Example sentences of "and when it [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 and when it gets to the chasing teddy bears you 've got to run as fast as you can , so you 'd better move out of the way
2 And when it came to the last garment , I pulled that off as well , glad as children always are , and I hope always will to be undressed and free , and stood in what Janet calls ‘ birthday clothes ’ .
3 Firelight was conspicuously much less nervous , and when it came to the riding she did for Nails what she would do for none of the others , even Nutty .
4 He even took exception to the introduction I gave him and when it came to the commercial break , he wagged his finger at me .
5 We led by two shots going into the last round , and when it blew on the last day , I did n't think anybody could beat Trevino .
6 If you are not too bothered erm , if you do n't know a priori where the break comes , you can just split the sample size in half and just estimate erm an equation for each , not less , you wo n't but the computer will , if you just specify half the sample size , right , and when it asks for the number of observations failure or Chow tests you just press the return key and it will use all the remaining observations , right , but when you are doing the empirical work you should always test for structural stability , right , and er either of Chow 's tests will , will suffice , right , but if you 've got a very small stock sample where there are fewer observations than there are parameters to be estimated you will have to use Chow 's second test failure .
7 The aircraft went into a dive and when it broke through the cloud base the pilot saw the ground less than 1000 feet below him .
8 But La Traviata is essentially a singer 's opera , and when it comes to the singers , Toscanini displays a rigidity that is little short of insensitive .
9 The British experience was perceived by Michael Foot when in Opposition in the following way : ‘ I think one of the most serious threats to the power of the House of Commons is the notion which is growing up that you can have a meeting in Downing Street of the Executive and the CBI and the TUC who make an agreement that is binding and when it comes to the House of Commons the House of Commons has not the power … to tear that bargain apart ’ ( quoted in Grant 1977 , p. 169 ) .
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