Example sentences of "when [noun] [verb] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only when Marianne swept from the room did she allow herself to collapse into a chair , closing her eyes and rubbing her fingers over her forehead . |
| 2 | When houses suffering from condensation of any degree ( slight as well as serious ) are included , the figures rise to 584,000 houses , or 28.7 per cent . |
| 3 | ‘ When Brad escapes from the Nebulan experiment lab and sets off with Cord and Tara to immobilize the directed-energy scythe on the Xerxian attack ship — where 's Chelsi ? ’ |
| 4 | When Pelops came from Asia Minor he found thirteen heads nailed on the palace front ; but he bribed Oenomaus 's groom Myrtilos ( with the promise of Hippodameia 's favours ) to take the lynch-pin from one of his master 's chariot-wheels and substitute one of wax . |
| 5 | When Bonington returns from his expedition to Panch Chuli , reads the contents of the notebook and sees the photographs he may be able to give a few more clues , but it is unlikely we will ever know what really happened . |
| 6 | ‘ When ICL moved from Stoke to West Gorton in Manchester , I became a commuter and I did n't like it , ’ he says . |
| 7 | You see , when Wolsey fell from power and died in Leicester Abbey , crushing my hand and whispering , ‘ If I had served my God as well as I served my king , he would not leave me to die like this , ’ Agrippa transferred his allegiance to Henry and brought those two witches over to build a special clock . |
| 8 | When Wilfrid returned from his final visit to Rome Aethelred had abdicated but he summoned his nephew and appointed successor , Coenred , to meet Wilfrid and is said to have urged him to uphold Wilfrid 's cause ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 57 ) . |
| 9 | Although a Rural Leases Bill designed to benefit tenants was placed before the Cortes , it was only half-heartedly pursued during 1932–3 and sank without trace when Azaña resigned from office in September 1933 . |
| 10 | Childebert 's dux Guntram Boso is said to have captured an immense amount of gold and silver when Gundovald fled from Avignon . |
| 11 | Armstrong was denied a consolation goal for Comrades when Gillespie saved from him at point blank range in the 50th minute . |
| 12 | The Blaxhall Stone in Suffolk is reputed to have grown from the size of a loaf to a block of five tons in a century , and Drewton Pillar in East Yorkshire was believed to grow again when fragments fell from it . |
| 13 | Desmond Fairchild was loitering in the corridor when Meredith emerged from the rehearsal room . |
| 14 | Josie said when Lucy returned from the pay phone at the end of the corridor . |
| 15 | Particles in the form of small flakes take up different orientations in different regions of a flow ; when light enters from one direction and is viewed from another , bright and dark patches reveal the structure of the flow ( e.g. Figs. 4.8 , 16.11 , 17.8 ) . |
| 16 | When light coming from the top of a tall building is examined very carefully at ground level , its colour is found to be bluer than normal — another effect of gravity . |
| 17 | This group of researchers went on to compare the effect of extended sleep with reduced sleep ( 5 hours ) , and with displaced sleep , when subjects slept from either 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. or 3 a.m. to 11 a.m . |
| 18 | When Jean returned from the Ladies there was no sign of either of them , for at the end of the dance they had slipped unnoticed out of one of the wide-open fire exits and around the back of the hall where only courting couples went . |
| 19 | When Edward returned from the Mediterranean , there was a letter waiting for him . |
| 20 | And just before half time , the erm visitors got their goal erm when Steven scored from another corner , and the score at half time was two one . |
| 21 | So Clemente and his FA were taken aback when England returned from the Swedish disaster and began pushing for an away fixture at anywhere in Spain that could be called ‘ cool ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ When Kingship Descended from Heaven : Masterpieces of Mesopotamian Art from the Louvre ’ is at the Sackler until 9 August . |
| 23 | Leaping over fallen worshippers , Ace made for the sedan chair , but was forced to dive for cover when Richmann appeared from behind it with the Winchester drawn . |
| 24 | With just seconds remaining Larne grabbed a consolation goal when McCourt converted from the penalty spot after Smyth had been fouled by Denison . |
| 25 | When Cornelius returned from the gents , Tuppe was nowhere to be seen . |
| 26 | For a number of shopaholics , however , that price turns out to be dizzyingly high — when shopping turns from a pleasure , or an occasional treat , into an uncontrollable obsession that chomps its way through the bank account , with sometimes disastrous effects . |
| 27 | Often she was not home when Rachaela arrived from the shop . |
| 28 | I noticed that when particularly struck by a drawing , his features would assume the same look of wide-eyed amazement that they had done in the latter rôle when Bottom wakes from his dream and begins the speech , ‘ I have had a most rare vision … ’ |
| 29 | I noticed that when particularly struck by a drawing , his features would assume the same look of wide-eyed amazement that they had done in the latter rôle when Bottom wakes from his dream and begins the speech , ‘ I have had a most rare vision … ’ . |
| 30 | At the next they were all square when Lyle missed from three feet . |