Example sentences of "but when [pron] [verb] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since it was very hot they just put on a loincloth , but when they had visitors they might throw on a leopard skin to look more venerable . |
| 2 | But when I pressed O it turned out W but you know as we 're typing and all of a sudden you 've pressed O , and then I say I press W I got W up but no O. |
| 3 | Ri Rita said Ken said it was a Porshe , but when I asked Ken he said he did n't say it was a Porshe , he says I would n't know a Porshe if I 've seen one and I says yeah , that 's what Dave said , ha , ha , ha , cos you said oh Ken do n't know one car from another and , and that 's what he said |
| 4 | But when I played Paul he made three successive century breaks . |
| 5 | But when I found John he knew nothing about car maintenance . |
| 6 | He appeared to be asleep but when he saw officers he took off at high speed . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , I have ; but when he confronts Richard he will be told that he could be taken to court ; he 's been at me for years . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , she did , and I think she hoped something would come of it — well , so did I. But when he met Angela he was just bowled over by her . |
| 9 | But when he needed help they just turned away . ’ |
| 10 | Presumably he had already set in motion the machinery which next month would array a large army under his command , but when he approached Limoges he still had only a few men with him . |
| 11 | Her current job is marketing controller for South East sales region , but when she left University she at first had no idea what she wanted to do . |
| 12 | The dog had her head thrown back ready to deliver another bark but when she saw Julia she rolled her navy-blue eye in its white socket and smiled . |
| 13 | But when she broke surface it became evident that she had mislaid two thirds of her costume . |