Example sentences of "[noun pl] when [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blake noticed that people used more than words when they communicated with each other , and realised that horses did the same . |
| 2 | Subjects spent longer reading words when they occurred at the end of a clause or a sentence . |
| 3 | His words when we met at the start of the Championship kept coming back : ‘ Willie , I 'm going to win the Open for you this week . |
| 4 | He started gawking at the people in the stands when he came into the stretch . |
| 5 | This is surely a babyhood memory , slightly corrupted , of seeing the word ‘ toilets ’ reflected fleetingly in my nurse 's spectacles when we travelled from London to Dover to sail for the continent . |
| 6 | So you can hardly expect me to share your rose-tinted spectacles when it comes to marriage . ’ |
| 7 | A spokesman said 1,500 police and commandos would escort the fans when they arrived in Poland . |
| 8 | THE Shamen were booed and jeered by football fans when they performed at half-time at Arsenal 's home game against Manchester City on Monday night . |
| 9 | Disbelieving parents shook their heads when they arrived at Overdale County Primary School in Northwood , Kirkby . |
| 10 | Disbelieving parents shook their heads when they arrived at Overdale County Primary School in Northwood , Kirkby . |
| 11 | Several big names have already signed up for the massive complex which will house 68 shops when it opens in August . |
| 12 | HAVOC : This tree wrecked three cars when it fell on London 's Victoria Embankment |
| 13 | It had to be a British car , of course , since Pringle 's did so much business with the local automotive industry — not that Vic has ever driven a foreign car : foreign cars are anathema to him , their sudden invasion of British roads in the 1970s marked the beginning of the region 's economic ruin in his view — but he has to admit that you do n't have a lot of choice in British cars when it comes to matching the top-of-the-range Mercedes and BMWs . |
| 14 | We all send and receive visual signals when we talk to each other . |
| 15 | Sampson became the second ( Marsden was the first ) Yorkshire player to represent the Players against the Gentlemen when he played in the Lord 's fixture of 1841 . |
| 16 | Those pants of his were around his knees when he slammed through the double doors of the brownstone , and around his ankles as he stumbled at speed up the first flight of stairs . |
| 17 | Like mustard gas , the nitrogen mustards caused blisters when they came into contact with skin , and they damaged many other tissues when they were absorbed or injected into the circulating blood . |
| 18 | ‘ Or what if Chelsi gets killed by Nebulan guards when she escapes with Brad ? ’ |
| 19 | Years ago it housed all the village activities including lantern slides , then moving pictures when they came into being . |
| 20 | Barriers had to be put around their pictures when they exhibited at the Royal Academy to protect them from the crowds of ardent devotees ; reproductions of their works were sold in their tens of thousands . |
| 21 | Not so different , a soldier 's job , from the clergy when you think of it . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd begun to hate parties when we lived in London . |
| 23 | What was the true intention of the parties when they arrived at the agreement pleaded by the defendants in para. 5 of the amended defence ? |
| 24 | buzzing in ears when I go to bed at night . |
| 25 | We find a more genuine reconciliation of the two authors when we turn to Simmel 's analysis of exploitation and alienation . |
| 26 | Everyone had gone except this boorish man and his sleazy dirty place , and the poor old decrepit cleaner , who did n't seem particularly dismayed at the sight that greeted their eyes when they went into the room where the reception had been held . |
| 27 | And , and you think to yourself oh we 've seen everything , but I used to get pleasure in taking somebody to the potteries because I knew they had n't seen it and it would be like ooh , when they got there , you could see the shock , the surprise in their eyes when they went in there |
| 28 | It circled round her as she moved through the house and sometimes it settled in the look of pure hatred that emanated from her mother 's eyes when they rested on her . |
| 29 | You must get a magic lens in front of your eyes when you fall in love , that makes everybody beautiful . |
| 30 | I can see the lust-gleam in your eyes when you stare at me . |