Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] [art] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , when I tabled a question to that effect , the Under-Secretary of State , the hon. Member for Wells ( Mr. Heathcoat-Amory ) , answered by stating that , before the position could be changed , primary legislation would be required . |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps when I get a minute to meself we can have a picnic of our own , ’ he suggested . |
| 3 | ‘ And then what do I do when I get the answer to these questions you told me to ask , and the newspaper ? ’ |
| 4 | A nagging doubt began to affect me when I observed a signpost to Cape Town . |
| 5 | ‘ Usually — on the rare occasions when I take a woman to bed . |
| 6 | Incidentally , when I put the problem to Oftel , it was ignored . |
| 7 | Having had three reviews printed and received a veiled death threat from The Godfathers , I was already something of a celebrity in my native Wigan when I took the train to Commonwealth House . |
| 8 | " The boy ; they were n't there when we went in nor were they around on the two occasions I checked the street , not were they there when I accompanied the doctor to the cab . " |
| 9 | When I opened the door to my tent the sight that greeted me was unbelievable . |
| 10 | I tried to crush up a salt tablet in a cup and dissolve it in the water but she moaned when I held the cup to her lips and tried to turn her head away . |
| 11 | When I recounted the tale to Steve Richardson , the blockbuster of the European last year and , like Daly , playing his first Masters , he quietly replied that he had played the same hole with a drive and seven-iron . |
| 12 | When I broke the matter to Karen on the deck of the ferry going home , however , I sugared the locker-room logic in language more akin to the elegant formulas of your illustrious bard . |
| 13 | Who , I might add , was busy putting her to bed when I answered the door to you . ’ |
| 14 | It 's nicer still if the table changes in the word processor when you make an alteration to your original spreadsheet . |
| 15 | ‘ What the fucking hell are you doin stealing books for money when you 've no need to , eh ? |
| 16 | When you put a stop to all that , when the place is silent and empty , all that is left is a large , ramshackle shed — cold , filthy and depressing . |
| 17 | Yet I still do n't understand you — remember when you put a stop to my having dinner Chez Auguste ? ’ |
| 18 | She puts her head back with a nervous , resigned sigh when you put the gun to her head but she does n't try anything as you cuff her hands behind her back . |
| 19 | Check also that you are getting full movement on the injector pump when you push the throttle to the floor . |
| 20 | That is precisely what happens when you become a subscriber to Microsoft Systems Journal . |
| 21 | ‘ Every time ’ — she bobbed her head at him ‘ especially when you have a room to yourself and a decent job ahead . |
| 22 | ‘ Not when you answered the door to me , ’ he pointed out . |
| 23 | When you consider the disruption to your lives if any one of your immediate family was disabled , I am sure you will agree it makes sense to cover all of you . |
| 24 | When you send a reporter to a festival , why do n't you send one who knows a little about it ? |
| 25 | Place the colour key in the first two rows as described above but when you save the design to memory , miss out the first two rows , placing the save box to start on the third row of squares . |
| 26 | When she admitted the affair to Matthew , hoping for a display of anger or jealousy , he meekly apologised for not being good enough for her and promised to try harder in future . |
| 27 | But one of her proudest moments as an ambassador came when she gave a lecture to 2,000 fellow scientists in Kyoto — and there was only one woman in the audience . |
| 28 | But Leo , when she put the idea to him , was aghast . |
| 29 | The ones that gave of carbon dioxide when we put an acid to them . |
| 30 | We drink what we wish and when we return the bottle to him we will be charged accordingly . ’ |