Example sentences of "[noun prp] when [pron] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I look to the right hon. Member for Sparkbrook when I say that I am not clear about the precise intention that lies behind the phrase in new clause 2 , which refers to ’ satisfactory access to advice and representation ’ — this is for applicants — ’ from advisers and representatives of their choice ’ . |
| 2 | Given the singularly uncertain nature of the ‘ military control ’ which British forces in fact exercised at the time , one can sympathize with Mr Dennis when he remarks that ‘ this display of self-assurance can only be described as breathtaking ’ . |
| 3 | She saw his eyes go to the coat fixture , and guessed that he knew the jacket hanging there belonged to Travis when he went and took it from its hanger . |
| 4 | The second argument is put forcefully by Firestone when she argues that the sexual repression Freud describes and the adoption of parent ( especially father ) figures by children which they carry through into later life can only be seen in the social context of oppressive patriarchal relations in the home . |
| 5 | My father , a shy gentle man , was with the Eighth Army Medical Corps in Scotland when he met and married my Mother . |
| 6 | However , he was persuaded to stay in England when he considered that his poor state of health probably would not have allowed him to survive the hardship of a long sea voyage in those days . |
| 7 | ‘ And , ’ she went on , ‘ I was compelled to end my engagement to Havvie when I discovered that he did not love me at all … merely wanted Papa 's dollars , and , worse , despised us , all of us , for being rich and vulgar Yankees . |
| 8 | I was with Sesostris when one ran and told us . ’ |
| 9 | His sally at Descartes when he remarks that there has never been a complete sceptic goes to the heart of the issue and it was David Hume , arch sceptic , who wondered aloud why it was that his scepticism vanished whenever he left his study . |
| 10 | The interpretation put forward here is not fundamentally different from that offered by Jaynes when he suggested that a tendency to emit ( a fractional version of ) the response acquired in the first stage would serve as a mediating process in the second , and that the salience of the mediator would depend on the magnitude of the initial response of which it was a fraction . |
| 11 | In all this Basil 's sense of humour , kindliness , and perception both of personalities as well as of every aspect of the visual arts , were a great help and encouragement to me , and I shall always be grateful for those years in , the West Riding when I knew and worked with him . |
| 12 | Lord Loughborough agreed with Lord Rawdon when he said that pettifogging attorneys were the bane of civil society ; they were a pest . |
| 13 | Well , he found them the best ski runs in the Cairngorms when they started and they could n't afford to give him anything very spectacular , so he said , ‘ Can I have the ski shop and the bobble hat concession ? ’ |
| 14 | Although it was small and its facilities were poor , the standard of learning attained was high , as was illustrated by McJannet in his History of Irvine when he noted that as early as 1729 , the pupils ‘ translated part of a Greek Testament into Latin ; some of the Roman authors into English … and also translated many English sentences into elegant Latin with great dexterity . ’ |
| 15 | MY WIFE and I were walking in the Lake District when I slipped and fell . |
| 16 | However , even if I 'd had access to the book at the time — he gave a signed copy to Mrs Goreng when he left and another to the American woman journalist , which I accounted a waste-it would not have been wise to argue . |
| 17 | ( This helps to explain why so many English liberals ceased to support France when they heard that Paris had been taken over by the ‘ mob ’ in 1793 . ) |
| 18 | And we must all agree with George when he states that in future the pill pedlars will not only have to show that their nostrums work , ‘ but also that they actually bring benefits in social and economic as well as in purely medical terms ’ . |
| 19 | The health maintaining and promoting activities of older people have been neglected , although their importance has been recognized by WHO when it stated that ‘ … |
| 20 | And I left Rhos-y-Bol when I retired because I felt I they 'd have to have another nurse there , and you see the other nurse would never be able to enjoy the They would always be running to me a and it would n't be fair to another nurse . |
| 21 | Letters of recommendation were often requested by those about to sail for India or another overseas possession , and such letters were even sought by those already serving in India when they appreciated that the interest of a man of influence would accelerate their own advancement . |
| 22 | Smith was working at the High Commission in India when he met and married his wife , Isa , who survives him . |
| 23 | He smiled quickly at Sarah when she withdrew and closed the door behind her . |
| 24 | Stuart Maconie was more succinct in NME when he wrote that , ‘ The Wedding Present should be cherished . |
| 25 | He was a cadet at the Imperial Military Academy in Moscow when he heard that the emperor , Tsar Nicholas 11 , was under house arrest . |
| 26 | ‘ Why did n't you tell me in Brighton when we met that I was n't in the team ? |
| 27 | We must face the issue seriously and not in the way in which the Prime Minister faced the issue at Harare when he said that he would write off some of the debts in return for the acceptance of an economic model imposed by the International Monetary Fund , and say that there has to be a write-off of debt . |
| 28 | The former Doctor Who and Worzel Gummidge star was promoting his new video in Leeds when he staggered and fell . |
| 29 | Sir Mark summed up the mood of SERC when he commented that ‘ despite a difficult climate , SERC had been able to respond imaginatively to the financial situation . ’ |
| 30 | I do not mean to be offensive to the hon. Member for Sherwood when I say that he has entertained us with his prepared briefs in many of our coal debates , but that it is a bit rich of him continually to criticise the contraction of the coal industry when he has supported many of his Government 's policies on the industry . |