Example sentences of "when [noun prp] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Marc spoke it was on another topic altogether . |
| 2 | But Chapman doubts Forest can ever achieve the same level of success when Clough calls it a day , and he likens their position to the massive void left behind when Don Revie quit Leeds 18 years ago . |
| 3 | When Middlesbrough gave him a chance , he had a nightmare debut against Oldham Reserves . |
| 4 | All my dreams of playing for United to the end of my career — and I was on a seven- year contract — vanished when Ferguson called me into his office and offered me a cash pay-off to clear out and go and do something else with my life . |
| 5 | ‘ And it came as a bit of a shock when Roger bought me some anti-wrinkle cream and volunteered to pay for a face-lift if I ever wanted one ! |
| 6 | But when Patrick found him scoffing a large tea in the Royalbion marquee that was not the reason for his jubilation . |
| 7 | When Charley dies it will be like the end of an object or the closing of a book or the last date of an epoch . |
| 8 | Penda gave one sister in marriage to Cenwealh , king of the upper Thames valley Saxons , and when Cenwealh repudiated her he drove him out of his kingdom by c . |
| 9 | Yes , when Matt told me he was going to marry her it was a surprise — a shock . ’ |
| 10 | It was a revelation after the pain of trotting and Nails was cross when Nutty brought it to an end . |
| 11 | Mr Foggerty was agreeably surprised , but when Nutty reminded him of the standard required , he relapsed into grim gloom and stood on the side of the bath in his white T-shirt and jeans looking at his watch and saying , ‘ I ca n't spare the time to do this three nights a week for the next year , which is what is required . |
| 12 | Lineker also reveals his anger when Taylor criticised him after an international against the Republic of Ireland and when he was dropped 24 hours before a friendly with France . |
| 13 | A fortnight later , on the plains of the Namoi , Gould was thrilled to see the same bird in such great numbers that , when Natty drove them up before him , ‘ eight fell to a single discharge' of his gun . |
| 14 | Just having a think , " Aunt Tossie said when Nicandra roused her with a gentle nudge . |
| 15 | Fagan was standing at the door of the feedhouse when Nicandra approached him , as saucily as she was able , to demand handfuls of grain for her birds . |
| 16 | Genoa never really looked like overcoming the 3–2 defecit from the first leg in Italy even when Iorio gave them the lead in the 39th minute . |
| 17 | When Lucie suggested they should play others of the Mysteries , Garvey would say , ‘ Where 's the angel in that ? ’ |
| 18 | When Jessica poked her in the ribs and swore they were coming for them , she hardly raised her head . |
| 19 | James to a course book , and was nodding through the unhinged pastures of the higher criticism when Jessica brought her back to reality with the sharp bone of her eager knuckle . |
| 20 | The bus took a very long and roundabout route to Linby , through a dozen tiny villages and hamlets , but Cheryl thought the journey was worth it when Jessica handed her the promised signalling flags . |
| 21 | iv.86–160 ) , but when Clarence awakes they quite properly address him in verse . |
| 22 | When Olivier arrived she seemed somehow rejuvenated and filming continued . |
| 23 | Campbell was involved again when Glentoran made it 2–0 . |
| 24 | When Stoker approached him with a play intended for his master , Irving , taking no thought of the devotion shown by his factotum , reacted along a scale from dismissiveness to contempt . |
| 25 | The bleeding persisted and Jean was very weak when Jim left her at the maternity ward . |
| 26 | This silence had long been intolerable when Jim broke it , saying to Jake Endo , ‘ Uh , how did ‘ Lines Left Upon a Seat in a Yew-Tree , Which Stands Near the Lake of Easthwaite , on a Desolate Part of the Shore , Commanding a Beautiful Prospect ’ do ? ’ |
| 27 | I know you think I 've been casual about your gown , but when Roman insisted I wear his clothes I could n't turn him down , could I ? ’ |
| 28 | When Howell picks him up at dawn on a deserted Texan highway he immediately makes his intentions plain by scaring the boy witless . |
| 29 | As had happened the day before , the time simply flew for Fabia , so that she could again hardly believe it when Ven told her that they would take the funicular a little way down the hill to a restaurant where they would have lunch . |
| 30 | When MacDonald told him on 29 September that he was having difficulty finding a formula which could unite his colleagues , George V |