Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] when [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 But he had cause to revise his opinion a moment later when they opened the door and went in .
2 Although his voice and the accent change slightly when he becomes the narrator , Dustin was brilliantly convincing as a very old man , as well as managing to look and behave like a very young man when necessary .
3 ‘ He said , ‘ I was dying for a pint so when I saw the pub I decided to land and come in . ’ ‘
4 The woman , who alleged the abuse started when she was five and ended a decade later when she left the family home in Edmonton , north London , had heard her stepfather was seeking access to his five-year-old daughter by another woman .
5 Thistle stunned Ibrox a minute later when they snatched the lead .
6 Most people agreed that things had gone a bit far when he told the Church , in 1982 , to ‘ Face north-west whenever possible . ’
7 We had barely got off the ground again when he grabbed the undercarriage lever and shouted into his microphone " this puts the undercarriage up , " followed by the most hysterical laughter .
8 Gorphal picked up the parchment and raised one eyebrow slightly when he saw the familiar ideograms of the Golden Empire .
9 He had refused to touch what he called the Stavanger Final Insurance even when he needed the money for his fleet — why should he use it now for what was only indirectly of concern to him ?
10 Graham had already budgeted on being in Martigny ten minutes prior to the train 's scheduled arrival so when he reached the station he found he actually had an hour to kill .
11 He said that the government would consider developing community radio only when it knows the outcome of the 1984 conference .
12 LIFESPAN will always fill in the other field with the correct information later when it retrieves the details for that item .
13 We shall need to consider this matter later when we examine the new religious movements , but decree no. 13 forbade the foundation of further new congregations .
14 I 'll feel a whole lot easier when I hear the name of Dirkin 's boss .
15 Why do n't you send a little list round when you have the bills out .
16 more information I mean this is , I mean this is part of what I was talk mythology I mean we 're talking about the index survey so when I raised the example of Churchill and the Churchill ex example is , was a good one because I mean he was an intellectual in his way , you know I mean he was a big bright cookie and but his was in terms of word count because he had a use of words for the way he used his words was how ordinary people would understand him I mean if you go back to you know we will fight them on the beaches and everything else I mean you think of the number of syllables he used in those words etcetera , etcetera I mean that 's sort of what I 'm getting to I mean he had his sharp succinct approach you know
17 " Not in the ground : and the soil 's so light that we shall be able to scratch some shelter easily when we find the right place . "
18 The same symptom recurred a year later when she took the oral contraceptive pill .
19 That supply will be determined by , not current market prices but prices of a year ago when you made the planting decisions right .
20 Gandhi , however , does not conceive of God in this way even when he uses the term in a personal sense .
21 And that was a fortnight ago when I had the first scan .
22 Now , however , he , Alfred and their sister Godgifu were abandoned to what must have looked like permanent exile in the Norman court ; Edward was doubtless on his way there when he visited the monastery of St Peter 's Ghent in December 1016 and , according to a charter , promised them English lands should he become king .
23 Road test editor David Vivian was spot on when he described the car as ‘ quite simply a revelation . ’
24 I learnt to do arithmetic only when I opened the tea stall .
25 Nigel got cross only when she brought the short , greasy misfits home .
26 You cut your own throat already when you wrote the script for Connie 's disappearance . ’
27 ‘ There was no need to frogmarch me , ’ she protested , wrenching her arm away when they reached the living-room .
28 She was surprised , however , some time later when she heard the sound of horses ' hooves on the cobbles and looked out and saw Matthew alone , riding out , astride a big chestnut mare .
29 Jessica dropped back a short way — the Polo handling the terrain without a struggle — and thus was in a position to take the view full-frontally when she rounded the last corner .
30 One such band was St Patrick 's Annsboro from outside Castlewellan , who had the joy of victory first time round when they collected the trophy and gold medals .
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