Example sentences of "when [noun] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only when income settles at £1,020 can we say that the full multiplier effect has taken place . |
| 2 | When Frances arrived at her new home , to be followed weeks later by her children and their nanny , she had every hope that the children would be relatively unaffected by her marital breakdown , especially as Sarah and Jane were away at boarding-school . |
| 3 | When Isabel peeped at him through her fingers , Guy laughed again . |
| 4 | When researchers look at schooling from the point of view of girls , it is perhaps not surprising that writers as diverse as Alison Kelly and Valerie Walkerdine can come up with very similar findings . |
| 5 | And how McMahon tried to get his revenge when Vinny played at Anfield . |
| 6 | It 's mildly encouraging now , though , when Tod looks at a woman in the street . |
| 7 | And when Cardiff looked at the upside-down dead eyes of that head as they reflected in the torchlight , when he saw the teeth set in a clenched and hideous grin … he recognised the face immediately . |
| 8 | She was about to retire when Sarah knocked at her door . |
| 9 | His voice seemed loaded with meaning but when Marcus looked at him he was scanning the board . |
| 10 | Zeyer had come on as a defender to protect the score when Kaiserslautern levelled at 1–1 , but his role changed dramatically when Wednesday immediately hit back to make it 2–1 . |
| 11 | When Richard arrived at Fontevraud he strode directly into the church , saying nothing . |
| 12 | When Eleanor spoke at Cooper Union police entered the crowd and tried to disrupt the meeting . |
| 13 | When Waddesdon reopens at Easter next year the guests will be the general public . |
| 14 | However , Saturday 's setback at Celtic Park marked the first time in a year Goram had been in a losing Rangers team ( he was injured when Dundee won at Dens Park in August ) , and the assured nature of his performances at domestic , European and international level have helped gather an army of voters who could make the goalkeeper the first since Hamish McAlpine ( in 1985 ) to win the Scottish Football Writers ' Association Player of the Year award . |
| 15 | When Branson arrived at Hill 's office at EMI later that day , he found a man desperate to rid himself of an embarrassment . |
| 16 | And so when Fael-Inis looked at him and said , ‘ It is something that is easily within your capabilities , good Calatin , ’ Calatin was very pleased , and said at once that he 'd do his best . |
| 17 | He smiled without humour when Frankie sucked at the soap-filled cloth in order to sluice the taste of rancid beck-water from his mouth . |
| 18 | When subjects arrive at the sleep laboratory in the evening for a night 's recording they prepare themselves for bed in the normal way . |
| 19 | When Mo chewed at her ear , she woke up instantly , laughing . |
| 20 | By the time the snow began to thaw he could walk gingerly on his injured ankle and when aid arrived at the farm in the form of Tom 's snow-plough , with Tom guiding the plough and Carrie riding the horse , Seb was standing in the farmyard to greet them . |
| 21 | She was still there , staring emptily into space , some considerable time later when Josh appeared at her shoulder . |
| 22 | Even Granny was shocked when Grimma looked at her with a face from which all the colour had drained away . |
| 23 | When Alejandro yelled at Perdita to tack up a little chestnut gelding , she was so nervous she could hardly do up the throat lash or adjust the stirrups . |
| 24 | I only eat at the Vetch-Retch these days when someone else is paying , which is much the same as saying when England wins at cricket . |
| 25 | Maximum linear discord is achieved when lines cross at right angles . |
| 26 | When Topaz arrived at the residence of Lord Oswin Lovat she did n't hold out much hope of prising his purse open . |
| 27 | She took great pleasure in watching my growing admiration for Estella , and my unhappiness when Estella laughed at me . |
| 28 | When visitors arrived at my house , I used to bring the coaches and horses inside , and put them carefully on my table . |
| 29 | Thus , when Ludendorff arrived at his new headquarters at Marienburg , orders had already been given for the mass of the Eighth Army to form a half-moon facing southeast , toward the centre of which' Samsonov , urged on by telegrams from Jilinski , was now marching his weary men . |
| 30 | It made Ali susceptible when Rowbotham exploded at the idea of pin-ups . |