Example sentences of "when [pron] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When nothing else happened disappointment diluted her excitement . |
| 2 | When I finally received permission to travel south , we went to the two holiest cities of Shia Islam , Kerbala and Najaf. and found that the buildings there , gorgeous in their gliding and intricate mosaics , had been terribly damaged by the loyalist troops of the Iraqi army when they finally defeated the Shiite uprising in March 1991 . |
| 3 | My initial thoughts that the process of filming during the meetings and workshops might inhibit the participants from speaking their minds , was quickly dispelled when I later took part in several workshops at Highlander and discovered ( with some amazement ) , that the camera crew quickly became ‘ invisible ’ as people got their teeth into the subject matter . |
| 4 | Squashed me and Martin in the front , I keep hitting his leg when I fucking change gear |
| 5 | I slightly lengthened my stride , feeling self-conscious as I always do if I find myself marching in step with martial music , when I deliberately break step and try to walk between the beats , as it were , in as unmilitary a way as possible . |
| 6 | He said , his tone measured and heavy with menace , ‘ I believe that , when someone deliberately inflicts damage , it is a matter for the police . ’ |
| 7 | They simply increase your panic when you most need help . |
| 8 | There is a tremendous feeling of comfort when you finally change direction on such a walk . |
| 9 | of people unemployed and what are you going to do when you eventually leave college if you get there ? |
| 10 | Her mother had died when she most needed help in her development , with all the problems of adolescence . |
| 11 | ‘ She was doing quite nicely when she suddenly developed gas gangrene . |
| 12 | The blonde Beverly Hills 90210 beauty was racing on a powerful jet-ski at Malibu Beach when she suddenly lost control of the machine . |
| 13 | There was considerable relief as well as jubilation when we finally received consent from the governments that afternoon . ’ |
| 14 | Well , I 'm not supposed to tell you but he was smoking on the station when we just caught sight of him . |
| 15 | Some schools of linguistics have sought to understand language by isolating it from its context : something which is clearly impossible when we actually use language for communication . |
| 16 | I have heard people describe the moment , when setting sail in a ship , when one finally loses sight of the land . |
| 17 | When they finally parted company he gave her a kiss on the cheek . |
| 18 | When they eventually became man and wife , it was the ‘ quietest of quiet weddings ’ and they had to pay half-a-crown for two passers-by to act as witnesses . |
| 19 | He let the veteran British know exactly how he felt when they recently came face to face at a film festival . |
| 20 | Seeking to translate this question of morality to local issues , I asked the question , did the candidates agree that it was morally wrong and perhaps a misuse of public funds for local councillors to claim that there was no money available to install gas central heating in the homes of elderly disabled people when they always found money for hospitality allowances and trips abroad for themselves . |
| 21 | The two-seater Chipmunk aircraft had just taken off when it unexpectedly veered sharpley back towards the runway . |
| 22 | How can a group be taken seriously , or be considered concerned , when it openly rejects co-operation with this two hundred and thirty million pound scheme which will very substantially increase the number of opportunities for the unemployed in Britain as a whole and in in particular . |
| 23 | Erm right through till eighty two when it actually got funding . |
| 24 | It is more important in simpler forms of learning such as skill learning when it usually means repetition . |
| 25 | On the morning of 8 May , Ciparis had been waiting as usual for his breakfast to be brought to him , when it suddenly grew dark , and immediately afterwards , hot air laden with ashes began to come through the grating over the door . |
| 26 | It was after dark when he finally regained consciousness with the jolting realization that the snake should have caught up with him . |
| 27 | Timeshare salesman Thomas Kerr , 21 , from Loughton , Essex , was jailed for 18 months at Snaresbrook Crown Court when he also admitted burglary and stealing £10,000 worth of computer equipment . |
| 28 | Still prefers to work by himself — a trait of which he is aware , but one that could make him retreat into a bubble when he most needs help . |
| 29 | It was n't that he minded her presence ; and he did n't mind her company , on those occasions when he actually spent time with her . |
| 30 | ROCKER Danny Bowles was convinced his career was over when he suddenly went stone deaf … hours before playing the biggest gig of his career . |