Example sentences of "[adv prt] when [pron] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The inmates had rudimentary weapons for just this moment , and Fujimori backed down when they fought the troops . |
| 2 | I used to have three but I lost three sheep down when they built the university , and I have n't been able to find them , so I thought that they 'd be useful to try and locate them , you know . |
| 3 | See they ai n't got the concrete roads down to put them down when they bought the farm off Sam years later . |
| 4 | Charles Archer says , ‘ I had just been manning my gun and had sat down when we took the hit . |
| 5 | The sun was already going down when I reached the top of the hill . |
| 6 | and , and the garage was unlocked so I did n't bother , I probably put it down when I got the steamer out of the cupboard |
| 7 | His language was certainly not watered down when he charged the scribes and Pharisees with being ‘ white-washed sepulchres ’ , ‘ blind guides ’ and even ‘ a brood of vipers ’ . |
| 8 | She was about to pop them in when we heard the strains of the rag and boneman 's cry . |
| 9 | Melissa unfolded it and strapped the twins in when we reached the village and I parked in the pub car park , as instructed by Carol . |
| 10 | I put in when I planted the garden because I thought that would be useful to know the next year . |
| 11 | I was just going in when I saw the sign . |
| 12 | My heart was pounding and realisation sank in when I saw the needle being prepared to go into MY arm . |
| 13 | And also , if she came in when I had the triplets it meant that erm you know , she was sitting talking to me when I wanted to be playing with them and taking them out and getting on with doing things with them . |
| 14 | She called out to the night-nurse who scurried over when she saw the red smear on the stiff white pillowcase . |
| 15 | I replied that if Seius Oceanus ( to whom the estate ought to be made over when he reached the age of sixteen , under trust under the will of Seius Saturninus by the trustee-heir Valerius Maximus ) died before he completed the set period of time , the estate under trust belongs to the person to whom the rest of his property will belong , since the trust vested during his lifetime , that is if by postponing the time for payment the testator would seem rather to have granted the trustee-heir custody than to have imposed an uncertain term on the trust . |
| 16 | We spent a day ashore on Barentsøya where the Dutch party went off inland on their own and met up with a polar bear with two cubs , which ran off when they saw the party . |
| 17 | Despite the restyling , underneath the RV8 is still an MGB ; the car the company killed off when it closed the MG factory at Abingdon 11 years ago . |
| 18 | Now that he has retired from full time teaching , Guisborough-based John Brelstaff is able to devote more of his time to painting and has been able to resume the work left off when he left the Slade in the mid-Fifties . |
| 19 | Manager Bryn Roberts saw his decision to re-sign Gary Shaw pay off when he put the club into double figures , assisted by Peter Founds , who came into his own later in the game . |
| 20 | She began to drift and was just dozing off when she heard the squeak of Nathan 's deck shoes on the ladder . |
| 21 | ‘ Buki 's career took off when she played the detective in South Of The Border , so she is determined to continue her career . |
| 22 | She listed the points she wanted to make , ticking them off when she found the precise words she wanted to use . |
| 23 | His eyes lit up when he saw the fire , for his hands were blue with cold . |
| 24 | He was given the most cathartic laundering of his life , but his reputation — and his earnings from sponsors — shot up when he published the story in magazines around the globe . |
| 25 | Did you suddenly tense up when you saw the door ? |
| 26 | Because I think in the so called Good Old Days , you always did stand up when you heard the National Anthem played . |
| 27 | Also at Metaltronix , I was toying with the lighted logo idea , and that really seemed to suit the '50s logo image — the old ones used to light up when you hit the switch , too . |
| 28 | He did n't look up when I entered the bedroom , he just put a paw on the end of the sirloin steak he was chewing to make sure I did n't grab it . |
| 29 | Jay was knocked out by his work , Francis ecstatic over his tight torn jeans , and Lucy 's eyes lit up when she saw the portfolio . |
| 30 | ‘ We only found out when we saw the Daily Mirror , ’ said Craig , who lives with Julie and their three other children in Luton , Beds . |