Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the disappointment of Paris , when everyone kept reminding him how he 'd missed five kicks out of six in the Parc des Princes , there was bound to be a reaction from Hastings at Murrayfield . |
| 2 | When everyone had gathered in the garden , Sergeant joined them and said , ‘ Welcome , everyone ! ’ |
| 3 | It was the magical hour after the lunch shift , when everyone had gone away and there was no sound louder than the hoover . |
| 4 | Louise said , as they were re-arranging the drawing room when everyone had gone . |
| 5 | After the service , when everyone had gone to the reception at his father 's house , Duncan had returned to the fresh brown earth mound and prayed for his grandfather 's soul . |
| 6 | I found it curious that when everyone had finished Robert still had a plateful of food before him and we had to wait as he ate it and Lili talked and smoked her endless cigarettes . |
| 7 | When everyone had finished the plates were cleared and Clare produced a big chocolate cake with two candles , sending the children wild with excitement . |
| 8 | " We 've a lot of work to do tonight , " said the Collector when everyone had assembled in the hall . |
| 9 | ‘ Hey , ’ said Luke , when everyone had ordered . |
| 10 | Eve was so strange , she could make up tales and then , when everyone had got interested , she would say , ‘ Fooled you ’ . |
| 11 | After the service , when everyone had filed outside , Willie looked around for the strange curly-haired boy that he had seen at the Post Office . |
| 12 | Maybe because tonight the warning had been a long time sounding , had started its tormented wailing just when everyone began to think the bombers were n't coming . |
| 13 | But , when everyone 's gone when it 's just us three ! |
| 14 | The embarrassed silence which followed was broken only when everyone turned to watch as the Simonova 's bay tractor beams started to draw the most recently captured platform through the force field . |
| 15 | The crowd was a bit quiet but when everyone did sing it was awesome ! ! |
| 16 | They start again when the time comes , when alliances have shifted , when everyone has stored enough ammunition to have another go , when race hatreds revive under the guise of class wars begin anew as ethnic strife . |
| 17 | Only when everyone has received communion , begin the hymn . |
| 18 | When everyone has found their places he stands by the microphone at the top table , hammers on the table with a gavel , and announces loudly , ‘ Ladies and Gentlemen , Pray SILENCE for the Reverend John Smith , who will now say grace . ’ |
| 19 | I see nothing wrong in competition at an early age because it prepares you for later life when everyone has to face it . |
| 20 | To commit yourself when everyone has let you down . |
| 21 | ‘ When everyone started to sing Flower of Scotland it gave everyone a great lift . |
| 22 | Country house visiting , which had been common in the eighteenth century and Regency when everyone liked to have their taste admired , became infrequent as even the greatest houses closed their gates to visitors , persuaded that the sanctities of ‘ home ’ were not for exhibition to the public eye . |
| 23 | Fat chance , she thought in despair , but little by little , when nothing happened to unsettle her , she was able to relax more and in doing so became aware of all the little things she had missed before — the warmth of his back against her chest , the firm feel of his waist under her hands , the slight shift of his thighs against hers as he changed gear . |
| 24 | There are sudden , dramatic leaps in small children 's learning , interspersed with long fallow periods when nothing seems to happen . |
| 25 | " Im say that er , you know sound it a sort t'ing for big people cause when me get stab up whe me go say , me mudder go star% argue wiv me , because when most of the time when you go sound you know trouble an " all that does arise . |
| 26 | when I ran to catch the bus from school |
| 27 | The door was open and I did hear that much when I passed to go in to the ladies ' toilet . |
| 28 | I was in there nearly three years , or two and a half years anyway and , of course , I when I passed to go to the Q M of course , I , I used to do the Headmaster 's and all that but they , they could n't teach me any more because you , you can only have the same lessons as them that have been taught you know . |
| 29 | Fingers come round , things go in and out of my mouth but even when I venture to open my eyes I see nothing . |
| 30 | Thus when I favour pay for ‘ childcare ’ I mean the day-to-day domestic care of people who need it ( obviously I would include adults too infirm to care for themselves ) . |