Example sentences of "when they have [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you know these telephone-holes — when they 've dug a good hole they put a sort of canvas tent on top , so that they can work in comfort underneath . |
| 2 | The only thing to remember about telling jokes at the breakfast/lunch/tea/dinner/supper table is not to make anyone sitting opposite you laugh when they 've got a half-chewed mouthful of tomatoey mush or curried gunge . |
| 3 | When they 've got a bad day , I find they want love . ’ |
| 4 | Because , although it 's before nine erm , the next morning erm you 're actually giving them now more lead time , you 've given them another day because an , sometime tomorrow you know , if it gets there at two o'clock and it 's off-loading in in in at the bay and someone checks that it 's been received and then someone makes a phone call to tell them it 's there , and then they 're doing something else , and then they come down and have a look at it , how many boxes do you think are sitting on loading bays that do n't get looked at for a day or two , or three , or four , five when they 've had a next day service ? |
| 5 | They must have been there because people only grew up like Tina when they had had a hard time as children . |
| 6 | In other words , they preferred , when they had earned a certain basic sum of money sufficient to meet their immediate needs , to spend the rest of their time in leisure rather than in work to increase their earnings . |
| 7 | Other men talked about it quite openly in the club , when they 'd had a few drinks . |
| 8 | men when they 'd retrieved a live person , or even a dead one . |
| 9 | Some fellows , when they have had a few drinks , and are in the presence of an attractive woman , are prone to talk too much . |