Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | When everyone had gathered in the garden , Sergeant joined them and said , ‘ Welcome , everyone ! ’ |
2 | It was the magical hour after the lunch shift , when everyone had gone away and there was no sound louder than the hoover . |
3 | Louise said , as they were re-arranging the drawing room when everyone had gone . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | When everyone had finished the plates were cleared and Clare produced a big chocolate cake with two candles , sending the children wild with excitement . |
7 | " We 've a lot of work to do tonight , " said the Collector when everyone had assembled in the hall . |
8 | ‘ Hey , ’ said Luke , when everyone had ordered . |
9 | Eve was so strange , she could make up tales and then , when everyone had got interested , she would say , ‘ Fooled you ’ . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | But , when everyone 's gone when it 's just us three ! |
12 | 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 . |
13 | Only when everyone has received communion , begin the hymn . |
14 | 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 . ’ |
15 | To commit yourself when everyone has let you down . |
16 | When I 'd done with Shepard and the wasp , Shadwell put his arm round me . |
17 | He 'd disliked anyone complimenting me and when I 'd done well in a race he 'd found it difficult to offer congratulations . |
18 | I was flattered when she first asked me , and curious , but when I 'd seen what it was like , I was n't interested . |
19 | I had n't felt like this when I 'd seen him firing the shotgun . |
20 | Even so , it set up a security precaution that had occurred to me when I 'd seen the cylinder . |
21 | when I 'd seen there was a problem there , then I just |
22 | When I 'd asked Chola what the ceremony was for she 'd said she did n't know : they 'd always done it . |
23 | After a while , though , when I 'd turned down the side-street where the house was I hoped ) , there were no more sounds to frighten me , and as a result of course I grew much more afraid of the stuffed , dripping silence . |
24 | The only time I 've ever frozen in an exam was when I 'd gone for three exams solid without kip , one after the other , and I just brain and the other ones were a real struggle and I had to graft my marks out of solid granite y'know I was chiselling away . |
25 | Toby stood at my elbow , and when I 'd hung up and told him said , with a strange urgency , almost like despair : " No , no , not this Sunday , for Christ 's sake , ca n't you get out of it ? " |
26 | I found that out when I 'd pressed the bell and no one came . |
27 | When I 'd checked the pin positions in the morning I 'd decided that it was going to be someone already under par who would be in a position to win next day as opposed to someone coming through the field , because I just could n't see anybody scoring well . |
28 | Had I proposed to keep working until the hotel was a hotbed of gossip , and leave only when I 'd made myself the centre of a tasty little scandal ? |
29 | I 'd planned to go back to Australia when I 'd made enough . |
30 | Erm , so Jan had these butties , she said oh I made them lovingly last night , tuna , mayonnaise and onion and er she said trust Viv to ring today like when I 'd made these butties ! |