Example sentences of "[noun sg] when [pron] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | William claimed that Richard cheated by plunging his sword into William 's horse when he found that he could not win by fair means . |
| 2 | I referred earlier to the excellence of the Home Office research and statistics department when I explained that we do not keep crime figures for the past 12 centuries . |
| 3 | It was Dr John Burton , however , who left the classic example of outside prejudice when he observed that the local roads bred two memorable creatures , ungainly spindle-shaped oxen and beautiful long-legged women . |
| 4 | As she entered the villa , her heart thudded with abrupt violence when she saw that Damian Flint was still there , in the living-room , playing chess with Charles . |
| 5 | Thus in Hartog v Colin and Shields [ 1939 ] 3 All ER 566 , it was held that the plaintiff could not sue on a contract for the sale of hare skins at so much per pound when he knew that the offeror really meant to sell at that price per piece . |
| 6 | FA chief executive Graham Kelly last night ended a day of speculation about Taylor 's future when he insisted that his position is not up for discussion . |
| 7 | By 25 past , we 'd made it to the car when I realised that I wanted to push — panic ! |
| 8 | In Benton v Campbell , Parker and Co Ltd [ 1925 ] 2 KB 410 , it was held that the auctioneer was not liable to the purchaser for the sale of a car when it transpired that the person who put the car into the auction was not the owner . |
| 9 | Her reflections were interrupted by Dora , whom she had vaguely noticed rummaging in the boot of their car when she arrived and who now came striding towards them . |
| 10 | So she sat down very happily with her tea when she saw that Tom had accepted a cup as well and had brought in an extra chair from the sitting-room . |
| 11 | If you use a dinghy or a small boat , chain it up to a ring when you land and then padlock the chain . |
| 12 | It can also be important for the purposes of the provisions which require persons who were concerned with the making of settlements to notify the Revenue when they believe that the settlor was domiciled in the United Kingdom and the trustees of the settlement are not , or will not be , resident in the United Kingdom ( see IHTA 1984 , s218 ) . |
| 13 | Vortai would scream bloody murder when he heard that his herds were being culled . |
| 14 | And that was the only time that I 've fired a rifle cos , well actually I went got , rose to a corporal I was a corporal when they finished and erm I was in er made cor lance corporal and then I was er with a heavy Vickers machine gun , that 's the one with the has water cooled casing on it the big heavy one you see , and I was with that , that team . |
| 15 | He has always been a source of inspiration to me and I hope that he will take it as a compliment when I say that , from the days when I was a student , he has been an inspiration to me . |
| 16 | I have no doubt wha did I not tell you about the fact that I hit the roof when he said that she has said that when he was twenty one , she was going to buy him a Vauxhall Chevette . |
| 17 | ‘ You may stay and catch the ferry at first light when it crosses but that is your decision . ’ |
| 18 | And I 'm scared of the light when it comes because I see things that are , like my face getting old . |
| 19 | Lord Ackner noted that problems arose when the misrepresentation was that the accused was authorised to use his cheque guarantee card or credit card when he knew that he was not . |
| 20 | Certainly Polydore Vergil seems to have fallen victim to his own condensed chronology when he argues that it was the events at Stony Stratford which caused Hastings to mistrust Gloucester and so led to Hastings ' opposition and execution . |
| 21 | Certainly Polydore Vergil seems to have fallen victim to his own condensed chronology when he argues that it was the events at Stony Stratford which caused Hastings to mistrust Gloucester and so led to Hastings ' opposition and execution . |
| 22 | The police and ambulancemen arrived on the scene minutes earlier than the fire brigade and swung into action when they learned that an unconscious woman was trapped in the house . |
| 23 | Richmond bureau was prompted into this action when it felt that it was losing advice workers because of the tensions involved in the work and because insufficient support was given to alleviate it . |
| 24 | Oh , no ; whatever it was wanted to introduce itself at some stage , because one night she was lying staring at the dark when it seemed as though her head simply filled out into a large horizon . |
| 25 | Therefore , the owner , the person with the right to immediate possession , is guilty of theft when he exercises that right ! |
| 26 | We 'd just settled him along the back seat when I realised that he would need some money . |
| 27 | Straight after er the advert for Del-boy when he says and you know what you can do with that . |
| 28 | This was perhaps what was in Temple 's mind when he wrote that ‘ whereas in communities governed by native institutions the white man , qua white man , is regarded with great respect , in those districts where the native administrations have been swept away he is regarded as a person of no very great significance ’ . |
| 29 | For example , we have the form of expression ‘ when I said ‘ Napoleon was crowned in 1804 ’ I meant the man who won the battle of Austerlitz' and we are inclined to interpret the use of the past tense ‘ meant ’ as meaning that the idea of Napoleon having won the battle of Austerlitz must have been present in the speaker 's mind when he said that Napoleon was crowned in 1804 . |
| 30 | It is not clear what Croom-Johnson J. had in mind when he said that there was a requirement of ‘ hostile intent , ’ and the observation has been doubted and explained subsequently . |