Example sentences of "when [pron] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | How does he know the plate price is high , he did n't make that quite , when I only gave him a total price |
| 2 | and lovely , I just woke up , er a couple of minutes before then the insurance lad come cos when I only , he should of come yesterday and I waited in but I could n't , you know when I opened the door I says I , I he says , you know |
| 3 | Tackling a black run in a blizzard was a worry , but when you only have a long weekend you ca n't hang around for the sun to shine . |
| 4 | When you only used to do four or five a year — never mind five in one weekend . |
| 5 | An upward blow to the nose , driving it towards the forehead could seriously injure your attacker when you only intended to give him a bloody nose . |
| 6 | Of course — and especially when you only want a single rose to fill a gap — it is all very easy to succumb to the highly coloured and neatly packaged entreaties to impulse buying , conspicuously displayed in supermarkets , DIY garden centres , and even the local street market . |
| 7 | " How is it you know so much when you only took the shop over last week ? " |
| 8 | But just to make life a lot easier — and that helps when you only have a 30 second commercial in which to get your philosophy and bargain offer across — advertising agencies have edited out death . |
| 9 | I ca n't harm them — the way you once harmed my family when you only meant to harm me ! |
| 10 | When a floorboard is difficult to lift or when you only want to take up a short piece , a floorboard saw is helpful . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's difficult to work out somebody 's background when you only see them on the ski-slopes or fooling around après-ski . |
| 12 | Bigamy forgetting you already have a wife or husband , thinking you have two partners , when you only have one or permanent impudent |
| 13 | Well the total is always three sixty all the way round but was this when you had a million pound pocket money or when you only got four pence a week . |
| 14 | I do n't know how you can be so tired when you only get up at half past ten in the morning ! |
| 15 | And then , when she only stared at the car without responding , he added , ‘ I said it was a matter of timing . |
| 16 | But towards end when she only , she only had a pound to lose and she paid about six week on run to go to get weighed to tell her she was exactly same weight . |
| 17 | Why can I read you like a book , when we only met for the first time four days ago ? |
| 18 | Like several of his contemporaries , his best season with us was 1913–14 , when we only missed out on the championship itself on goal-average . |
| 19 | Could our bodies glow red when we only have a day left so we could all sit down and wait comfortably and then when we snuff it we could just disappear . |
| 20 | Every season Glentoran and Linfield won everything , and I thought it was a fantastic result when we only lost narrowly at Windsor or the Oval . |
| 21 | One gravedigger said : ‘ A £30 a week drop from our top line is a lot of money when we only get £240 before tax . ’ |
| 22 | We saw herds of stags and although we never actually walked for a day when we did n't see anyone else , there was a week of walking when we only saw one other person for every day . |
| 23 | ‘ 1966 , ’ he replied , ‘ when they only used to show the important ones — the ones that really mattered . |
| 24 | It 's got lots , it 's got hydrogen and it 's got lots of carbons in and these carbons when they do n't burn completely , when they only sort of partly burn , they form carbon monoxide instead of dioxide . |
| 25 | Since definitions are tidier when they only involve discrete alternatives , the languages used for these definitions almost always contain only functions f with finite ranges . |
| 26 | Meanwhile , the quality of golf from Cheshire 's youngsters when they only lost 9–8 to the experienced Bromborough seniors was testimony to the coaching they are receiving from the county 's two professional teachers Alan Thompson ( Heswall ) and Peter Barber ( Didsbury ) . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , the quality of golf from Cheshire 's youngsters when they only lost 9–8 to the experienced Bromborough seniors was testimony to the coaching they are receiving from the county 's two professional teachers Alan Thompson ( Heswall ) and Peter Barber ( Didsbury ) . |
| 28 | ‘ I think we should have a cup of tea , ’ Rose said with jollying encouragement towards Moran but when he only looked back out at her she just continued talking as she got kettle and teapot . |
| 29 | Not bathing for two days was no great inconvenience when he only had himself for company ; not shaving suited him fine when there was no woman to complain of beard burns . |
| 30 | When he only bought them for three X ? |