Example sentences of "when [noun] came [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Sunderland came to the Manor in the league in December less than 2,000 Weirsiders saw them lose 3-0 . |
| 2 | The Government introduced the community charge legislation as a result of total panic about what was happening in Scotland when revaluation came before us again . |
| 3 | Even when Victoria came to the throne in 1837 only five places in England and Wales contained more than 100,000 people . |
| 4 | When Patrick came to the door of the aircraft he saw the flight of metal steps leading to the tarmac . |
| 5 | Late in World War I , Hoppé took up fashion photography : when Vogue came to Britain , he was well placed to become one of its leading photographers . |
| 6 | When Nicandra came into the morning room , the air was stilled for a moment . |
| 7 | The voices grew even lower , then , when money came into the question . |
| 8 | Through the whole of their period in office , the Government have supported efforts to do away with apartheid and to ensure that when change came with President de Klerk , there would be a start towards a new constitution and the transitional arrangements that are now being discussed within the Conference for a Democratic South Africa . |
| 9 | Not only was she a founder of Playschool , and responsible for commissioning Postman Pat , Bertha the Big Machine and Charlie Chalk for the BBC ; but when Playschool came under threat she formed her own independent production company to make — and sell back to the BBC — a modern replacement for it : the current Playdays ( first known as Playbus ) . |
| 10 | He stood up when Alexandra came into the bar , held out his hand , smiled , showing beautiful teeth . |
| 11 | When cases came to court , the police often dropped charges in return for binding-over orders , issued under an even more ancient statute , the Justices of the Peace Act 1361 . |
| 12 | And then there was that night just before the murder when William came to him with his plan . |
| 13 | When Florey came to the chair of pathology at Sheffield a year or two later , Paine mentioned the matter to him but aroused no obvious interest . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | But tell me of Samain when Medoc came to Tara . ’ |
| 16 | When comprehension came to be discussed by Convocation , the High Anglican clergy proved unwilling to make the sort of concessions needed to comprehend the more moderate Dissenters . |
| 17 | She had just finished her breakfast of dripping and bread and a piece of cold bacon when Ben came into the room . |
| 18 | Opposed by Soviet intellectuals such as writer Valentin Rasputin , if was finally dropped when Gorbachev came to power . |
| 19 | When Spring came in the door . |
| 20 | János Hunyadi was regent of Hungary during the minority of King Ladislas V , but had to step down at the very moment of the fall of Constantinople when Ladislas came of age . |
| 21 | It 's funny er when Richard came in the other day and said he 'd been he 'd been to the dentist and you said oh well they have n't been in touch with us yet . |
| 22 | ‘ When Napoleon came to the boathouse , ’ I said , ‘ there was n't any sound of Harry battering his way out . |
| 23 | GINA WAS INDEED PERFECTLY NICE AND POLITE WHEN ELEANOR came to tea . |
| 24 | When Pat came to me in the autumn of 1989 she was suffering from osteoarthritis of the neck and spine with accompanying raised blood pressure . |
| 25 | She was ready to go downstairs to the kitchen when Ellen came into the room . |
| 26 | When Trestle came to the Festival for the first time in 1986 , they were just beginning to make their name , and were virtually unknown in Belfast . |
| 27 | Alan reached his 100th League game for the Palace when Arsenal came to Selhurst Park on Faster Saturday 1990 , can always be relied upon to give one hundred per cent in the Palace cause and is now a firmly established 1st Division player . |
| 28 | When Therese came on the entire evening lifted into top gear . |
| 29 | Make-up could work wonders , though , and she was just putting the finishing touches to her lipstick when Travis came through the connecting door . |
| 30 | When Toby came in five minutes later , Pumfrey said : |