Example sentences of "only when [pron] had [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus they treated innovation with extreme caution , and employed advanced technology only when they had satisfied themselves that it could be incorporated without visible effect into their style of living . |
| 2 | Only when they had gained experience of the re-heat sets at Dunston ( in 1952 ) did they concede its flexibility , and re-heat became standard in their new stations from then onwards . |
| 3 | For others , however , it will be plain that they made their asylum claim to extend their stay here only when they had failed to prolong it by other means . |
| 4 | The first part dealt with unmixed foil and stated that ownership in the foil would transfer to the buyers only when they had paid all that was owing to the sellers . |
| 5 | Only when she had managed to stop crying and he had dried her face completely did he even attempt to answer . |
| 6 | Only when she had rinsed herself clean and gone through the whole process again did she feel able to step from under the flood of water . |
| 7 | Only when she had finished did she go to the door again and , releasing the bottom catch , go out into the rose garden . |
| 8 | I thought that this was a painting I should n't discuss with Lili , but only when I had walked to the end of the gallery to look at an innocuous picture of a group of long-haired sheep did I ask myself what Robert had been doing in Marie Claire 's bedroom . |
| 9 | He should have realised it before , but it was only when he had seen Juliet that the obvious had appeared in all its blatancy . |
| 10 | Only when he had saddled and mounted Polly did he hesitate . |
| 11 | Only when he had asked her about Katherine had he realized that something was seriously amiss . |
| 12 | Only when he had gone did my master ask what had happened . |
| 13 | Only when he had to stare straight into it did he flinch ; it was not , his face said , a pretty sight . |
| 14 | The personnel director of SBCI Savory Milln , Peter Cole , confirmed that this was his view of headhunters ; he would employ a search firm only when he had exhausted his own supply of personal contacts . |
| 15 | Only when he had returned to his own office did it occur to him to flick through his passport 's pages . |
| 16 | He moved slowly , according to Nithard , " wanting to know which way things would go before he crossed the Alps " ; only when it had become clear that plenty of support would be forthcoming did he decide to claim " the whole empire " . |