of beer-swilling revelry was abruptly deflated at 11.30pm when someone switched on the television for the draw for the FA Cup third round . |
| 18 | Now when you look down the microscope through the graticule what one sees is twenty five randomly spaced dots overlying your er section . |
| 19 | And inevitably when you turn up a diary page you have between say one and twelve things already entered into the to do list . |
| 20 | Well when we clean out the er thing with the big fishing net for the pond but it 's a small one when we clean out the fish tank . |
| 21 | The first was only 18 months ago when we took on the New Zealand Emerging Players XI . |
| 22 | THEY thought it was all over at the BBC 21 years ago when they switched off the most famous football commentating voice of all , Kenneth Wolstenholme . |
| 23 | She walked past him into the tiny hallway and picked up her bags , noticing with relief that he was n't around when she fled up the narrow wooden stairs to one of the three bedrooms , the one furthest away from his . |
| 24 | There are blokes crying out there when they come off the pitch , when they 've been substituted . |
| 25 | Mr Chris Patten , the Environment Secretary , said he was sure Mr Chope could reply comprehensively when he summed up the debate . |
| 26 | could n't tell you but er these cars turned up erm , there were n't no hearse and off they went and er course when I went up the garden to get some washing in Claire came up and er anyway she said er about Mr and I said well I assume it was him , I saw Mrs and she starts on about this dog barking out in the garden again ! |
| 27 | Yet when I step off the bus at the Coronet cinema I get the same lurch as when I first left home . |
| 28 | I hope that the hon. and learned Member forgave me when I chortled happily when he read out the names of about four members of the Scottish Conservative party who are in favour of this assembly . |