Example sentences of "[verb] when [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said he had only offered to use the truncheon as a sex aid but desisted when she shook her head . |
| 2 | However , when he is transferred to a strange yard with different handlers , even if it is a good establishment , his natural nervous temperament will reappear , explaining why so many new owners think their horse may have been drugged when they bought it . |
| 3 | Which of the following did you buy when you bought your bed ? ( please tick all that apply ) |
| 4 | Wickham had been proud of her , and was devastated when she said they should separate . |
| 5 | I was rather devastated when she told me she was moving to Crieff , as she made major contributions to the work of the Library here ; she had a long-term future , and her personality made many friends for the Library among our users . |
| 6 | The woman had become suicidally depressed while pregnant with her previous two children and was devastated when she found herself accidentally pregnant again . |
| 7 | I was devastated when he said he fancied me but we 've started a relationship . |
| 8 | He was devastated when he discovered his premises had been attacked for the second time . |
| 9 | Eva admits she " may have been a bit impetuous in those early days " , but she was always willing to learn , and apologise when she realised she had overstepped the mark . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , I nearly choked laughing when I heard you were doing a breakfast show . |
| 11 | She were laughing when I showed her that letter I got , cos she got one the same morning , , she said , and it said , and you can go round and talk to him . |
| 12 | Harry Burrows rode round his house on Midsummer Eve in a white sheet pretending to be a ghost , we nearly died laughing when he told us — ’ |
| 13 | He was laughing when he said it . |
| 14 | He presented the music box , which was received with every expression of pleasure by Isobel , and the monkey to Dorothy , who could not help laughing when she saw it , because it was so typical of a craze for stuffed animals amongst the girls she had met in Tollemarche . |
| 15 | God knows I tried when I realised what was happening to us , although it was like a starving man walking away from food for me . |
| 16 | But why did people snigger when I told them what my father did ? |
| 17 | We were applauded when we reported our record , and one of the newly recruited flying students opened a few bottles of root beer by way of celebration . |
| 18 | Earlier , Alex Aitken , of the Conservative Collegiate Forum , was loudly applauded when he said it was ‘ intolerable ’ that taxpayers should have to fund the left-wing propaganda of the NUS . |
| 19 | She had her back to the door and was standing at a filing-cabinet taking out more information she would need when she heard her assistant come back . |
| 20 | He made toys that parodied her innocent amusements and those of her brothers and she trembled when he raised his leonine voice . |
| 21 | ‘ Come on , lazybones , it 's nearly dinner-time , ’ Otley scolded when he brought me some tea up . |
| 22 | The old lady made me jump when she told me not to stare but to sit down and not be nervous . |
| 23 | ‘ Then how come when we pulled her from her suit I found a folder full of Alex Bannen 's notes stashed away inside the sleeve ? ’ |
| 24 | However , on Oct. 24 Democrats in the House appeared willing to compromise when they abandoned their demands for the inclusion of surtax , in favour of phasing out personal tax exemptions for those with incomes in excess of $100,000 . |
| 25 | Michael Heseltine , Environment secretary and former Prime Ministerial candidatem , was certain which he prefered when he met his Spitting Image Alter Ego . |
| 26 | My boots and feet were smouldering when they found me . |
| 27 | Fred often winced when he witnessed his wife 's impudence and guile , but he realised she was right . |
| 28 | Hank chuckled , and then winced when he moved his head suddenly . |
| 29 | They began to scream when they saw me , and their mother fainted . |
| 30 | Her inimitable use of rhythm caught many a class member on the wrong foot , but how spirits lifted when we got it right , and the ultimate but awful joy was being chosen to demonstrate . |