Example sentences of "in [art] [noun] when [pron] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Scotland have looked the most dangerous side in the championship when they have moved the ball .
2 Nicolle gave the Channel Islands their first ever victory in the championship when he edged out the defending champion 7-1 , 3-7 , 7-6 , 1-7 , 7-2 .
3 ‘ He always wants candles in the sitting-room when it 's dark , even though he 's blind . ’
4 sometimes there are odd days in the vac when we do other things and we shut , you
5 ‘ John was away a great deal , Laura and I travelled to join him in the constituency when we could and inevitably there was uncertainty and strain in the air . ’
6 There 's at least two other poor sods trudging around in the wet when they could be clocking off and going home .
7 Its shares shot up 10 p.c last week and the company , Portugal 's largest quoted stock , is hoping to ride the tide of interest in the escudo when it launches a sale of shares and convertible bonds later this month to raise $300m of new capital .
8 ‘ There was plenty doing in the smithy when it was only horses on the farms .
9 I was just takin' off my apron in the smithy when I says to the guv'nor :
10 He recalled an evening 's carousing in the jungle when he challenged Durrell to compose some verse in honour of the ‘ unrhymable ’ Mrs Araminta Whitley .
11 What actually happened was my a friend of mine or really was a friend of mine for a short time , he he was in the company when I joined , and er after two months he told me he was leaving .
12 GLEB would be paid back with shares in the company when it was floated , and be given a say in the structure of the company .
13 In the case when we shall have deformations and is given by The components of are somewhat similar in form to those in the last example .
14 Wycliffe was not usually so curt with the press , but he was at a stage in the case when he wanted to be left alone to mull over what he knew and to decide what more he needed to know .
15 ‘ We do n't want to be caught up in the rush when it comes . ’
16 Doris stopped us in the hall when we came in , loaded down under a small tree and a carrier-bag full of bits and pieces we 'd seen and liked , and , inevitably in our mood of reckless gaiety , bought .
17 ‘ What is Sir Guy like ? ’ she queried curiously , not having been present in the hall when their visitor had arrived .
18 Mrs Bennett was standing in the hall when she entered the front door , beady-eyed and flustered like an angry hen .
19 He was waiting in the hall when she came out of her bedroom .
20 She was selecting her favourite racket in the cupboard in the hall when she heard a car coming up the drive .
21 I went for a midnight walk last February — it was snowing , I just got the urge , it was like a fairy tale , clean and soft — and they were standing in the hall when I got back , eyes frantic , fingers pointing , accusing me of — what ?
22 He 's sometimes in the hall when I pass on the way out .
23 He fell asleep , but hours later he woke up and felt again — as he 'd felt for a moment in the hall when he 'd arrived — that he should n't be in this house .
24 There was commotion in the hall when it was realized that Lenin 's heir had been adulated for so long against Lenin 's own better judgment .
25 ‘ John , you 're not trying ! ’ and you look at your feet in the mirror , ugly , unable to do the things which you want them to do , or see your body collapse in the middle when you know that it should be firm and rigid — and see them all , even the children , doing something , following what you can not follow .
26 Although the bolts were thick , I still bent in the middle when I was lifted and carried , a man at either of my ends .
27 Mike was waiting for her in the lobby when she came down , and she was pleased to see that he too had dressed as informally as possible in deference to the humidity .
28 ‘ I was in the lobby when she came in .
29 There used to be er , a lady that used to come in the cinema when I worked there , and she had a
30 He had felt the power of his position when he had taken a bottle to the room of any major and propositioned for information on the talk in the mess when he , the KGB 's ears , was not present .
  Next page