Example sentences of "[adj] when they [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PLAYER : We never really got going — it was getting quite interesting when they stopped it . |
| 2 | It all went wrong when they discovered something up a gum-tree in Malaysia and called it gutta-percha . |
| 3 | It was light when they reached their destination , a small house some miles outside Stockholm , but his condition was hardly any better . |
| 4 | They were old when they had her . ’ |
| 5 | The Cove , as he had hoped and expected , was quite deserted when they reached it . |
| 6 | ‘ When they said he was fine it put my mind at ease but I was so relieved when they said he had no problems after the birth . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Word had got round that I was wearing red , but I think the guests were relieved when they saw me , and realised my dress was n't too outrageous , ’ says Alison . |
| 8 | Mrs Lamport contacted the theatre museum in London and was delighted when they invited her to look around their archives . |
| 9 | Women 's faces sometimes went white when they heard his name . |
| 10 | And they 're all white when they hit our design sheets . |
| 11 | I 'm rather surprised that but there you are this this er this stuff this is coming they were both being one and another er put here and er um um I suppose the idea is that the er two people should be fairly good but I think it 's going somewhere and as I say it 's down again … let's see what else has gone er the the this is just I do n't know how she di ’ how they did this but it must have been fairly hard when they did it and er I think there is n't v-very much there I think . ’ |
| 12 | I would enjoy creeping up upon someone and freezing when they turned their head . |
| 13 | He did not feel happy when they told him the result . |
| 14 | There are a couple of Ralph Connelly 's boys in here who were n't too happy when they heard you 'd blown away three of their mates . ’ |
| 15 | Even an optimist like Alix found people depressing when they revealed themselves in this manner . |
| 16 | Raindrops feel and look heavy when they hit us or the ground . |
| 17 | The Italian crowd went berserk when they realised their man had lost his title , and showered Benn with coins and rubbish . |
| 18 | The thin , pitiful cries were somehow unearthly when they waked him in the dark small hours . |
| 19 | JIM LEIGHTON ( above ) , the goalkeeper Manchester United once dropped from an FA Cup final , was yesterday put on Wembley alert by semi-finalists Sheffield United when they signed him on loan from Dundee . |
| 20 | Ultimately , the fragmentary nature of the Habsburg empire led to its fall , leaving the Spanish in control of Italy , a position they would maintain until the early part of the eighteenth-century when they lost it with the War of the Spanish Succession . |
| 21 | ‘ Everyone was very shocked when they realised what had happened . |
| 22 | Just as many Zuwaya resented or rejected the state while they took salaries or subsidies from the government , so they held their hostile attitude to police forces distinct from kinship connections with policemen ( though they were pleased when they had none ) . |
| 23 | And the crew were much pleased when they found it to be |
| 24 | " I was amazed when they told me what I could bring . |
| 25 | I was amazed when they attacked me . |
| 26 | They looked furious when they saw our faces peering in and made frantic signs for us to close the curtains again . |
| 27 | Some Western reports claimed that Iraqi troops had been told that they were invading Israel and were deeply distressed when they found themselves in another Arab state . |
| 28 | But those with binoculars must have been worried when they saw their horse throw its jockey before the race had started … |
| 29 | My family were very worried when they saw me . |
| 30 | ‘ Labour thought they were going to win a point today — they were rather disappointed when they found they had got it completely wrong . ’ |