Example sentences of "but when [pers pn] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've known very independent career women who 'd do anything to reach the top , but when they have a baby they suddenly decide to take two years out . |
| 2 | A police spokesman said : ‘ We can see the funny side now but when we get a report like that , we have to respond . ’ |
| 3 | Yeah , but when we have a pint and a half o er , pound and a half of mince so you should have a three quarters of a pint . |
| 4 | But when we read a page of powerful writing , we see immediately that it is not clever and has nothing to do with fanciness or obscurity . |
| 5 | ‘ 'When I was a child I spake as a child , I understood as a child , I thought as a child , but when I became a man , I put away childish things . |
| 6 | Cos I do n't normally snore unless I get a cold but when I get a cold I fucking |
| 7 | I worked in Norwich for two years and got my City and Guilds in hairdressing , but when I saw an advertisement for a receptionist 's job at a local company ( now ) I jumped at the chance . |
| 8 | But when I looked a bit closer , I saw they were advertising gigs that were happening there next week . ’ |
| 9 | But when I criticise a tremolo system for being awkward to change strings on , or a truss rod for being inaccessible , it 's because I change my own strings and adjust my own truss rod . |
| 10 | But when I needed a breath of air , or wished to explore Reine , and was out of the attic for an hour or so , leaving him alone there , he became depressed and even a little disagreeable . |
| 11 | But when you 've a bun in the oven |
| 12 | But when you lift a corpse that looks anything but a corpse , it 's terrifying . |
| 13 | But when you buy a council house it is slightly different in as much as some some of them wo n't have them . |
| 14 | It 's a funny thing , but when you see a client about something you very often see him soon again about something else . |
| 15 | The pilots used to say it 's a pilots ' plane — when you flew a Hurricane the pilot flew the plane , but when you flew a Spitfire , it flew itself . |
| 16 | I do , I hope but we appreciated Claire and Steven had her more than we had , but you know , we 've had the odd times we 've virtually been across there a month or something like , but but when you have a position where you have five |
| 17 | ‘ All parents worry , but when you have a child with something like Maisie has the worry is obviously more . |
| 18 | But when you have a community centre like street that is which a joint you can see the value of of of maintaining it as a a paid for as a a a erm and be substantial volunteer input that exists . |
| 19 | But when you have a situation where youngsters of 12 or 13 — and in some cases even younger — who may only have won a couple of matches , are being offered $500,000 guarantees to sign up with one of the management companies before they are snapped up by one of the rival agents , the potential for long term damage is enormous . ’ |
| 20 | But when he ordered a bottle of chilled white wine she said quickly , ‘ Not for me . ’ |
| 21 | But when he wrote a cheque to pay his poll tax bill it was five pence short of the £122.97p owed to Suffolk Coastal Council . |
| 22 | But when he finishes a movie he is still apt to ‘ break out and go a bit mad . |
| 23 | He thought she was asleep , but when he put a hand to her face he felt warm tears on her cheek . |
| 24 | I was beginning to feel suspicious about my room , but when he opened a door with a key and turned on the light I saw a small clean room with a bed , a table and a chair . |
| 25 | It was thin stuff , almost bellwire , but when he wrapped a length around either hand and then pulled , it did n't seem to stretch . |
| 26 | But when she takes a step towards me I find I 've crossed the kitchen to meet her . |
| 27 | They had reached the house , but when she made a move to open her door he leant across and slammed it shut . |