Example sentences of "a [noun] when " in BNC.
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| 31 | But the cook was in fine form and they seemed to be thawing a bit when I left them chattering away in Greek with Denholm sitting among them and not understanding a word they were saying . |
| 32 | Our source on the Pinnacle Data Systems story a fortnight ago ( UX No 392 ) was stretching things a bit when he described the five-year-old Columbus , Ohio firm as a $40m outfit : a Dun & Bradstreet report on them projects their sales at $5m . |
| 33 | It makes me seethe a bit when they say ‘ You do n't work here , do you ? ’ |
| 34 | I tried to tidy up a bit when I first came to work here , but I soon found out I was wasting my time . |
| 35 | I came down to earth a bit when Harry Enfield came on to thunderous applause . |
| 36 | Er it spoilt it a bit when that guy in the glasses came on half way through . |
| 37 | I snorted a bit when I read that . |
| 38 | Things do tend to wane a bit when lead guitarists Ian delivers the short of wah wah riffs that John Squire would leave at home , but no matter . |
| 39 | Er I think she was erm dithering a bit when we saw her was n't she . |
| 40 | Assuming that I 'd been able to drag the dinghy in a fairly straight line — though I might have gone astray a bit when I was stumbling in the mud — Joanna should be lying more or less straight ahead , and a good deal nearer than when I 'd left , for it was near high water then , and now it was about the last of the ebb . |
| 41 | They were getting on a bit when I was born . ’ |
| 42 | It was relieved a bit when Clark squared the match with a birdie on the 16th and transformed altogether when the Americans both pushed their approaches to the long 17th hole to lose that as well . |
| 43 | They perked up a bit when they finally reached the car park before the North Ameshet Holiday Inn though . |
| 44 | Things do tend to wane a bit when lead guitarists Ian delivers the short of wah wah riffs that John Squire would leave at home , but no matter . |
| 45 | ‘ I have jumped a bit when a car has backfired or the central heating has rumbled thinking for a moment I was hearing gun fire . |
| 46 | Yes yes Are you going to slacken down the dancing a bit when she 's in secondary school ? |
| 47 | backward a bit when you walked |
| 48 | on the bus a bit when the weather improves I shall like to go to Harrendle |
| 49 | All right then well thank you Simon that 's a broad thank you and and thank you very much for your money as well a hundred and fifty quid he gave that 's loads of dosh er to come in for the day as well and I 'm going to take you out for a a nice lunch in a bit when he can wonder around have a poke around everywhere this afternoon too so should be all right should n't it that ? |
| 50 | They 're worth a bit when they 're like that are n't they ? |
| 51 | Cos I used this look , I said that erm I 'd re I had represented his father in an accident case some years before and I was acquainted with the family in a casual way , and I said this may suggest , because he was saying you can make up and you can , this is a bit when you can use your imagination , and I said this may suggest that his father , you know he 'd like , because it the way he says that , I 'd represented his father , I was acquainted , you know maybe that he knows he 's used to that kind of erm behaviour from the family , you know , and he knows what Eddie 's like his fa I do n't know I might be completely wrong but I used my imagination there . |
| 52 | Three times in succession they have fallen in the semi-finals , and Beenhakker 's departure became a formality when they were thrashed 5-0 by Milan at San Siro last season . |
| 53 | He was going like a winner when he came to the third from home , fell and broke a leg . |
| 54 | Alan Parker comes up with a winner when his cast of unknowns forms a working-class band that lights the torch of opportunity in Dublin 's mean streets . |
| 55 | I wanted to be a winner when I played football and I still do as a manager . ’ |
| 56 | Ah , but you 're a winner when I I 'm alright now . |
| 57 | A police spokesman said : ‘ The woman and a colleague , recently joined and under instruction , were answering a call to a burglary when they came across the incident involving a taxi driver and his fare . |
| 58 | The exception is a Warwickshire shopping centre where they look at a peacock when they want to know the time . |
| 59 | ‘ You ca n't be a footballer when you grow up and the girls ’ toilets are messy . ’ |
| 60 | Since this news broke , I have been subjected to numerous snide remarks concerning my ability to spot a footballer when I see one . |