Example sentences of "when [pron] [noun sg] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When my grandmother told me a little later on that my mother had gone away , I was glad . |
| 2 | ‘ When my mother left him the topaz , Vitor vowed he would save it until he met his soulmate , ’ the older woman explained . |
| 3 | And when my father gives it a little thought he 'll realise it is now September and that my time off is likely to creep into next year , which will make a much longer period owing to me . ’ |
| 4 | Several papers report on Goldie the goldfish which was apparently brought back from the dead when its owner gave it the kiss of life and poured whisky down its throat . |
| 5 | Matadial 's statement of 12 January 1987 , like her deposition , did not mention the conversations in 1986 but did refer to that of 9 January 1987 , but her account in the statement of her telephone call on 11 January was that , when her husband gave her the receiver , she recognised the voice of the defendant who said , ‘ I have just shot Paulette . |
| 6 | Paul Jordan from Kidlington in Oxfordshire was suffering the first pains of a heart attack , when his GP told him the agony was caused by a bad bed . |
| 7 | One wonderful story is that he decided against a career in mathematics when his teacher gave him a poor mark in an exam for answering a problem correctly but not using the method taught in class . |
| 8 | A PILOT called Randy went into a tailspin when his girl-friend gave him the elbow . |
| 9 | Mr Lytham , however , when he called at the nursing-home to obtain Dorothy 's signature to her will , was far from happy when his client told him the content of the letter . |
| 10 | He described how it felt to discover he was an illegitimate child , when his mother called him a bastard ; how he left home at 14 to find work in the Durham coalfields — hating his parents , hating the world , ripe for enlistment in the class struggle . |
| 11 | No-one would believe they had a recession on in Japan when they have time and resources to devote to dreaming up and creating things like this : Toshiba Corp has just launched a line of word processors with sound effects — ‘ to introduce an element of fun in the workplace ’ according to Reuter — they bark when you write ‘ dog ’ , moo when you write ‘ cow ’ and make the sound of pouring when you write ‘ beer ’ , and if you recall a text file word-by-word at reading speed , they repeat these and 26 other pre-programmed noises , from sleigh bells to sirens , as the words come up — and it no doubt laughs like a drain when your boss sends it an electronic message telling you you 're fired for being a disruptive influence . |
| 12 | Now when your audience tells you a day you add one for a Thursday , two for a Friday , and three for a Saturday . |