Example sentences of "when [noun] [verb] [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 | When Minton painted alongside students in the life class ( ‘ That was a marvellous adrenalin shot , ’ recalled Greaves ) he taught by example that a picture has to have a lively activity right up to the four edges of the canvas , and that if the background is treated merely as a secondary constituent to the model , areas of the canvas will become inert . |
| 3 | When Carver alighted outside the Hilton in Park Lane the limo drove past at speed . |
| 4 | In 1989 exports , an important gauge of economic activity in the principality 's highly industrialized economy , rose by 14.5 per cent as compared with the previous year ( when exports rose by 5.2 per cent ) . |
| 5 | So when Esquire ask for their 2,000 words next month about the connection between the Croatian Winter Olympics team uniform and Public Enemy , or the brutal point of Michael Barrymore , I can somehow contrive it that I end up writing about how it feels waiting for Maddy 's first smile , about the wonder of her 35th day , about her growing up and me growing up . |
| 6 | The originality of the dress drew a gasp when Beatrice walked into the room , and since he did not dance he was content to watch her dance the tango with a number of admirers . |
| 7 | So , when Thurstan arrived in England in 1121 with papal letters threatening with excommunication any who resisted his admission into England , the monks of Canterbury recited the primatial phrases from the newly enlarged documents and refrained from taking further action for the time being . |
| 8 | The entry of Joanna , who came in to consult her about the drugs needed to replenish their stock , put an end to her melancholy reflections , and after they had decided Joanna said , ‘ When Ian comes round this evening I thought I 'd give him coffee or a drink in our sitting-room . |
| 9 | It is obviously too painful to talk about it — especially when fingers point in the direction of City Hall . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | When Pascoe looked into the hallway , he saw Singer leaning against the door of his room , his back half-turned . |
| 12 | I mean it 's like when Shirl comes through like when Shirl comes through you know , they know all know Shirl does n't like bad what it means . |
| 13 | I mean it 's like when Shirl comes through like when Shirl comes through you know , they know all know Shirl does n't like bad what it means . |
| 14 | By comparison the maximum energy release in thermonuclear fusion when hydrogen burns to 56 Fe is only 0.9 per cent of the rest mass energy . |
| 15 | Sadly when Roger left in nineteen eighty-six it took the education of who provided Roger 's er salary until point successor . |
| 16 | Even when Victoria came to the throne in 1837 only five places in England and Wales contained more than 100,000 people . |
| 17 | God knows what they would make of Georgina when Victoria passed on an estimate of her age . |
| 18 | ‘ I think you over-reacted a bit this morning , old Pat , ’ Richie said , when Patrick fell into step beside him . |
| 19 | When Patrick came to the door of the aircraft he saw the flight of metal steps leading to the tarmac . |
| 20 | Jim was sitting in the middle of the back seat and on the edge but he did not utter , even when Patrick squeezed between two juggernauts with inches to spare . |
| 21 | The state intervenes as a last resort or safety net when parenting leads to dangerous or inadequate levels of child care . |
| 22 | It was after a tiff , when Charley went to sea , that she found employment in Devonport 's ‘ Royal Hotel ’ . |
| 23 | Only when income settles at £1,020 can we say that the full multiplier effect has taken place . |
| 24 | It explains the observed rises in the apc when income falls over the period of a trade cycle . |
| 25 | When Parliament met in the autumn of 1381 , the Speaker expressed the view that the troubles had been caused by abuses in government , notably by purveyance for the royal household and by the levy of taxation for the defence of the realm , particularly as this did not prevent the King 's enemies from raiding England . |
| 26 | When Parliament met in May 1685 it proved to be overwhelmingly Tory in sympathy , there being only fifty-seven Whigs in a House of Commons totalling 513 members . |
| 27 | The stalemate is expected to be resolved when parliament reconvenes on June 1st ( though nothing can be certain in Ukraine 's topsy-turvy politics ) . |
| 28 | So may be his successor who , custom dictates , should be dragged unwillingly to the Speaker 's chair when Parliament resumes on April 27 . |
| 29 | It knew somehow that it belonged there , not here , and when thunder boomed in the sky it heard that thunder in its newly transmogrified body . |
| 30 | This packaging of living material into discrete vehicles became such a salient and dominant feature that , when biologists arrived on the scene and started asking questions about life , their questions were mostly about vehicles — individual organisms . |