Example sentences of "when [pron] [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then , when no-one even blinked an eye , nor have him any money , nor ( surprisingly enough ) the offer of a job … ‘ ‘ ; the stifling heat in the Métro tunnels , as if it were about to explode at any moment , and this uplifting sense of drifting , passing through whole areas of life scarcely touching on any of them . |
| 2 | Ed had doubts about Dee — he was a bit , kind of , uncool at times — just like Dee to carry on climbing when everyone else knew it was boring . |
| 3 | When everyone else had finished eating , Chola filled her own plate with the remains of the meat and rice . |
| 4 | Perhaps f just wanted to go back to find out why f had n't got on with the place when everyone else had ! |
| 5 | When everyone else had gone , Gabriel helped Lucie to mend the cart 's wheel . |
| 6 | Towards the end of my Baghdad tour I had regular tussles with the group captain in friendly games of tennis , but I was never able to take a set off him , which never surprised me since he was more or less the permanent Inter-Services Tennis Champion in the UK , ( Oddly enough , Jackie Hunter was my station commander early in the war and saved me from the wrath of my Air Officer Commanding — " Maori " Coningham — when I brought my bombs back when everyone else had " found the target " , but this was before the days of the night camera . ) |
| 7 | Well they did n't want to recognize I recognize the union you see and when , when everyone really knew what we should be having and what were paying , and of course erm it caused a bit of bitterness and resentment against those who would n't join , but er that , that 's what causes the trouble nowadays is n't it and it 's , it 's a sad thing really , but on the whole erm I 've enjoyed everyw everywhere I 've been . |
| 8 | When nothing else happened disappointment diluted her excitement . |
| 9 | The major flaw in attempting to get all the fractious fragments to work together , when nothing really united them except being Right-On , was the massive emphasis it placed on consensus . |
| 10 | When I finally went for the ( pregnancy ) test , I thought , this is it , this is the point where I go on the Pill . |
| 11 | It was three o'clock by the tower clock when I finally forced my numb fingers to dose the creaking covers of the Thesaurus Exorcismorum . |
| 12 | When I finally took off the overtrousers , the fleece trousers I was wearing underneath were completely dry , which is what I would have expected from their three-layer Gore-Tex construction . |
| 13 | I could n't have been more pleased by his decision , and told Granpa that when I finally took over the barrow we would n't even have to change the name . |
| 14 | Young , chirpy faces to greet me when I finally made it to Raynes Park . |
| 15 | When I finally accepted that I create my own reality , I was excited but scared . |
| 16 | I needed it because when I finally disentangled myself from Zaria 's legs ( another advantage noted : no claws ) , I padded over to see what the noise was . |
| 17 | When I finally received permission to travel south , we went to the two holiest cities of Shia Islam , Kerbala and Najaf. and found that the buildings there , gorgeous in their gliding and intricate mosaics , had been terribly damaged by the loyalist troops of the Iraqi army when they finally defeated the Shiite uprising in March 1991 . |
| 18 | One can imagine my indignation when I finally received a copy of a letter that had been signed by Mr. Ian Fleming , one of the Minister 's officials , clearly stating in annex A : ’ The scheme was introduced in April 1990 ( but took into account in its first year any systems obtained by GPs since April 1989 ) . |
| 19 | The red ooze continued , despite a long session of self-doctoring from the car boot , and when I finally drove away my finger was swathed in the biggest , clumsiest dressing I had ever seen . |
| 20 | When I finally roused myself and walked , unsteadily at first , to the green door and then through the other garden and the house , now silent — for our party had moved away and there was only a lady in an obviously twentieth century flowered smock at a little table in the hall — I felt the world was drained of colour and that I could not face anyone who was not Orlando . |
| 21 | I always thought I would be in a box when I finally left here . ’ |
| 22 | I always thought I would be in a box when I finally left here . ’ |
| 23 | So did Metastim capsule when I finally managed to fumble one out of the tiny pouch in my belt . |
| 24 | It was 4.30 a.m. when I finally said my farewell to the French family and their very charming daughter . |
| 25 | That I told Oliver I 'd put them down the waste-disposal and the phone went silent , and when I finally said , ‘ Are you still there ? ’ he just answered , ‘ I love you , ’ and hung up . |
| 26 | In Spain , about the only times when things got put in this much perspective were when Nirvana were actually playing — Madrid was still below-par , frenzy-wise , but a thrilling experience purely because the audience was so enthused by it all — and when I finally interviewed Dave , Chris and Kurt . |
| 27 | When I finally saw the doctor and I said , ‘ Can I have something ? ’ he said , ‘ What for ? ’ |
| 28 | When I finally sold it and acquired a respectable saloon , some of the excitement went out of motoring . |
| 29 | The shock of finding out , when I finally persuaded a partner to play with me , that I was colour-blind , put paid to my dreams of a misspent youth . |
| 30 | When I finally got through to Taff to enquire about what sort of night he had had , and if there had been many casualties during the barrage , his reply was rather matter of fact . |