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The telephone / ring / while / we / have dinner.
The telephone rang while we were having dinner.
I / wait / at the bus stop / when / I / receive / his text message.
I was waiting at the bus stop when I received his text message.
It / start / to rain / while / we / walk home / from school.
It started to rain while we were walking home from school.
You / listen / when / the teacher / call / your name?
Were you listening when the teacher called your name?
He / walk along / the corridor / he see / a job advertisement / on the notice board.
He was walking along the corridor when he saw a job advertisement on the notice board.
On 26th December, 2004/ Tilly/ have/ a holiday/ with/ family/ Thailand/ when/ she/ realise/ that Geography/ be/ an interesting school subject.
On 26th December, 2004 Tilly was having a holiday with her family in Thailand when she realised that Geography was an interest
While Tilly/ sit/ Maikhao Beach/ Phuket, Thailand,/ the sea water/ suddenly/ recede/ from the shoreline.
While Tilly was sitting on Maikhao Beach in Phuket, Thailand, the sea water suddenly receded from the shoreline.
Tilly/ recognise/ the symptoms/ a tsunami/ because/ she/ learn/ tsunamis/ a Geography lesson.
Tilly recognised the symptoms of a tsunami because she learnt about tsunamis in a Geography lesson.
Tilly/ want/ leave/ beach/ quickly/ because/ she/ know/ what/ happen
Tilly wanted to leave the beach quickly because she knew what was happening.
When/ Tilly's father/ warn/ others/ the beach/ and the staff/ the hotel/ where/ they/ stay/ about the possible tsunami,/ she/ run/ a safe place/ her mother and sister.
When Tilly's father warned others on the beach and the staff at the hotel where they were staying about the possible tsunami, she ran to a safe place w
The tsunami/ be/ a terrible diaster/ thousands of people,/ but/ it/ not kill/ anybody/ on Maikhao Beach/ thanks/ Tilly.
The tsunami was a terrible diaster for thousands of people, but it didn't kill anybody on Maikhao Beach thanks to Tilly.
