Example sentences of "when [noun] [vb past] [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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | When Pascoe looked into the hallway , he saw Singer leaning against the door of his room , his back half-turned . |
| 9 | Sadly when Roger left in nineteen eighty-six it took the education of who provided Roger 's er salary until point successor . |
| 10 | Even when Victoria came to the throne in 1837 only five places in England and Wales contained more than 100,000 people . |
| 11 | God knows what they would make of Georgina when Victoria passed on an estimate of her age . |
| 12 | ‘ I think you over-reacted a bit this morning , old Pat , ’ Richie said , when Patrick fell into step beside him . |
| 13 | When Patrick came to the door of the aircraft he saw the flight of metal steps leading to the tarmac . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It was after a tiff , when Charley went to sea , that she found employment in Devonport 's ‘ Royal Hotel ’ . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | When protection turned to annexation Russia faced Georgian resistance and became involved in a long if relatively untaxing war with Persia ( 1804–13 ) . |
| 21 | Late in World War I , Hoppé took up fashion photography : when Vogue came to Britain , he was well placed to become one of its leading photographers . |
| 22 | When Roe won for the first time at the Catalan Open in 1989 , it was predicted that he would become a regular winner on Tour . |
| 23 | As an example , when Ellis died in 1962 , a newly-recruited TDC guard received $256 per month with fringe benefits such as uniforms , and can not have been highly regarded in a society which measures status by money . |
| 24 | Since the England manager acted as one of Ward 's referees when he applied for the York job , it was no surprise when Taylor turned to one of his trusted lieutenants to take charge of England 's Under-21 squad for the end-of-season international tournament in Toulon . |
| 25 | It is said that when Christie moved into the new mill he took the machinery with him and this must have included the scribbler and carder. with the " Devondale " piercing machine , the slubbing Billy and spinning Jennys . |
| 26 | When Philippa arrived outside the pub she almost felt ashamed of her approval and excitement and admiration of the evening before . |
| 27 | No one was ever convicted of Edward 's murder , though when Mortimer fell in 1330 he was accused of procuring the king 's death . |
| 28 | When Nicandra came into the morning room , the air was stilled for a moment . |
| 29 | Faced with a deficit of 522 , Boycott and Gatting fell in successive balls with the score on 2 ; , Gooch and Gower put on 120 , but when Gower went for 54 Gooch found little company . |
| 30 | A little square woman — to be identified when sanity returned as the doctor 's wife came to change my bedding and cleanse me regularly . |