8.8 Time clauses

Time clauses are used to say when something happens by referring to a period of time or to another event.

• Her father died when she was young.
• Stocks of food cannot be brought in before the rains start.
• He was detained last Monday after he returned from a business trip overseas.
• When I first saw the wreckage I just didn't expect there to be so many survivors.

Time clauses can be used after adjuncts of time.

• He mentioned his plans to her early one morning, before he left for the paddy fields.
• I want to see you for a few minutes at twelve o'clock, when you go to lunch.