Example sentences of "[adv] when [verb] or " in BNC.

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1 In a temperate country shoes are made in a factory by workers who are process controllers rather than craftsmen , and they touch the materials only when loading or unloading machines .
2 Stacked for six months this will provide a useful ingredient to dig into the ground in the autumn , either forked in when planting or used as a mulch .
3 It has no elasticity , is brittle and breaks easily when brushed or combed .
4 They take cold easily when sweating or in a draught but are in general better ( > ) in the open air , though worse ( < ) on getting heated .
5 Turntable is recessed into oven floor and it can be switched off when grilling or microwaving food in square or rectangular dishes .
6 Staircases are things to consider carefully when buying or renting a house .
7 If you 're after a touch of colour , ‘ false ’ curtains , which do n't draw but hang for decoration only , are one possibility — although you will also need to ventilate the room , opening the window slightly when showering or having a bath .
8 They are very lightweight and proved ideal to use as a back up when walking or cycling in shorts .
9 Patterns of dots from a painting program tend to fall apart when enlarged or coagulate into muddy puddles if reduced .
10 Corrie 's Original Easy Kneeler Stool ( about £33 ) is robustly constructed and comes with a foam mat that can be used to kneel on when weeding or , turned over , to sit on while having a rest and a cup of tea .
11 In chapter seven of The Form , leading his disciple on from the initial perspective of striving to order her inner life as if she should die tomorrow — a challenge which sets the adrenalin running and wonderfully sharpens awareness — he potently reminds her in terms of his own cultural coinage that the world is indeed " charged with the grandeur of God " by instructing her to see all her physical experience in terms of the sacrifice also offered at the Mass : By means of keeping in remembrance this little incantatory prayer at meals and indeed at all times not otherwise taken up with prayer or speech ( " and thynk it noght anely whils etes , bot bath before and after , ay bot when prayes or spekes " , 7.104.39 – 40 ) the disciple will maintain a constant perception of all aspects of sustaining life as a divine gift mysteriously available in time only through the processes of death and resurrection .
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