Example sentences of "when [pers pn] be [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is only later , when I am faced with real life , that the theories no longer seem so reasonable . |
| 2 | When I was separated from all these early influences , my choices became simple . |
| 3 | It arose because of my meeting George Wigg in the army , whom I had encountered when I was based at Southern Command headquarters and he was at the same headquarters as a Lieutenant-Colonel in charge of army education , where he had already established a reputation for ruthless eccentricity . |
| 4 | I was able to recall perfectly quite long sequences of words even when I was exposed to each for little more than twenty milliseconds . |
| 5 | I knew an empty beer keg when I was tied to one , and the last time I 'd seen that particular one there had been a young punk called Emma sitting on it nostrilling certain noxious and probably illegal substances . |
| 6 | I found trouble when I was issued with different colours . |
| 7 | Then when I was chosen with four others to go to the Folies , we were all excited about going then . |
| 8 | When I went home a when I was started at ten and thruppence a week , it was a regula regulation in the family that the spending money erm basis , what you got for spending , was a penny in the shilling . |
| 9 | I went looking for a quiet place to sit — while gazing with interest at the multi armed , three-breasted Salmo'kkan dancers being sinuous on a mini-stage when I was frozen in mid stride |
| 10 | Well that 's why now I 'm glad when I 'm come on this diet that I can fill his |
| 11 | And when I 'm published in some classy mag |
| 12 | I cut my other life off real life off and become that person and I 'm at my happiest when I 'm submerged in another character doing it . |
| 13 | in simply why not and simply hoping that someone 's gon na go out and buy your brand of petrol for example erm I think for me it 's erm there are so many messages flashed at people every day erm do this , do that , buy our product instead of X and X's product but when you 've paid , when you 're faced with that purchase decision , and I , I would say perhaps this is true for most people from most jargon . |
| 14 | They do n't wish it to happen , but it becomes an impossibility almost for them to stand up to their rights , and Mr talks about rights and no rights is in abstract and we all know how difficult it is then to stand up as a minority when you 're surrounded by that majority , but I 've had personal representations |
| 15 | Real time pressures arise when you are faced with complex tasks and do not have sufficient leeway to consider the best form of action . |
| 16 | Just when you are alerted to one con trick , it seems someone else is waiting around the corner with another devious way of getting you to part with your money . |
| 17 | When you are detained in ugly , sordid , or ungrateful embraces , it would be difficult without the artificial aid of a picture to counterfeit those ecstasies which every corner may expect for his money . |
| 18 | When you are interrupted in contemplative devotion , says Hilton , do n't be angry and depressed but This is the mode by which man following a mixed life realises in himself the creative love of God — the fire of love that Rolle talked of as consuming all that is dark . |
| 19 | The other thing to remember is that when you are caught in that fearful quiet , that sense of the hopelessness of ever writing again , then any commission , any writing task set by another person , is a lifesaver . |
| 20 | Because when you were trained in those days you only had two children or otherwise you had another nanny if you had more . |
| 21 | But she 's secretly ambivalent about her friends and an open breach looms when she 's drawn to charismatic outsider J.D. who seduces her into an apparently humorous plan of attack . |
| 22 | Evidence from police and forensic officers said Mrs Prescott looked as if she 'd been sewing the hem of a curtain , when she was shot at close range in the back of the head . |
| 23 | We were delighted when she was kennelled with another dog , John , whom she absolutely idolised . |
| 24 | So she waited for the summons to the prince 's presence , and went with a demure step and a high heart when she was called at last . |
| 25 | Doreen Ditchburn , an eighty-three year old widow , was walking home when she was robbed by two attackers and pushed to the ground , breaking her leg . |
| 26 | She was kept in a cell from 2 p.m. until 8.30 p.m. when she was charged with unlawful possession of a pair of hairbrushes . |
| 27 | When she was taken for further interrogation the following day , it was with mixed feelings of anticipation and dread . |
| 28 | Mr Moulton was a member of the original funding syndicate for Rebel when she was launched in 1986 . |
| 29 | And Martina Navratilova 's wish to avoid Steffi Graf until the final was granted when she was promoted above higher-ranked Arantxa Sanchez Vicario to second seed . |
| 30 | Phyllisia faced many trials while she was growing up in Harlem , the first occurred when she was mocked by other pupils in her class , they called her ‘ Monkey chaser ’ and ‘ Teachers pet ’ because she was cleverer than the others . |