Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was n't too much problem when everyone knew that this is what schools were meant to do — as with the priest colleges of ancient Egypt , the monasteries of Europe or Asia , or the academies of Greece or China . |
| 2 | Fifteen years later , when everyone believed that computers were designed for advanced scientific work , business unexpectedly showed an interest in a machine that could do payroll . |
| 3 | When I remarked that Karl Marx is reputed to have said : ‘ Chess has one great quality — it teaches you to play chess , ’ Zsofia laughed merrily . |
| 4 | When I remarked that this was a pity , since I was looking for a peat replacement to acidify limey soil , my man began detectably to back-pedal . |
| 5 | The moment was complete when I realised that the action had also cured my arthritis and that I had n't needed the strategically-placed piece of double-sided sticky tape . |
| 6 | ‘ I was in New Zealand , watching the rugby league students ’ world tournament , when I realised that the 15-a-side game did not have an equivalent competition . |
| 7 | When I realised that Barny was untrainable , I knew I would have to find a hand-reared owl if I was to stand any chance of training one successfully . |
| 8 | By 25 past , we 'd made it to the car when I realised that I wanted to push — panic ! |
| 9 | It was even worse when I realised that it was more than that . |
| 10 | They — the earrings — belonged to my mother , so I value them , and naturally I was very concerned when I realised that I had lost — ’ |
| 11 | We 'd just settled him along the back seat when I realised that he would need some money . |
| 12 | No , he 's gone to a play at the college and a yeah I was er like when I realised that had come on I thought does he know ? |
| 13 | For twelve months , I 've been trying to er , when I realised that that was put on my cleaning bill , it seemed to be so unfair that the little ol and the lady who , up till now has has cleaned for me , because the home help service , no longer just does cleaning . |
| 14 | If , however , your answer is specific ( e.g. ‘ She has a temper tantrum when I insist that she obeys me , for example when I tell her to eat up her breakfast ’ ) then an effective procedure can be worked out . |
| 15 | We left 406 in October 1943 , and that was the last I heard of them until I received my Spring 1991 issue of Air Mail when I spotted that 406 Sqn were having a 50th Anniversary Celebration and Reunion in earlyh May at Shearwater Forces Base , Dartmouth , Nova Scotia . |
| 16 | I had tried three of them , swallowing the small amounts in the glass with what I thought was a superbly noncommittal expression when I discovered that in the middle of the room were two iron spittoons , waist-high . |
| 17 | I was impressed when I discovered that as well as the usual homoeopathic remedies , psionic practitioners used potencies of DNA ( deoxyribonucleic acid ) and RNA ( ribonucleic acid ) . |
| 18 | Imagine my surprise when I discovered that this was exactly what she did . |
| 19 | I was definitely pleased , but vaguely uneasy when I discovered that he did n't have a black rim around his neck . |
| 20 | When I discovered that Miss Oliver 's father greatly admired the Rivers family , and would have no objection to her marrying a vicar , I decided to try to persuade St John to marry her . |
| 21 | Perhaps I fell in love with him then , she thought ; when I discovered that he was a man and not a shining hero . |
| 22 | ‘ I was very upset when I discovered that it had gone : it was a terrible shock . |
| 23 | Outside , a weather vane had been built in the lee of the vicarage next door , hardly an ideal position ; especially , when I discovered that its arrow pointer had been fixed to point in the direction of the ruined castle Blanchefort in the nearby mountains . |
| 24 | er er er Well it can be but it c er er er er er I found it very helpful when I discovered that after I was saved . |
| 25 | I thought in my ignorance that Lorcomb would be just down the road from Norwich ; when I discovered that it was an hour 's drive I persuaded the colonel to rent me his house . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ And , ’ she went on , ‘ I was compelled to end my engagement to Havvie when I discovered that he did not love me at all … merely wanted Papa 's dollars , and , worse , despised us , all of us , for being rich and vulgar Yankees . |
| 27 | However when I discovered that the was situated on an old second world war airfield only three miles from my home , I decided to find out more about it . |
| 28 | It was a very sad day for me when I visited Basil in a Harrogate hospital , when I knew that I would , probably , never see him again . |
| 29 | ‘ When I saw that the Law meant one thing and the Gospel another ’ , said Luther , ‘ I broke through . ’ |
| 30 | She told me she made a point of taking a walk each day to get out of the way of all the old people , but I was reassured when I saw that she was well-known at the café and seemed to have several friends among its patrons . |