Example sentences of "[vb pp] when [pron] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was profoundly unnerved when I read the screenplay ; quite shaking with fear and disturbance . |
| 2 | 17 ( 13 ) CITY OF JOY : Drop-out doctor Patrick Swayze finds his conscience is pricked when he visits the slums of Calcutta . |
| 3 | 20 ( 17 ) CITY OF JOY : Drop-out doctor Patrick Swayze finds his conscience pricked when he visits the slums of Calcutta . |
| 4 | Easily recognised by his boar 's head tie , his enthusiasm and appetite was first whetted when he met the ‘ iron-age ’ pig several years ago . |
| 5 | The firm 's managing director , Jim Heslop , was applauded when he described the scheme as ‘ EC and MAFF bureaucratic lunacy . ’ |
| 6 | Their worst excesses were committed when they reached the Delta districts where amid the Burmese there were villages of the Karen minority . |
| 7 | As the provisions are framed , they are not quite defences ; the section merely says that the offences can not be committed when they represent a fair and accurate report . |
| 8 | So far we have distinguished two levels of stylistic variation : that of sense reference , and that of syntax sense , but a further level will be added when we consider the multilevel coding of language in more detail in Chapter 4 . |
| 9 | Last year the police inquiry into Suzy 's disappearance was briefly reopened when they searched a disused Army camp near Worcester . |
| 10 | Indeed , he was just about to ask to be substituted when he collected the ball in the 38th minute on the edge of the area with his back to goal . |
| 11 | And the Oldham boo-boys were still screaming for him to be substituted when he headed an injury-time winner . |
| 12 | Ashton 's design for Pepe , the dog , in The Wedding Bouquet was bettered when he created the Town and Bad Mice , Pigling Bland and the other animals in the film The Tales of Beatrix Potter . |
| 13 | You can derive an enormous amount of satisfaction from restoring old frames and returning them to their former glory , and it is astonishing the number of attractive frames that are discarded when someone changes the colour scheme of their home or sorts through their attic and throws out something that is battered but still beautiful . |
| 14 | The simplicity of our initial beliefs about how signs might be used to alleviate the plight of deaf pupils was quickly overwhelmed when we realised the extensiveness of sign language itself . |
| 15 | Only Raimundo 's lurchers responded when she combed the burrs out of their coats and fed them bits of meat . |
| 16 | Meetings once again I have to say the old , old chestnut please can we start at eight o' clock er we 're getting new members who get a bit discouraged when we have a late start . |
| 17 | In this case the reports show clearly that this was fully of the degree to be expected when somebody has a really severe blow from a heavy block swinging against the face . |
| 18 | I never before worked with such complete belief in and admiration for any man or any government and one 's faith in democracy is apt to be shattered when one sees a man like S.B. defeated by falsehood and misrepresentation . |
| 19 | The illusion was shattered when someone turned the conversation with an interjection , laying out the assumptions of the speaker , imposing others which seemed as good or better . |
| 20 | But Annie 's plans for a restful break were shattered when she discovered the holiday hideaway has a ghost . |
| 21 | Seacat Scotland 's plans were disclosed when it sent an information pack on the jobs to Barbara Fonte Garcia , of Dalbeattie , Dumfries and Galloway . |
| 22 | But the deal collapsed when it reached an advanced stage an advanced . |
| 23 | Great efforts have been made to restore the salmon runs on rivers in the American north-east , only for 70-90 per cent of the fish to be caught when they reach the rich feeding grounds off the west coast of Greenland . |
| 24 | SHERYL Garratt says her heart dropped when she saw the ages of the jury . |
| 25 | Suddenly she dropped his hand and slid her arms about his waist , knowing she 'd won when she felt the thunder of his heart against her cheek as she burrowed her face against his chest . |
| 26 | There were moments of hope , such as the time Gary seemed to settle in the scouts , but they were dashed when he stole the troop 's funds . |
| 27 | I wonder well they did , they certainly were living in Pegswood , but I 've noticed when they bring the children to school the car frequently comes along the river way . |
| 28 | She had n't even noticed when they reached the village . |
| 29 | However , it is unlikely that biologists will be misunderstood when they apply the term to animals . |
| 30 | Housewives and volunteer workers , to whom Freidson denies strict market value and hence the status of performing professional work , do sometimes have exchange value granted them : in courts of law household tasks have been assigned wage values and the voluntary sessions ‘ given ’ by consultant physicians and surgeons in the pre-1948 ‘ voluntary hospitals ’ had their work costed when they joined the NHS . |