Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] when [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was known that many European plants and animals flourished when introduced into areas such as Australia , thus fuelling the imperialist assumption that the products of Europe — including the human products — were destined to rule the world . |
| 2 | Bailey 's Jamaican informants did when providing her with examples of JC for her book , Jamaican Creole Syntax ( 1966 ) . |
| 3 | ANGRY delegates revolted when asked to observe a minute 's silence in memory of Robert Maxwell . |
| 4 | Bills will increase by £60 a year after valuation officers bungled when working out charges based on property bands . |
| 5 | Details emerged when United 's new owners Bio Mass Recycling started looking into the clubs records and came across payments for seventy thousand pounds . |
| 6 | Izanami died when giving birth to the fire god , and the distraught Izanagi followed her to the Land of Gloom , where he was appalled by the sight of her body infested with maggots . |
| 7 | But perhaps the critics hesitated when faced by a film whose politics were rarely foregrounded . |
| 8 | The only trouble was , the whales sank when killed . |
| 9 | Planrainwater'sts died when exposed to 2 ppm or more for 14 days . |
| 10 | I am s one that has just been recently appointed to one of these er regional ecumenical teams and at a meeting that was held for the three presbytery areas in the sort of west coast of Scotland , around the Greenoch area , erm it was , it became apparent that all these people who are being appointed er through their , their churches are in the main clergy and the convenor of the local committee himself a ruling elder of the Church of Scotland expressed concern about this , that there is no real er and I would just put it to the , to the assembly , there is there is no need for these members to be members of the clergy , in fact it would be good if presbyteries remembered when making a nomination eh that it , er it need n't be , it could be a , a an elder or indeed er a lay person holding no particular office within the church . |
| 11 | In the bluey greens of the sea , for example , I was able to make even , intense washes of colour , and was amazed at how soft and delicate the washes became when watered down . |