Example sentences of "[not/n't] [be] [adv] when [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bungalow showed no sign of life , and there had not been any when they had driven past on the road . |
| 2 | The word had not been there when she left that morning . |
| 3 | ‘ I will not be here when you return from the invasion of France . |
| 4 | The one thing Katherine had n't bargained for when she executed her well-laid plans was that her brother Leo might not be home when she arrived . |
| 5 | There was about an inch of water covering the floor that she was certain had n't been there when they 'd stopped at the cupboard . |
| 6 | And he had tried to be helpful about the blotter , staring at it with almost painful intensity before saying that he thought that the black markings had n't been there when he had last seen the blotter on Monday evening . |
| 7 | She had blinds on the window and said she would n't be long when he knocked at the locked door . |
| 8 | I 've got mine back on , but it wo n't be long when I get out the bus mind , but |
| 9 | But Mark wo n't be there when you take them back . |
| 10 | Otherwise he might n't be there when you go to pick him up . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ If I left that at the door of St Joe 's in Greenock it would n't be there when I came out , ’ chirps Lesley . |
| 12 | She had nearly told him she would n't be there when he came for her . |