Example sentences of "[noun] when [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | They were looking for food , of course , and would suddenly plunge downwards at lightning speed when they spotted something . |
| 2 | ‘ I was caught at Dunkirk when they thought they 'd won the bloody war . |
| 3 | She had started the second stage of labour when they carried her into the Rotunda and hurried her away into the labour ward . |
| 4 | Even among the former they failed to make a decisive impact upon the labour market before 1914 , due partly to workers ' suspicion of bureaucratic intervention in the labour market and to the indifference of employers , who had little difficulty in finding labour when they needed it . |
| 5 | Accordingly , in Clarence ( 1888 ) 22 QBD 23 , a woman 's agreement to sexual intercourse with her husband meant that , surprising as it is to modern ears , he was not guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm when he infected her with VD . |
| 6 | The Times ( 15 August 1898 ) had given the broadest indication of the shock-waves produced by the push-bike when it delivered its editorial judgement on ‘ The Bicycle as a Social Force ’ , which bristled with otherwise unaccountable fears and allusions to deeper moving forces within society . |
| 7 | I remember the shock of fear when I heard her scream and the sickening jolt of pain through my stomach when I saw the angle of her hand to her arm . |
| 8 | Christopher was a slight child , with rather too thin arms and legs , and little flat wrists which always gave Carolyn a stab of apprehensive fear when she noticed them . |
| 9 | It was n't fear ; Robbie knew fear when she saw it . |
| 10 | I think she was having a joke at my expense when she did it . ’ |
| 11 | He has told us that the minister relied on the legal advice from within the Department when he issued his directive to the area health authority and put in the commissioners . |
| 12 | She was overcome with emotion when she discovered it had been well cared for . |
| 13 | ‘ Where were the old heads when we needed them when the chips were down ? |
| 14 | The really posh people would sometimes by-pass all the local shops when they wanted something extra special for a big occasion . |
| 15 | Joel Garner was , in fact , almost at the end had begun back in 1976–7 against Pakistan when he made his debut in the same game as Colin Croft . |
| 16 | Mig Romerez did not even recognise a football when I showed him one but his exotic appearance should be enough to impress those bumpkins in ‘ The Tip ’ crowd . |
| 17 | Ironically , it was the motor car which saved Huntercombe — not just as a means of travel but because the wealth of car maker William Morris , later Viscount Nuffield , secured its future when he bought it in 1925 . |
| 18 | It was an arm 's length away and raising its head to hook at him with the horn that was already dark with his father 's blood when he discharged his second barrel . |
| 19 | Roman helped Claudia out of the car when they reached her flat , took the key from her and opened the door . |
| 20 | I remember him taking me for a drive in his car when he told me the joyful news about his forthcoming marriage to Rosemary and feeling so happy that he was going to be happy . |
| 21 | Rory had been able to leave his car when he thought he was getting warm , and walk up people 's drives until he found the pea-green Polo Fox . |
| 22 | Then her face cleared ; when she had leaned across to kiss Richard she must have nudged it off , and no doubt she would find it in her car when he brought it back in the morning . |
| 23 | I did n't drive to work , so he would n't recognize my car when I followed him . |
| 24 | Just for the sake of neatness , I 'd asked Miss Hinkle to set Sam Thompson to work finding out about Mrs. Porter and her big black car when I excused myself early in the interview with her . |
| 25 | They were half-way to the car when she found she 'd left something behind and went back in a flurry of carrier bags and magazines . |
| 26 | ‘ It looked as though it was on its last legs when you gave me a lift yesterday . ’ |
| 27 | One Girl felt the full force of snobbery when she announced her wedding to a stagehand . |
| 28 | James expressed the negative side when he described it as ‘ the theory which denies that there can be in a sensation any element of actual locality , any tone as it were which cries to us immediately and without further ado , ‘ I am here ’ or ‘ I am there ’ ’ . |
| 29 | I was rather disappointed with slip stitch when I bought my first machine . |
| 30 | And er she says Jean I swear to God she says if she comes over near my door , I 've told Jim she says , I , I 'm ready for her I 'll beat her round that square and she said I 'm not like that but she says that 's just the way she says , and she hurt my kids when I sent them Easter eggs over , doing that she says , that really galled me , she says cos they were hurting my kids rather than me . |