Example sentences of "when [noun] went [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was after a tiff , when Charley went to sea , that she found employment in Devonport 's ‘ Royal Hotel ’ . |
| 2 | Faced with a deficit of 522 , Boycott and Gatting fell in successive balls with the score on 2 ; , Gooch and Gower put on 120 , but when Gower went for 54 Gooch found little company . |
| 3 | When Heatley went to Peoria , culture methods were yielding 2 U ml&sup/minus1 ; ; with these changes and new mutants of the mould , yields up to 900 U ml&sup/minus1 ; were obtained . |
| 4 | When Steiner went into the chapel that evening he was escorted by Lieutenant Benson and a police corporal . |
| 5 | David as a child ‘ sustained my own idea ’ of Roderick Random , the scapegrace selfish hero of this picaresque novel , ‘ for a month at a stretch ’ , could see Roderick 's faithful servant Strap at the wicket of Blunderstone church , and when Micawber went to the King 's Bench , remembered Roderick 's imprisonment for debt ( chap . |
| 6 | When Bernard went to the canteen there was a stir , a breath of recognition . |
| 7 | The next day there was further good news when McLaren went to Paris for the hearing of their appeal over the Spanish race . |
| 8 | cos when I went , when Ben went to nursery school erm he wanted a box out of the break out of the office , I said no you 're not , I said Father Christmas is going to come and collect that , I said he 's gon na wrap them and I said he 's gon na come and deliver it |
| 9 | When Richard went to England in April 1176 he clearly found his father ready and able to help . |
| 10 | We got a birdie at the 11th by using the 1-iron when Johnny went for the 3-wood , got on , but not near enough to make the birdie putt . |
| 11 | When Lucy went around the dressing rooms picking up after the final number , her hands shook . |
| 12 | When Dot went to bed that night , Gloria laid the fawn coat over the top of the blanket . |
| 13 | When Stox went under it became a laughing stock . |
| 14 | When Molly went to the Berlin Olympic Games in 1936 to translate for nuns from the college in Shanghai , recent graduates from the Medau Schule came to teach with Peggy , and plans were being made to establish a Medau Training College in England . |
| 15 | Bogie was given the chance to replace Paul Gascoigne at Newcastle , when Gazza went to Spurs , but failed to establish himself . |
| 16 | A high-scoring match seemed a certainty when England went to lunch on the opening day with 108 on the board without loss . |
| 17 | Your friend told me they held vigils outside the Soviet embassies all over the world when I was arrested and when Sakharov went on hunger strike . |
| 18 | When Jane went into the kitchen , Mary cleared her throat and looked at him seriously . |
| 19 | She used to be drawn towards political life , she dreamt of the English statesman , yet when Simon went for office she was against it . |
| 20 | Mr Preece said when Stepfind went into receivership last year Touche Ross took over its affairs . |
| 21 | When Sarazen went to Prince 's for the 1932 Open , Daniels was well into his sixties , and had been seriously ill . |
| 22 | All out 446 meant that England had a lot of batting to do in the last two days , and when Larkins went at the end of the third day to a ball that he did not see in the shadows , one felt they just were not going to make it . |
| 23 | Questioned , Barron had refused to talk to anyone junior to Wickham and even when Wickham went to his hotel he had little to say except that he had met MacQuillan on private business , that it had nothing to do with the murder and was of no interest to the police . |
| 24 | When Ruth went into the house Hester was sitting on an upright chair by the table , peeling potatoes . |
| 25 | When Ruth went into the attic that night she caught Miss Beard standing in front of the mirror , holding a navy muslin dress with a cream lace collar against herself . |
| 26 | When Nigel went into the Left Arts Review he found that a good review of Eleanor 's book was ready and waiting . |
| 27 | The proud anti-overload device , the 1970 White Paper , had not noticeably eased the burden of government when overload went into overdrive after October 1973 . |
| 28 | When Romeo went to Mantua then Verona , Verona The last one is Apothecary , Apothecary , the man who sells Romeo the poison . |
| 29 | He may have owed his entry into royal service to Robert de Tibetot ( or Tiptoft ) [ q.v. ] , whom he represented when Robert went on crusade with the future Edward I in 1270 . |
| 30 | When Katharine went for her lesson with Jennie , she had n't ridden since Christmas and was concerned that she would be very stiff and rusty . |