Example sentences of "some [noun] [adv] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was some minutes later when her glance encountered Rourke , engrossed in conversation . |
| 2 | This possibility was confirmed some months later when I received a letter from the mother of one of the men in Leslie 's ‘ stick , ( as a unit of paratroops dropped together from one aircraft was called ) . |
| 3 | Hollywood was awash with rumours some months later when Banderas came to Los Angeles for Mambo Kings , paid a visit to Madonna 's house and was spotted dining with her on several occasions . |
| 4 | The synthetics are cheaper than down however and will provide some insulation even when wet . |
| 5 | Now I suspect some villainy so when we get there , slip away . |
| 6 | I met the Manchester Olympic bid committee some weeks ago when we discussed the proposed bid that Manchester wishes to make . |
| 7 | The Bank of Scotland had frozen the overdraft of Monktonhall Mineworkers Ltd some weeks ago when it emerged that debts of about £1.7 million had accrued . |
| 8 | Finally , a ‘ psychiatric post-mortem ’ might be held some weeks later when staff feel less distressed . |
| 9 | She was twenty-eight , I discovered ; her parents ( mother French , father English ) had separated some years previously when Pater had done a runner with a bimbo ; and she toiled as a handmaiden of the arts , rendering fresh the faded pigments of yesteryear . |
| 10 | To lighten the proceedings he told us of an incident some years ago when there had still been a whaling station in the town . |
| 11 | It was certainly done most effectively for one culture some years ago when Romeo and Juliet were transposed into the idiom of youth group clash in modern New York in West Side Story ( p. 95 ) . |
| 12 | Sir , — This correspondence ( ‘ Call for fresh air , not tea … answered by the taxman ’ , p 7 ) reminds me of an occasion some years ago when I was playing hockey for Ilford against Old Loughtonians . |
| 13 | Some years ago when I was on the edge of Christianity , I spoke to a large gathering about the problematic nature of the Godhead for women . |
| 14 | I became involved with him some years ago when I was consulted by Lord Rayne who told me that he had a friend — a leading paediatrician in London — whose daughter was in serious trouble . |
| 15 | ‘ Our stock is carefully chosen to blend well into British homes , ’ explained director William Hiley , who fell in love with Indian style some years ago when he first travelled around India as a student . |
| 16 | I learnt this lesson some years ago when the soldier to whom I referred earlier came to Christ . |
| 17 | He said he had first noticed impressions in the earth some years ago when the first of the long hot summers had come . |
| 18 | Some years ago when St John 's Market was being restored after a fire , the market traders were given temporary sites underneath St George 's car park on the large paved area near the Lime Street underpass . |
| 19 | Professor Chew attended the graduation of his niece at Stirling some years ago when she obtained a degree in Management Science — and from all accounts they are both Stirling enthusiasts . |
| 20 | Such renovation was not possible until some years later when the property was transferred to the Ministry of Works — which later became part of the Department of the Environment — and a decision was reached to restore the Villa to its original proportions , i.e , without the wings which had been added by Wyatt . |
| 21 | This is not surprising in view of Eleanor Jourdain 's extraordinary conduct some years later when , as Principal of St Hugh 's College , she accepted the resignation of the entire staff . |
| 22 | Oddly enough I met the same warrant officer some years later when he was SWO on a station near Warboys and we had many a chuckle about that . |
| 23 | Some days later when the forest fire had been brought under control , rescuers arrived to find the charred remains of the brave telegraph despatcher , his finger still on the telegraph key . |
| 24 | My problems began some days later when I wanted to change the video mode . |
| 25 | She had risen this morning with the intention of going into town and meandering among the shops , perhaps treating herself to a new bonnet , or buying Cissie those pretty boots she had so admired some days ago when the two of them had walked up and down Ainsworth Street , browsing in all the shop-windows ; afterwards , Beth might have called in to the delightful tea rooms at the comer of the boulevard . |
| 26 | They were still some distance away when he slewed to a halt beside Frank Warton and , after the briefest confabulation , sped on . |
| 27 | There is a very high incidence of alcoholism in families where incest occurs but it also appears that child molestation occurs in several generations in some families even when there is no other obvious sign of addictive disease . |
| 28 | The three best moments of his career were , appropriately , the concert highlights : ‘ Wo n't Get Fooled Again' , ‘ 5.15 ’ and , despite the easy jokes , ‘ My Generation ’ , whose lyrics still have some pertinence even when sung by a 45 year old . |
| 29 | I think the reason the British like it so much is for one thing it is normally sunny , there are some shots outside when it is rainy and overcast , but it comes across as bright and cheerful and it is an ideal sort of world . |
| 30 | I remember being given some caviar once when we were in Russia — wrapped in newspaper because they had no containers to put it in ! |