Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] a [noun] when [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I mean a point when I was with her , right ? |
| 2 | The innocent might imagine that something will flow from that , but I smell a rat when I hear the word ’ commitment ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ But I know a friend when I see one . ’ |
| 4 | I know a racket when I smell one . |
| 5 | I know a whore when I see one . ’ |
| 6 | Beth thought it was something to do with the heat haze but I know a centaur when I see one . |
| 7 | The story had been taken up in yesterday 's paper by another lady , old-age pensioner Miss Judith Kennedy , a retired teacher who told a local reporter that ‘ I know an eagle when I see one because I lived in Cyprus for twenty years and there are many eagles there . |
| 8 | I wear a personal stereo so I do n't hear their comments , but since I sweat a lot when I 'm running I can understand that they do not like it when I get too close . |
| 9 | So I , I , you know I always have a salad for me dinner and I have a salad when I night |
| 10 | Well I sometimes do when , er , if , I have a tendency when it 's , when it 's right to praise instantly when it 's right and when it 's wrong . |
| 11 | Section 15 of the 1968 Theft Act says that if you issue a cheque when you know you have no money in your bank you are committing a criminal offence . |
| 12 | Dusk gathers about you like a coat when you climb a fence and reach a road . |
| 13 | Yeah , but you get a cup when you win it . |
| 14 | If you hear a beep when you press one of these arrow keys then there are no more records to be found . |
| 15 | Self-select P E Ps are a little bit different , is that when you , you the managers give you a choice of shares and it 's rather like pulling the handle on the one-armed bandit , you say right , I 'll start with er er I C I and I 'll back that up with B A T , and , and you leave them in for as long as you want , and you pay a charge when you move the shares , so you can actually control the P E P . |
| 16 | If you roll a misfire when you roll the first dice the cannon has literally misfired and may explode . |
| 17 | You become a mug when you 're getting beaten up and not getting paid for it , when you 're being exploited , when you 're getting hurt . |
| 18 | Yeah but Geoff if you keep a record when you took money in when you draw it out . |
| 19 | You blink a lot when I go like that . |
| 20 | ‘ If you share a needle when you inject drugs , the chances of the needle being infected are 1-in-eight . |
| 21 | Languages generally have developed systems of address — what you call a person when you talk to them face to face — which reflect the salient social distinctions of the culture ( kin versus nonkin , intimate versus nonintimate , higher/lower status , to mention some very common ones ) . |
| 22 | when you paint a picture when you paint a picture you put all the information in the picture that you need to present the idea to other people . |
| 23 | ‘ You learn a lot when you live with a liquidator ! ’ |
| 24 | you have a look when you go up |
| 25 | Well you do n't have to have a studio , you have a choice when you book it |
| 26 | But then that question was asked last night erm from one chap about sport versus the arts and I suppose to me it is a quality of life issue erm where do you start an and stop I mean you have a problem when you have a recession do n't you , where you say okay we i we are in a recession we have got limited resources we have to make decisions . |
| 27 | That 's if you have a bed when you go back ! |
| 28 | ‘ Like , for example , what happens if you have an accident when you 're alone in the house ? |
| 29 | After all , you need an audience when you talk about fish , and salmon especially . |
| 30 | It was okay painting window frames , but it was n't going to help me get a job when I got outside . |