Example sentences of "[noun pl] when [pron] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Kristian is very good with fans when they see him the street and ask him for autographs . |
| 2 | ‘ It looked as though it was on its last legs when you gave me a lift yesterday . ’ |
| 3 | He thought of the widow in her ramshackle hut at the end of the village and the gratitude in her eyes when he gave her a purse of coins . |
| 4 | He even put his arm around my shoulders when he wished me a merry Christmas . |
| 5 | Scientists did not help matters when they gave it the generic name Oreamnos , meaning ‘ mountain lamb ’ . |
| 6 | Because it 's a national thing I mean it 's something the company is hoping to go forward with the time it 's a government initiative , if we are offering trainee managers when they join us an , an N V Q and they do n't get it at the end of their training . |
| 7 | After all , you were n't overly concerned about my feelings when you interviewed me the other day , were you ? ’ |
| 8 | He should not introduce such arguments when we know what the Government are after — attacking the British coal industry . |
| 9 | Maybe we should listen to our friends when they tell us a few home truths . |
| 10 | FORMER Goon Harry Secombe , who has had a second home in Majorca for the past 15 years , reckoned he had finally been accepted by the locals when they gave him the Spanish name El Gordo . |