Example sentences of "but when [pers pn] [vb -s] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are , of course , many occupations in which similar demands of constant readiness are made , but when it goes on for twenty years or more it is inclined to upset a good domestic relationship . |
| 2 | But when it comes up for the real audit , what job , is it going to encourage jobs that are audited . |
| 3 | But when it comes down to it , the V8 is more a car for drivers than passengers . |
| 4 | MACAULEY Culkin 's Kevin may be a dab hand with a booby trap but when it comes down to straightforward , grimy-faced scallywaggery , there are a couple of Irish lads in Into The West who could give him a run for his money . |
| 5 | But when it comes down to it , they 're just another extension of the posing and preening junk-culture metal showing now on MTV heavy rotation . |
| 6 | But when it comes down to it , Oswaldston is n't the sort of place one visits , is it ? what ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You might be a whizz at your job , you might have the charisma of ten men , but when it comes down to normal decent human values you 're nothing . |
| 8 | Great sporting moments have many facets but when it comes down to thrills and spill and leaving the pulses racing , the National is hard to beat . |
| 9 | But when it comes down to it , they 're just another extension of the posing and preening junk-culture metal showing now on MTV heavy rotation . |
| 10 | They wanted to keep them happy , they let them carry on with their religion , it did n't interest them but when it comes down to serious things like killing erm political agitators , the Romans wanted to deal with that themselves . |
| 11 | Before deciding to stock any wine , Winemark look extensively at the quality and reliability of the winery , but when it comes down to it , it 's the taste that makes the difference . |
| 12 | So the ideal as far as federal government is concerned is they , they devise policy guidelines and they provide financial inducements to states to implement various programmes but when it comes down to it they run up against the rock of the constitution and the constitution says that the states derive their authority from this sacred document and they are not to be tampered with and the consequence is that America has , not only a federal government , but fifty state governments er and those state governments are large enterprises which enjoy wide initiative and they contributors , contribute to the divi diversity of the United States as a political system . |
| 13 | But when it comes down to it , women protect women . ’ |
| 14 | But when it comes down to it you ca n't do it can you ? |
| 15 | It should be a close race on paper , but when it comes down to it we 'll see what happens . |
| 16 | But when he arrives down under , the simple enquiry leads to other more disturbing questions . |
| 17 | Yeah I do n't say we do n't row , I do n't say we do n't argue and get on each other 's nerves , we do , but when he goes back to work now for a couple of days it 'll take me three or four days to settle down into not having him there . |
| 18 | But when he gets round to it , I think he 'll control them a bit more closely , now you can invest in that sort of fund quite safely , and although it wo n't give you any capital growth , because if they 're giving you ten percent income , obviously the capital growth 's going to be limited , but er if it 's the income that you 're after , not a bad thing to do , so I mean at the moment I may actually combine one income-type er P E P with one growth and income , where the , where the , perhaps the yield is about five percent . |
| 19 | During the death story Tin Roof tells Someone that they do n't ‘ move in time ’ ( 133/329 ) , but when he comes back to life , Larry feels as if he ‘ live[s] backwards ’ ( 104/300 ) and hears conversations ‘ in waves that run backwards through time ’ ( 103/299 ) . |
| 20 | But when he looks up at what 's happening on the top floor , he sees everything speeded up . |