Example sentences of "when [noun] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Sunderland arrived their coach , Craig Lynch , agreed to play in the absence of spectators . |
| 2 | Confident that they were not going to start scratching each other 's eyes out again , she drank deeply when Marc refilled her mug . |
| 3 | When Marc spoke it was on another topic altogether . |
| 4 | When Marc spoke his words seemed to grow out of the night itself . |
| 5 | Though the latter was at this time a much celebrated amateur artist he was surprised , on arriving , when Minton detached himself from the crowd he was talking with in order to cross the room and greet Cornish by name . |
| 6 | Alfred started to his feet , but his glad cry of welcome was cut short when Beatrice inclined her stately head in his direction and moved off to sit sandwiched between Auguste Didier and Egbert Rose . |
| 7 | When Ian told his wife about the school experience just detailed , Katy said she could hardly believe it mattered that much . |
| 8 | When Middlesbrough gave him a chance , he had a nightmare debut against Oldham Reserves . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 ! |
| 11 | And when Victoria put her hand over her mouth and almost fell down on to the couch she said , and with some indignation , ‘ You find it funny , Gran ? ’ |
| 12 | But when Patrick found him scoffing a large tea in the Royalbion marquee that was not the reason for his jubilation . |
| 13 | But in his lordship 's day , that room was regularly required , as was the long table that occupied it , to seat thirty or more guests for dinner ; in fact , the banqueting hall is so spacious that when necessity demanded it , further tables were added to the existing one to enable almost fifty to be seated . |
| 14 | The favourite date for the poll is March 25 , but a note of confusion was sown when parliament decided it would continue sitting until March 16 . |
| 15 | when thunder eased itself to drizzle . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | They could hardly believe it when Mum said it was tea-time . |
| 18 | I noticed it when mum told me . |
| 19 | Linda was here like when mum told me . |
| 20 | But it was n't easy to lose puppy fat when Mum fed her on stodgy good home cooking — stews with dumplings and meat pies with pastry crusts and steamed sponge puddings , and there was no money to spare for proper hairdressing salons . |
| 21 | Of course , she 'd made a big fuss about not having a Brownie ‘ Nuform ’ , but she calmed down when Mum let her wear her new blue party dress . |
| 22 | Whilst I was wondering just what I might buy with it , the problem was solved when Mum bought me a grey shirt . |
| 23 | Yes , when Matt told me he was going to marry her it was a surprise — a shock . ’ |
| 24 | It was a revelation after the pain of trotting and Nails was cross when Nutty brought it to an end . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | When Taylor acquired his Coniston lease it excluded a small sett previously granted to one Mathew Spedding . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I thought , perhaps , when Gaston had his terrible accident , that there might be some softening — some attempt at a reconciliation , but I was wrong . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ When Slaughter told me what had transpired , I had the lass brought here to my lodgings , and had a physician take a look at her . ’ |