Example sentences of "to [be] [adv] when [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I came to the Putney Young Women 's Christian Association Hostel to be near the hospital , and went to Fulham Congregational Church , so as to be near when IT happened . |
| 2 | ‘ I told her to be here when we arrived . |
| 3 | But I need to be here when they refuel . ’ |
| 4 | She saw them come out , saw Feargal give a wide , devilish grin , before handing Terry into the gleaming white car , saw him carefully join her — and Ellie wanted not to be here when they got back . |
| 5 | " Do n't expect me to be here when you get back . " |
| 6 | I do n't want to be here when she comes back . ’ |
| 7 | To be just when you have not received justice . |
| 8 | Young Paul happened to be home when she mentioned it , and looked up over his spectacles . |
| 9 | Marion whispered and turned away because she could n't bear to be there when something died , when all the love that she had bottled up inside herself evaporated like liquid left out in the sun . |
| 10 | He would like to be there when they shot the bastard . |
| 11 | And , our research shows that the audience wants their news to be there when they want it — to cover major events when they happen — or to give an update on whatever is new that hour . |
| 12 | Will you help us to be there when they need us ? |
| 13 | And you went to school in the morning but never knew whether your house was going to be there when you got home for dinner or whether you 'd still have a mum and dad and |
| 14 | I want to be there when you find the others . ’ |
| 15 | Mrs Goodhaven went to a committee meeting , then home in time to be there when you telephoned . |
| 16 | and bolt that one because I do n't want anybody to be there when I get back . |
| 17 | You wanted to be there when he found the box , your arrival was nothing to do with Barbara Coleman going home . ’ |
| 18 | You just have to be there when he needs you , for practical as well as emotional help . |
| 19 | ‘ I could have arranged to be there when he called … none of this would have happened if I 'd been there to take care of her . ’ |
| 20 | Alexandra talked to her when she wanted it , read to her when she wished , and while she slept in the daytime , sat and did the household correspondence , knowing Aunt Emily liked her to be there when she woke . |
| 21 | One way to endure severe abuse is not to be there when it happens . |
| 22 | He was late yesterday , got a brand new vehicle and , yet I mean if , if was getting here at one and yesterday he got to ours at half past eleven , so erm , it was half past eleven that 's right , it was dead on , so erm , erm whatever 's he going to be like when it gets near to Christmas ? |