Example sentences of "when [pron] [be] " in BNC.

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1 She never dropped out of University and she always worked ( when no-one was looking ) , but she never really felt a part of the University itself , so much as a part of Bristol the city .
2 When no-one was available to see him he went red in the face and started thumping the desk , ’ said Ann .
3 When everyone is ready , lift together and put the person 's buttocks up against the base of the pillows .
4 How can the computer priesthood survive when everyone is a member ?
5 When everyone is happy with the page , the metal is wheeled over to a large proofing press , which makes a positive impression of very high quality .
6 When everyone is prepared , you call out one of the words .
7 One possibility is to take the loss now , in the current balance sheet , when everyone is feeling pain .
8 When everyone is being encouraged to have their say and chipping in , you can only have decision-making by consensus and that takes a lot of time .
9 When everyone is speaking at once in a meeting , keep talking in a calm , reasonable manner .
10 When everyone is fit , I 'm usually the one sitting on the substitutes ' bench .
11 ‘ We 've had to chop and change on a regular basis this season , but it could hold us in good stead because when everyone is fit again , we 'll know we have people who can operate well in different positions . ’
12 In Tenerife , seven nights at the Laguna Park II Apartments starts at £159 per person and only £225 at the hotel Oasis Paradiso on half board during December , just when everyone is shivering in Britain .
13 How gear is that when everyone is jumping everybody else 's train ?
14 When everyone is on the water , we still have spare craft to choose from .
15 When everyone is sailing there are still unused craft ashore , so there 's lots of choice .
16 The drawing illustrates a situation where heavy hidden costs arise just when everyone is happy that the project is nearing completion .
17 Or again , in textbook families , where there is invariably a mother , father , boy , and girl ( notwithstanding the fact that now over 30% of families in this country are now single-parent ) , the turns are taken regularly and predictably , with an order and courtesy that I fail to recognise from conversations in my own 4-member household , on those rare occasions when everyone is present .
18 ‘ We can leave in an hour or so when everyone is asleep .
19 Which makes it when everyone 's working .
20 ( I 'll tell you when everyone 's on ) .
21 I mean , when we 're all like , laughing and joking and everything he 's like , oh yeah really in with it but when everyone 's like arguing or whatever he he
22 She said — or rather I did , to her solicitors — that she would consider it again in a year or so when everyone was calmer . ’
23 The one-day games were now held before the Test series rather than after , an hors d'oeuvre rather than a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was full , but the first game at Headingley was distinctly uninspiring .
24 When everyone was occupied she would waft into the room and over to the cradle , to peer quietly into it and then , satisfied that the baby was safe and well , to slip in behind the door .
25 When everyone was sitting round the fire , drinking beer and asking Sigarup about his leg , about the doctor and the hospital and the journey back , Kalchu disappeared outside .
26 When everyone was served , Zak the investigator along through Scene Two , disclosing the details of the attempted kidnap of one of the horses and leaving a tantalizing question mark in the shape of which one ?
27 She had her own meal early , around six , then watched some television on the set she had in her room , and came down later for a chat with the family when everyone was feeling relaxed .
28 When everyone was reasonably settled Mr Peters stood in front of the congregation and clasped his hands .
29 ‘ … directly reminiscent of the existence of the individual in infancy before he could talk readily , when everyone was bigger and stronger , when chairs and tables were mountainous and had sharp injurious edges , when he could flood the dark universe with light if someone lifted him to press the switch , but when usually his greatest efforts were ineffectual to change anything .
30 He stayed by Miss Groundwater 's side , and at the end , when everyone was leaving , asked if he might escort her home .
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