Example sentences of "[noun prp] when [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It all came right for David when he legered a sardine on size 8 barbless trebles to a 20 lb wire trace and 12 lb line . |
| 2 | A group of Scots taken prisoner at Solway Moss , the earls of Glencairn and Cassillis , lords Fleming , Maxwell , Somerville and others , obtained their release and were sent back to Scotland when they signed a request to Henry that he should take Mary into his care , with the intention of marrying her to his son , the future Edward VI ; their offer that they would help to bring him to power in Scotland , should Mary die , was kept entirely secret . |
| 3 | Neither , sometimes could his disciples understand their master , rambling when drunk , as observed one evening by British novelist Kingsley Amis when they shared a college platform in Boston debating new liberalism . |
| 4 | Lynn Deeley was working at St Andrew 's Home in Headington when she spotted a man tampering with her Metro in the staff car park . |
| 5 | Their experience shows that military facilities may be conceded by a Third World state to the USSR when there exists a coincidence of interests but that such concessions provide leverage on Soviet policy as often as they act as levers for Soviet policy in bilateral relations with the Third World party . |
| 6 | It always worked with Weenie when she had a misery . |
| 7 | They were returning , through the night , to Luton , after performing at Butlins in Minehead when they hit a lorry at the back of Territorial Army convoy . |
| 8 | Sadly the ‘ Parracombe ’ failed in its gallant attempt to reach Malta when it struck a mine off Cap Bon . |
| 9 | ‘ I was on my way down to Les Hiboux when I saw a light in the trees . |
| 10 | While the forge is always warm and inside is the loving , childlike Joe who has goodness all around him and this is particularly shown when he looks after Pip when he has a fever and the power of that scene . |
| 11 | ‘ I left the States and was travelling in Italy when I met a photographer . |
| 12 | Here we saw the professionalism of Bennett when he made a study of the factors that impinged upon the operational height aspect . |
| 13 | Steve Meyers claimed one of the very few good problems left at Tremadog when he found a way through the steep ground right of Erebus , providing No Holds Barred E6 6c . |
| 14 | Michael Palin , top selling Christmas author with Pole to Pole ( BBC Books — see Christmas in the Bookshops , page 27 ) , played to a full house and raised nearly £3,000 for the Playhouse in Oxford when he gave a talk about his travels , organised by Blackwells in December . |
| 15 | Mr Jim Henderson , born in County Fermanagh , then in business in Dungannon , had moved from Moy to Portadown when he started a business in Portadown . |
| 16 | ‘ They used Birmingham when they wanted a place to hold their summit , now this . |
| 17 | Sophie got the idea of using it in France when she made a scarecrow for a friend . |
| 18 | Northern Echo reporter Gavin Engelbrecht was filming his children at his home in Darlington when he heard a smash outside . |
| 19 | The plight of children infected with HIV was recently highlighted by Princess Diana when she presented a report by the National Children 's Bureau to a London conference on the impact of AIDS on family life . |
| 20 | On 27 October 1846 he died in Preston when he burst a blood vessel during a fit of coughing , and was buried in St Peter 's churchyard , Preston . |
| 21 | Gleeson equalised for London when he met a cross at the far post from his fellow winger Wyke , but Ralph then gave Oxford their first win since they beat Cheam on October 21 . |
| 22 | I was just getting up to go and make my way on down to Greece when I felt a hand on my shoulder and heard a deep voice . |
| 23 | Lady Colin was Jamaica-born Georgia Ariana Zadis when they wed a week after meeting in New York . |
| 24 | The band was playing in Switzerland when they saw a building on fire . |
| 25 | U2 were left red-faced with embarrassment in Berlin when they joined a demo celebrating German reunification . |