Example sentences of "[that] when [pers pn] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realize now that I should have fired him right then but I thought at the time that when we got him on the set he would be OK . |
| 2 | How we stumbled on this was that when we grew some of these algae at Plymouth with our colleagues there , we found that when we grew them at one temperature then these two molecules were present in a certain ratio but when we changed the water temperature then the er ratio changed . |
| 3 | The position is that when we admit anyone to nursing home care , they can only be admitted if there is a joint assessment partly by a social worker from this department , partly by either the nurse or G P , or consultant , and the , the key element needless to say in that , in terms of need , is very much the health authority input . |
| 4 | And then you find that when they say it in the fourth year , they mean it and you begin to realize . |
| 5 | ‘ You realise that when you tell it like it is , they ham it up for you anyway . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You must have realised that when you summoned him to your hotel to break the news — ’ |
| 7 | Or that avocado is the only fat-containing fruit and that when you order it with an oily dressing , or with prawns in mayonnaise dressing , you are ordering one of the most fattening first courses of all ? |
| 8 | Then , for the main course , she chose the steak-and-kidney pie , dripping gravy down her horrible blouse ( it 's the sort of blouse that when you see it in the shop you wonder how the shopkeeper intends to dispose of it because no one in their right mind would ever dream of swapping cash for it ) . |
| 9 | I swear to you that when I kissed you in Ib 's Club it was simply because I could n't resist the temptation . |
| 10 | Then , when I see there is the doubt , that when I tell him about the baby . |
| 11 | Your Grace will therefore be so good as to allow me to ask you most humbly for my discharge … seeing that when I asked you for permission to travel to Vienna three years ago you graciously declared that I had nothing to hope for in Salzburg and would do better to seek my fortune elsewhere . |
| 12 | I did erm , mention , I think on one of them which was the erm Tim , this is the upstairs , I did actually mention that when I saw it to Roger . |
| 13 | Yes , you said that when I saw you at the station , ha ! ha ! ’ |
| 14 | I overcame this problem quite easily in the end : I just gave her less for supper when she was off my hand , got her weight down , say , half an ounce , and built up her appetite , so that when I had her on my fist she 'd be hungry . |
| 15 | I knew that when I sold it to you . ’ |
| 16 | I asked that when I bought it of course . |
| 17 | And their shared taste for rich cake with coffee late at night restored her faith in their friendship a little , so that when he asked her about her family 's plans for Christmas she was able to answer in a relaxed and natural way . |
| 18 | We were sitting on rather low chairs , and he was very tall , so that when he placed himself at my corner his impedimenta were almost on a level with my nose . |
| 19 | She had forced him to live against the grain of his own nature which was weak and pleasure-loving and stubborn with it , so that when she beat him for laziness or lying , he became more determinedly idle and sullen . |