Example sentences of "when they be [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've always disliked the idea of couples when they 're like Siamese twins , like it 's always ‘ Charlie and Kate' ’ , and it 's never one alone . |
| 2 | Connoisseurs of bike racing prefer breaks by more than one rider , especially when they 're in different teams , for then riders ‘ sit in ’ , not taking their working turn at the front , conserving energy and slowing the break , thus wearing down other riders in favour of a team-leader back down the road in the peloton . |
| 3 | There is evidence that sons make considerable efforts to provide support for their parents even when they are in straitened circumstances themselves . |
| 4 | The Forces Programme was renamed the Light Programme in 1945 , ‘ designed to appeal not so much to a certain class of listener — but to all listeners when they are in certain moods ’ ( BBC , 1946 , p. 53 ) . |
| 5 | They can not then use that small amount for the few personal items that they may want to buy when they are in residential homes . |
| 6 | Indeed , some went so far as to ‘ play dumb ’ when they were with male students because they knew that the men did n't like clever women . |
| 7 | He would often hold her hand when they were at large gatherings : it was , one friend wrote , " very touching " . |
| 8 | But often the- when they were in small houses where they had to do everything , erm they tended to find that they were they were expected to sort of skivvy much more . |