Example sentences of "[vb past] when [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said he had only offered to use the truncheon as a sex aid but desisted when she shook her head . |
| 2 | God knows I tried when I realised what was happening to us , although it was like a starving man walking away from food for me . |
| 3 | He made toys that parodied her innocent amusements and those of her brothers and she trembled when he raised his leonine voice . |
| 4 | ‘ Come on , lazybones , it 's nearly dinner-time , ’ Otley scolded when he brought me some tea up . |
| 5 | Michael Heseltine , Environment secretary and former Prime Ministerial candidatem , was certain which he prefered when he met his Spitting Image Alter Ego . |
| 6 | Fred often winced when he witnessed his wife 's impudence and guile , but he realised she was right . |
| 7 | Hank chuckled , and then winced when he moved his head suddenly . |
| 8 | Helping herself to what looked like a gin and tonic — and was a very strong one , she found when she tasted it — as well as a tiny chicken and mushroom vol-au-vent , she was about to make a beeline for an unoccupied chair in the corner when a stranger spoke beside her . |
| 9 | Yet , in Brooklyn , Beecher acted somewhat differently as Dickens found when he paid his last visit to America in 1868 . |
| 10 | So if erm if if you yeah yes E T E T phoned when what do you want ? |
| 11 | But we all change , and I changed when I saw you . |
| 12 | This occurred when they had their children baptised or mothers came into contact with other Christian young mums through the play group organised by the church . |
| 13 | But Uncle Philip bathed in the tub as often as once or twice a week ; he seemed to exercise some occult authority over the geyser , for it never erupted when he lit it . |
| 14 | Maggie exclaimed when she saw her sister framed in the kitchen doorway . |
| 15 | Lawler exclaimed when he saw her . |
| 16 | JH : Something that Frans Brüggen mentioned when I met him recently [ see JH 's interview , CDR 9/91 — Ed. ] was the still prevalent post-Paganini reversal of performing interest , whereby the difficult appears effortless , and the facile of monumental significance . |
| 17 | Cap Gemini Sogeti SA said yesterday that it was making the offer for the remaining 28.8% of London W-based software and computer services company Hoskyns Group Plc as it promised when it bought its majority stake from GEC Siemens Plc . |
| 18 | They stopped when they saw him , then dived right and left , but at fifty yards the rifle was lethal and Sharpe saw his bullet lift a man clean off the ground . |
| 19 | The others pushed on past him in the doorway , but they too stopped when they saw what was revealed on the other side of the windows . |
| 20 | She stopped when she saw me , wound the window down . |
| 21 | It stopped when she lifted her palm , and came through again when she put it back . |
| 22 | He stopped when he saw them and asked if they wanted to come with him . |
| 23 | He came after me , but he stopped when he saw me go inside ( as I instinctively knew he would — the only safe place from him was down here ) . |
| 24 | Stapleton stopped when he saw us , and then walked forward again . |
| 25 | I began to laugh but stopped when I saw my uncle 's white face . |
| 26 | And it stopped when it hit something . |
| 27 | My heart sank when I heard him say he was in full support of the government 's policy . |
| 28 | He entered when he had his car radio security marked by Newburn Crime Prevention Panel . |
| 29 | I hated rugby but I always played when they wanted me to because I was really fast . |
| 30 | ‘ Need for subplots , ’ he muttered when she thought he was asleep . |