Example sentences of "[coord] when [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 And when one made it to the centre circle and started his own sit-in , to Speedie that was like a red rag to a bull .
2 I was n't gay , and when somebody asked me I 'd say , ‘ No , I 'm not ’ , which was the truth .
3 And when they reached her , she said , ‘ He 's taken an overdose . ’
4 And when they reached him , they would have to stop .
5 There were some trees below them , and when they reached them he slowed , she followed suit , and then he swished to a halt .
6 At the hotel Luke collected both keys from the night porter , and when they reached her room he unlocked the door and held it open for her , then closed it behind him .
7 His hands caressed her back , then caressed down to her waist , and when they reached her hips he moulded her thinly clad body against him .
8 And when they reached his bank , she thought , she 'd broach the subject of the safety-deposit box .
9 The Court felt that , ‘ Such information can be of tremendous historical value in demonstrating what agency personnel were involved in making a particular policy decision and what officials knew and when they knew it . ’
10 And then after that when the ship was finished , then they used to sort that all out , the timber , different sizes , then y and then or were there , their own people to stack the timber and when they stacked it , they stacked it and they used to put splines between each layer of timber and that was to season the timber .
11 She wanted to know what cancer was and when they said it was terminal , she asked what that meant .
12 The idea is that if elderly people can be encouraged to think back to the times when they had lots of relationships , and when they felt they had some status and worth , then they are able to feel that status carry over more into their present life .
13 They 'd stand there and laugh at you , or say things to get you going , and when they felt they 'd wound you up they 'd walk away laughing .
14 ‘ Some friends who were with me on holiday in Romania talked about the idea and when they contacted me this year saying they were going to do the ride I told them I was more than willing to join them , ’ said Karen , who teaches at Applegarth Primary School , Northallerton .
15 ‘ He had already contacted the police and when they came they asked me to look after the children so we sat in the car .
16 She struggled to get the words out and when they came they hurt so much .
17 Men who could use these things comfortably would have to be three metres tall , and when they came I really did n't want to be there .
18 There were alot of helicopters going overhead and when they came I have never seen children move so fast .
19 I was just thinking that maybe at the beginning of the day people could , if she knows who is due she could actually write that in , and when they came she could just tick that that they 'd arrived .
20 But there were five of them there one day in the porch and when they saw me they gathered up their bottles and began to go , except one .
21 And when they asked her why the yellow ribbon ,
22 And er the masters used to humiliate them to break them down you see and when they thought they were broken down enough
23 She was utterly pliant as his lips traced her neck and cheeks , and when they brushed her own again she felt warmth flood over her .
24 From St Paul 's Cathedral to Putney Vale Crematorium did not seem such a short distance to the neighbours , such was their generous enthusiasm for Donald 's interment , and when they heard there were plans for a memorial service at Wimbledon Parish Church , some people said it was even better to do it this way .
25 Penny went shopping with Rowan , into one of those very expensive boutiques shops , yeah , and between them they bought this dress , and when they got it home , Rowan 's mother would n't let her have it because it was too revealing and so Penny was stuck with it and then her mother would n't let her have it either , but the shop would n't refund , it would only give them credit so she 's got all this money to spend in the shop .
26 As they entered the little general store , Fen produced a long list of necessities , and when they left their arms were piled high with brown paper bags .
27 Parents would not see their children for most of the day , and when they finished their daily work they would be too tired for much except rest .
28 He says they lifted his eyelid up and just poured water in it and when they finished he says that he says
29 Er a well I do n't know , I feel that th there used to be something in that , that used to burn it up now what they call their top site and when they burned it they took all the acid out of it , and there used to be all yellow stuff come out the chimney and that , when they finished burn that was always red and the Germans used to come after that before the war , Second World War , they used to come after that and they used to reckon they make paintwork but now you done something else different with it and they use I tell you we used to give it the name of green oar or parites
30 And when they picked us out they used to put the rubber on the ground pick the dirt out of their feet and put it into their manger , not throw it away , put it into their manger because horses love to lick mud .
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