Example sentences of "[noun] when they [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 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 | The really posh people would sometimes by-pass all the local shops when they wanted something extra special for a big occasion . |
| 6 | Roman helped Claudia out of the car when they reached her flat , took the key from her and opened the door . |
| 7 | which , which is why now er that Rose and Jean when they considered it . |
| 8 | He reminded himself to ask one of the guards when they brought him his next meal … |
| 9 | There was a vicious irony that it should be Brian , who always confronted the guards when they treated him subhumanly , who was now being abused like a dumb animal . |
| 10 | Except ex-convent girls like me who recognised sexual tension when they saw it . |
| 11 | People living on the estate could n't believe their eyes when they saw their new neighbour . |
| 12 | People could hardly believe their eyes when they opened their newspapers yesterday morning : alongside the ritual party propaganda there was genuine criticism and complaints . |
| 13 | MALCOLM and Judy Carvell could n't believe their eyes when they visited their old village after five years in Australia . |
| 14 | Nuclear Electric paid their staff a bonus of £1600 when they declared their annual results . |
| 15 | We asked who led the Lancasters into action when they dropped their bouncing bombs . |
| 16 | After having had it ruin so much of their practice time , it seemed only fair that it should come to their aid when they needed it . |
| 17 | Through the long ride , through the noise and confusion when they reached their destination , through the hurried ceremony that followed almost immediately , during which she moved and spoke when so directed like one in a trance . |
| 18 | By way of illustration , let us take an example from the development of Newton 's theory that we have considered several times before , and consider the situation that confronted Leverrier and Adams when they addressed themselves to the troublesome orbit of the planet Uranus . |
| 19 | The other curse was directed at the committee members of the local Working Men 's Club when they banned my father , on the pretext of his epilepsy , but really because he always won at cards and was n't keen to give people a chance to win their money back . |
| 20 | 1991 was a milestone for the Hastings Machine Knitting Club when they presented their 10th ‘ Accent on Design ’ Seminar , which included many special features to mark this important anniversary . |
| 21 | Michael was already there ; he sensed their disappointment when they saw him , they had wanted it for themselves . |
| 22 | Great Britain went 2–1 up in the four-match Test series against the United States when they defeated them 8–3 at Old Dominian , Virginia , on Saturday . |
| 23 | David said to his brothers when they challenged his right and ability to fight Goliath : ‘ Is there not a just cause ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I found out later , in the pub when they paid me off . |
| 25 | If they sent haematologists around local firms and offices then men would be honour bound to take the blood test when they saw their colleagues taking it . |
| 26 | They could also time their appearances when they had something to show off . |
| 27 | It was the time of their lives when they found it hardest to make ends meet . |
| 28 | If you ask people to describe the times in their lives when they learned something about themselves it is often when someone else told them about the impact or bearing they observed they had in a situation . |
| 29 | The village when they reached it consisted of three dozen palm-thatched huts raised on poles ten feet above the ground . |
| 30 | We helped second-hand car-buyers , too , when we uncovered British School of Motoring 's clever dodge for covering up their cars ' real origins when they sold them on . |