Example sentences of "only when [pers pn] [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some members of the crew had been sitting in the bows and it was only when they denied having seen her that he began to search seriously . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | And Lucy called her in the morning , swept away all doubts with a rush of enthusiasm about the exhibition , and only when they 'd hung up did Jay realise that she had n't given her a date , a time ; that she — they ? — were just where they 'd been five months before . |
| 7 | Only when we learned to rule again without soldiers , he said , would we be safe . |
| 8 | Only when she had managed to stop crying and he had dried her face completely did he even attempt to answer . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Only when she had finished did she go to the door again and , releasing the bottom catch , go out into the rose garden . |
| 11 | Only when she arrived did Charlotte realize that the Frick Collection was housed in nineteen separate rooms on the ground floor of the late collector 's mansion . |
| 12 | On the handshake it was only when I got notified that I 'd been awarded the gold badge , I realized I never got my hand back that day . |
| 13 | Only when I began to realize what my situation was really like did I see the gospel for what it was — extremely good news for people in extremely bad situations . |
| 14 | Had I proposed to keep working until the hotel was a hotbed of gossip , and leave only when I 'd made myself the centre of a tasty little scandal ? |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Watching from the window , Hilary grinned as she saw him hurry towards the driver , and only when he 'd climbed into the car did she move . |
| 17 | He should have realised it before , but it was only when he had seen Juliet that the obvious had appeared in all its blatancy . |
| 18 | Only when he had saddled and mounted Polly did he hesitate . |
| 19 | Only when he had asked her about Katherine had he realized that something was seriously amiss . |
| 20 | Only when he had gone did my master ask what had happened . |
| 21 | Only when he had to stare straight into it did he flinch ; it was not , his face said , a pretty sight . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Only when he had returned to his own office did it occur to him to flick through his passport 's pages . |
| 24 | Only when he turned to speak to Tao Chu did he realise how avidly the boy was studying him . |
| 25 | 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 " . |