Example sentences of "when [noun prp] [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When Freud spoke of civilization ’ , Smith writes , ‘ he had in mind the process of ‘ modernization ’ and the characteristics of urban life in the industrial capitalist cities of his own time' . |
| 2 | When Eleanor died of fever at Nottingham , in the autumn of 1290 , Edward was grief stricken and journeyed to bury her in Westminster . |
| 3 | They give no sense of a close-knit family unit , but they make it quite clear that when Edward writes of adventures in and around London commons , or at Swindon , the word ‘ we ’ invariably includes one of them . |
| 4 | When Thucydides spoke of the allies who urged Sparta to go to war , he was thinking of Corinth above all . |
| 5 | It may seem that when Bunting speaks of ‘ the beautiful step of the verse , he is gesturing into a void not much less than Allen Tate when he wrote of the ‘ rhythm ’ and the ‘ movement ’ of Eliot 's ‘ Ash-Wednesday ’ . |
| 6 | The bomb went off when Carol learned of her trip being cancelled . |
| 7 | When Nigel learned of their whereabouts , he began to hunt them down with the aid of his yeomen . |
| 8 | His explanation was very simple : Burton was too short , he said , when Scofield spoke of him as ‘ 'my rock , on which I lean ’ … he went to lean and went down about two feet . ’ |
| 9 | But when Mozart said of Stein 's piano that ‘ the little hammers fall back to rest immediately after they have hit the strings ’ , he was remarking on the quick response of Stein 's action . |
| 10 | Only when Rebekah learns of Esau 's determination to kill his brother , and sends Jacob to her own brother Laban nearly three hundred miles away , is another death of a younger son avoided . |
| 11 | When Flavia spoke of all of this , it was also night . |
| 12 | Ludens now craved for these sessions , and had even instantly , when Irina spoke of the cottage in Wiltshire , decided he would have to move there , reorganise his life , and set up house next door . |
| 13 | Since it is not easy to see a distinction between their characteristic properties and some essence from which they flow , one might be tempted to think that , when Locke speaks of a coincidence of their real and nominal essence , he means that the notion of a real essence does not really apply to modes . |
| 14 | In the Preface when Marx writes of the ‘ social , political and intellectual life in general ’ it is equated with his concept of consciousness as a social process . |
| 15 | The next moment she was gone and when Anne learnt of the devastation of the city she could understand Maureen 's rage at her innocent question . |
| 16 | But there is no masking the truth and , when Costakis learnt of this ‘ bashfulness ’ , it came as a painful blow to his self-esteem as a collector . |
| 17 | ‘ The rest of his days will be counted on the fingers of one hand when Guy hears of this , ’ Isabel spat . |
| 18 | When Frederick learned of the breakdown of negotiations , while at his court at Fulda in June of 1170 , he solemnly repeated his oath never to recognise Alexander . |
| 19 | When Charles came of age in 1969 , the Duchy had been in abeyance for thirty-three years and was seriously rundown ; much of it was yielding nothing . |
| 20 | When Werner heard of our filming plans he took us back to his bungalow , where he proved to have a superb cook of his own , a staggering collection of ethnographic art , and an intimate knowledge of the islands . |
| 21 | It is possible that when Gandhi speaks of Religion , what he may be referring to is not an ‘ essence ’ or a ‘ primordial element ’ or a transcendental unity' , but the faith of men which expresses itself in a variety of different forms . |
| 22 | When Valentin hear of this naughty dog — pom you call it ? and how he is comporting self in Paris , he shall be not pleased . |
| 23 | The issue behind these questions becomes clearer when Paul speaks of what is promised to us . |
| 24 | When Rodie heard of what happened , she went up to Sam 's room and comforted him enough to bring him downstairs and sit with them on the terrace . |
| 25 | Chess clubs thrive at both their schools and when Harriet tires of playing Adam she can always enjoy a game with another national champion . |
| 26 | When Henry heard of this he turned back again , deputing some of his officials to continue the discussions with Louis . |
| 27 | Andrew was indulgent when Judith talked of her ambitions to star in a Broadway production , or better still , in a London West End success and we all voiced assurance and encouragement as one talks to a little boy who hopes to become Prime Minister . |