Example sentences of "when we [adv] [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We thought all our problems were over when we finally got the rig set up , but now we 've got to examine a deluge of fresh rock ! ’ |
| 2 | It was dark when we finally left the area of the 51st Highland Division , arriving back at the clearing in the woods near to Bavent , very much refreshed , outwardly and inwardly , not forgetting the gift of a bottle of best malt whisky . |
| 3 | When we finally left the school the return journey home was even worse than the journey to school with pupils being cheeky when you told them to sit down and face the front . |
| 4 | It took us more than an hour to make our way down those 47 double flights of metal stairs , but we were young and healthy and we enjoyed steins of lager when we finally reached a ground level bar . |
| 5 | We saw not another soul , even when we finally reached the clearing where a number of circular dustbin-sized holes had been neatly excavated in the red mud . |
| 6 | When we finally reached the top of the Bouton Straits the rain had ceased as completely as the wind and it was only the current which carried us eastwards into the luminous open sea . |
| 7 | When we finally reached the hut where Eric was supposed to be , it was deserted . |
| 8 | When we finally had the showdown , he actually told me that none of them mattered . |
| 9 | We achieved our goal 18 months ago when we finally bought a 2,5 diesel Ninety , low mileage and in very good condition . |
| 10 | When we finally stopped the van behind slid on the hard ice and narrowly missed colliding with us . |
| 11 | When we eventually reached the Taj , I bent down to examine the inlay on the tombs more closely . |
| 12 | These , like the routines of a news bulletin , chat show or soap opera , were a mixture of the familiar and the unexpected : townscapes and landscapes , high streets and roundabouts which , even when we repeatedly travelled the same routes , were never ‘ identical ’ journeys , never entirely the same experience . |
| 13 | We were fortunate to have the loan of a new Citroën BX 4x4 Estate for our weekend trip , which , with its sure-footed permanent four-wheel drive , impeccable road manners and self-levelling suspension , had taken everything in its stride , — including , thanks to its optional electronic ABS braking system , stopping quickly and safely when we suddenly encountered a 5 mile tail back in a contra-flow on the M1 . |
| 14 | We were fortunate enough to have the loan of a new Citroën BX 4×4 Estate for our weekend trip which , with its sure-footed permanent 4-wheel drive , impeccable road manners and self-levelling suspension , had taken everything in its stride , — including , thanks to its optional electronic ABS braking system , stopping quickly and safely when we suddenly encountered a 5 mile tail back in a contra-flow on the M1 . |
| 15 | Perhaps when we fondly remembered the second world war — and engaged in a massive collective oblivion about the causes and costs of that war . |
| 16 | The start of this session was one of the very few occasions when we specifically told the pupils how to conduct part of an activity . |
| 17 | When we actually reached the reef , with calm water erupting into foaming waves twenty feet high as they hit the rocks , the Mantela bucked like a frightened horse , sank into a trough , reared up again , and then , as suddenly as it had started , the old tub was through the creamy foam of the passage and had settled into the lazy waters of the lagoon . |
| 18 | When we actually saw the approach lights we were 450 feet above the threshold , and I was getting ready to go around . |
| 19 | Er it gives us when when we actually set the thing up and make the presentation , it gives us another opportunity for publicity not only in the local papers o of our own area but the local papers of wherever the school was . |