Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] when [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ideas which I had conceived of that noble university were realised when I saw it … |
| 2 | We were applauded when we reported our record , and one of the newly recruited flying students opened a few bottles of root beer by way of celebration . |
| 3 | She were laughing when I showed her that letter I got , cos she got one the same morning , , she said , and it said , and you can go round and talk to him . |
| 4 | The couriers signed on for courses at two language schools in order to get visas , but were caught when one had his baggage searched at Heathrow . |
| 5 | My boots and feet were smouldering when they found me . |
| 6 | And this did not stop with the Reformation for , ‘ by virtue of the very generous pensions they were granted when they surrendered their houses to the Crown , ex-abbots possessed ample means to found chantries … or to make bequests for soul-masses after death ’ . |
| 7 | That is the information on which the police were acting when they decided it was reasonable to take this action . |
| 8 | All Nicandra remembered about that race meeting was her pure delight at getting the longest possible odds on Lal 's runner and Lal buying a bottle of champagne after her race , the three of them were celebrating when she remembered her tryst with Robert . |
| 9 | One of their most useful features was the thick layer of pure white fat with which they were coated when you took it out of the tin there was this layer of fat round the edge . |
| 10 | Hundred I says d I says do you know how mu what speed I were running when I did them ? |
| 11 | Father-of-two Steve said : ‘ I thought they were joking when they said I was not sufficiently disabled . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You were drunk when you told me where to see her . |
| 13 | Scums strength in depth was exposed when you see they had Ferguson and Dublin on the bench . |
| 14 | She was fascinated when he said he came from London — as far as she was concerned he might as well have come from the Moon , because she had as little likelihood of ever visiting either . ’ |
| 15 | A COMPUTER expert was sacked when he handcuffed himself to his woman boss while she was on the phone to a customer . |
| 16 | Bruce Kent , chair of CND , was cheered when he declared his belief that nuclear weapons did nothing for Britain 's security . |
| 17 | I was devastated when he said he fancied me but we 've started a relationship . |
| 18 | He was devastated when he discovered his premises had been attacked for the second time . |
| 19 | Wickham had been proud of her , and was devastated when she said they should separate . |
| 20 | The woman had become suicidally depressed while pregnant with her previous two children and was devastated when she found herself accidentally pregnant again . |
| 21 | I was shattered when I met you last . |
| 22 | He was laughing when he said it . |
| 23 | Derek Cantwell was attacked when he opened his front door late at night . |
| 24 | He was looking when I scored my first ever strike . |
| 25 | As Jim Smith 's side recovered from their epic tie with Liverpool , Beresford said he was misunderstood when he revealed he wanted to play Premier League football next season . |
| 26 | ‘ He was gobsmacked when I told him mine was a replica . ’ |
| 27 | Always a footballing footballer , even when under pressure in defence , Derek 's quality was there for all to see and the appreciation of the Palace fans was shown when they elected him as our Player of the Year in 1975 . |
| 28 | ‘ That little mistake was corrected when you got my note this morning , as you know very well ! ’ |
| 29 | He was lying when he said he 'd checked the house . |
| 30 | The door was closed when he reached it but it was not locked . |