Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv] when [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any irregularities in the universe would simply have been smoothed out by the expansion , as the wrinkles in a balloon are smoothed away when you blow it up . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , it must have been raining miserably when they went through here . ’ |
| 3 | Thinking that in years of spray-painting , of darting about near the police and taunting them with their nearness , they had been caught only when they wanted to be . |
| 4 | A row had followed : he had been returning home when he had heard a noise . |
| 5 | been looking forward when I come and |
| 6 | Cockling gangs have been turned away when they arrive without council permits to take vehicles on the shore , which is owned by the local authority . |
| 7 | You 're nodding occasionally when you agree with me . |
| 8 | How long had it been going then when you came ? |
| 9 | By some miracle , the 2CV had n't been towed away when I 'd finally dragged Ash out ; we 'd made it to the M1 , picked up a hitcher and — rather beyond the call of duty , I 'd have said — dropped him where he was going , in Coventry . |
| 10 | Her independence and organizing ability had been displayed early when she joined the Girl Scouts in 1909 and formed the first Bournemouth troop of guides . |
| 11 | The Scottish Trades Union Congress general secretary , Campbell Christie , appealed to parents of new Timex recruits to persuade their families not to cross picket lines with the warning that they would be sacked quickly when it suited the company . |
| 12 | But McGilligan is adamant that players should be treated fairly when it comes to matters such as travel , meals gear etc . |
| 13 | Well I should imagine my would be insulted now when I gave him all those things ! |
| 14 | In other words , if precedent was followed , the package of budget cuts would be attacked piecemeal when it disappeared into the congressional maze ; even though there might be general agreement on the need to cut the budget , vested interests operating through sympathetic members could , one by one , weaken or restore specific cuts . |
| 15 | But , as with any archaeological object , such interpretations can be made only when we have a secure idea of when and where a coin was made , and the methods of dating coins and attributing them to mints is therefore discussed first in Chapter 2 , where it will also be seen that the same techniques for dating and attributing coins can sometimes be turned round , using coins to date other objects or to identify places . |
| 16 | This can be seen immediately when one recalls the logical point invoked by the falsificationists in support of their case . |
| 17 | Australia , who had set Sri Lanka 522 to win after declaring their second innings at 513 for five , appeared to be coasting home when they took three wickets before lunch to reduce the touring side to 208 for six . |
| 18 | The Clairol model is the only spa to offer a choice of three speeds , the first of which causes your toe hairs to sway like daffodils in a light breeze ; the second bubbles gently like a pot of mung beans on simmer , and the third , to be used only when one feels particularly in need of a good rebirth , can cause orgasm in your achilles tendons . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm going there when I leave here . |
| 20 | Ron , 74 , of Wrafton , Devon , said : ‘ We 'll be going even when they have to wheel us in . ’ |
| 21 | Because all human beings are fallible , with individual fears and weaknesses , it is so easy for the foundation for a similar fear in our children to be laid even when we think we are doing our best for them . |
| 22 | I just do n't want to be left here when I have things that need to be done ! ’ |
| 23 | This would require that , in certain cases , a merger should be allowed even when it gives a combined share of more than 25 per cent of the European market . |
| 24 | Whereas Polybius ' fortunes can easily be followed , Posidonius ' place in modern thought will be established only when we have a proper study of early ethnography . |
| 25 | Needing the number of a firm in Guildford ( Candy Domestic Equipment ) I had waited for five minutes for the inquiry people to answer , been cut short when I attempted to give the address and then handed out two minutes of silence . |
| 26 | ‘ Someone could have been hiding here when we came into the church earlier today . |
| 27 | They had not been gone long when we sighted Gavin coming towards us . |
| 28 | If you make it a habit , you 'll soon find you are breathing evenly when you arrive and you wo n't feel the need to lie down in a darkened room to recover from your exertions ! |
| 29 | Chap might have just set the bomb and been taken unawares when it went off a bit early . |
| 30 | They were laughing again when he said , ‘ Well , I 'd better not take the shag . |