Example sentences of "when they [verb] [adv prt] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a relief that he did not try to speak , and when they came out at the landscaped clearing with its wooden bench seat overlooking the water she had readied herself to speak first . |
| 2 | When they turn up at the office next day looking as if they 've missed out on their sleep , however , they could get more than teasing comments from their colleagues . |
| 3 | Brother Cadfael was just emerging from the door of the infirmary in mid-morning , after replenishing Brother Edmund 's stores in the medicine cupboard , when they rode in at the gatehouse before his eyes . |
| 4 | When they arrived back at the butterwood where he had been sleeping he showed her a white fungus around its base . |
| 5 | And when they arrived back at the ruined castle the fox was given a share of the supper and a place by the fire . |
| 6 | When they arrived back at the Incident Room the little printer was locking up for the night . |
| 7 | Mr Smith said : ‘ I cried when they turned up at the frontier . |
| 8 | When they sat down at the kitchen table , Emily perched on the edge of her chair , and her hands were never still . |