Example sentences of "when a [noun sg] was [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He knew he was drinking too much but , damn it all , what else was there to do when a man was off duty and his wife was hundreds of miles away ? |
| 2 | When a rabbit was in a snare , pinioned , and the fox closed in , then the rabbit screamed in fear and agony . |
| 3 | Then , when I remarked it was strange that when a person was in trouble , one forgot at once any little grudge one had against them , so that bearing grudges must be only skin-deep , my friend disagreed : she thought the change of heart was because one was willing to be magnanimous when at advantage , having the upper hand . |
| 4 | He said that as well as your meticulous attention to detail — so important with diabetic care — you had an infallible instinct for when a person was in pain . |
| 5 | No Perot speech is complete without a reference to the 1950s , that golden age when a dollar was worth a dollar ( now , on Mr Perot 's figures , it is worth 18 cents ) and IBM was the best company in the world . |
| 6 | In the past , when a postponement was to our obvious advantage , I have had to physically restrain fanatical supporters from going out in freezing conditions to shovel snow off the pitch . |
| 7 | Even when a benefice was in effect being inherited , it was accepted that the king 's right should be acknowledged at the moment of succession . |
| 8 | There were one or two ladies in Baldersdale who were very good at midwifery , which was just as well when a baby was on the way and the doctor could n't get there in time , or the weather impeded him . |