Example sentences of "they [verb] when they [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They stopped when they saw him , then dived right and left , but at fifty yards the rifle was lethal and Sharpe saw his bullet lift a man clean off the ground . |
| 2 | Well when , yes where they rented when they sold theirs |
| 3 | He says they have 2 kinds of bite : a ’ go away ’ bite and the bite they give when they think you 're food . |
| 4 | Thomas quietly bought them another cup of coffee each , and they giggled when they realized it and clinked the thick coffee mugs with him before carrying on with their conversation as if he were n't there . |
| 5 | How they puffed themselves up to outstrip others in their pleasure-giving powers , how they boomed when they protested they 'd avenge assaults on her innocence by others . |
| 6 | Television documentary-makers asked them , respectfully , about exactly how they felt when they hacked their aged mothers to death or disembowelled a neighbour 's child . |
| 7 | They laughed when they saw her . |
| 8 | What do they mean when they say they come from The Forest Of Dean ? |
| 9 | What do they mean when they say there will be no promotions at present ? |
| 10 | They should all be ‘ under one roof ’ : that was what mattered , and what they did when they got there was an issue of relative indifference . |
| 11 | Well I mean I suppose they do when they do something stupid . |
| 12 | As I walked and as I looked , I experienced what birdwatchers call a ‘ jizz ’ , the feeling they get when they spot something very out of the ordinary . |
| 13 | Talking about the reality of living on poverty wages , she said : ’ The children , mainly , do n't get enough to eat ; things they need when they need them , like the shoes and the clothes . |
| 14 | But mothers do n't always get the help they need when they need it or for long enough , due to shorter hospital stays and shortage of staff or volunteers . |