Example sentences of "[pron] is [Wh adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dryness , a dry , hacking , barking cough in cold air , which is when they feel most uncomfortable ; copious expectoration of mucus in the warm which produces a general amelioration . |
| 2 | Men only seem able to do it when they are in their teens — which is when they peak sexually . |
| 3 | So the point of the maxim that actions speak louder than words is not that people never use non-linguistic actions to communicate ( which is when they may be deliberately misleading ) , but that language is much less often used to do anything else . |
| 4 | So this poor woman is er anaesthetized , intubated , which is when they put the tube down the throat and connect you up to the life-support machine , and then she 's supposed to be being maintained in her unconscious state with inhalation anaesthesia , in other words they give her er gas and air to breathe to keep her unconscious . |
| 5 | G. and I trek round to the sampling point for the discharge to the canal for the cooling water , which is when we see the plant is closed . |
| 6 | There is the Laundry Room on the second floor , scene of trysts and quickies and what the team here call knee-tremblers , which is when you do it standing up . |
| 7 | For example , if original bearing was 030° , then twice that is 060° , which is when you stop timing . |
| 8 | which is when you 've been there for a for genuinely over an hour and a half . |
| 9 | It 's actually and that 's the most absorbent time , your mind 's most absorbent where you 're up to the age of five which is when you should when you 're at nursery school . |
| 10 | If you wish to discuss any of the above in private , please feel free to call me — after one , which is when I rise , and before four , which is when I begin work . |
| 11 | If you wish to discuss any of the above in private , please feel free to call me — after one , which is when I rise , and before four , which is when I begin work . |
| 12 | Which is when I heard the car . |
| 13 | They wake you at five a.m. , which is when I 'm often going to bed , and you 're so knackered by mid-morning that you doze all day . ’ |
| 14 | She jumped a bit at the unexpected prezzy , but Cathedral pigeons are raised on bread and pretty soon my bird was tucking in , which is when I followed up — a bit harder — with a handful of precinct gravel . |
| 15 | Then I imagined Lewis , boots tied round his neck , for some reason suddenly resembling Shane MacGowan , skinning her jeans off , not me , and he turned into Rodney Ritchie , at home with his parents , unpicking the individual stitches of her jeans with a tiny knife , and the Ritchies all wore badly-fitting jeans and had denim curtains and denim carpets and denim light shades and denim wallpaper with the little rivets left on like poppers so you could just press paintings and photos onto the wall … except that Mr Ritchie looked like Claude Levi-Strauss , which is when I think I started to get confused . |
| 16 | We might surrender to fear , which is when it will eat us completely , leaving us paralysed and unable to act or think clearly . |
| 17 | ENOUGH voters seem to have thought so , which is why we now have a Labour leadership contest . |
| 18 | Which is why we 've recently abolished some charges altogether and simplified others . |
| 19 | Which is why we chose PPP to arrange the plan . |
| 20 | It can be done also while the train is moving , which is why we want to know if there was anyone in the dome car who was unknown to you all . |
| 21 | ‘ Which is why we will be taking the lead in the world conference in Brazil this summer . ’ |
| 22 | Computational experience has shown that pseudo-costs do not vary too much from node to node ( which is why we have not given them a ‘ k ’ subscript ) . |
| 23 | Which is why we 're meeting here at this very spot . |
| 24 | ‘ We choose children who will fully appreciate this trip , which is why we do n't select those who are blind . |
| 25 | Which is why we prefer to work face to face . |
| 26 | Which is why we will invest R8 million in South Africa over the next three years alone . |
| 27 | Which is why we have an enormous range of Stainshield carpets , and knowledgeable staff who are only too happy to give you advice on how to choose a carpet with a carefree , long life . |
| 28 | Which is why we offer Pictorial Aerogrammes in a choice of six evocative designs . |
| 29 | Wella understands this , which is why we 've created the ultimate hair treatment range : System Professional . |
| 30 | Which is why we 've developed our Ultra Sound Diagnostic Scanner to offer peace of mind to prospective parents . |