Example sentences of "[noun sg] when [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Packaging and handling charges do not come cheap , so what 's the point of paying for ten plastic packets along with the extra labour when you could buy one box containing 100 hooks and save up to 33 per cent ? |
| 2 | When you look at the small print , most of the items that are going to go wrong are excluded , and people get very upset and complain to our department when they ca n't get it book right . |
| 3 | And er we had a plan for to build a building with er dressing accommodation and er this was gon na cost seven thousand pound when we could n't face it , we thought that there were far more important things to deal with than that when we had housing , we had just had a housing report which said that two thousand houses in the town were not up to the modern standard . |
| 4 | Officers are dependent upon their dischargers to do their job efficiently and must always think to the future when they may need the active co-operation of a polluter . |
| 5 | For some this related to their abilities with their present enterprises whilst for others it related to the future when they might undertake a new enterprise . |
| 6 | J. and I spent that Christmas at our separate homes , but were back on camp for the New Year celebrations , the first new year of peacetime for seven years , and as 1945 drew to a close most of us were beginning to look tentatively ahead to the future when we would no longer be bound by the rules and regulations which had fenced us in for so long , and to wonder where we would all be in another twelve months . |
| 7 | There may be complaints and accusations of neglect to be endured at first , but it is stimulating for the old person to have new company and most important for you , the carer , to maintain some friends and some life outside the home , both for present needs and for the future when you will be alone . |
| 8 | I stared at him , wondering what was going on in that complex mind of his , what his real motive was in pushing north by car when we could have had a good night 's sleep and flown up in daylight . |
| 9 | But thieves almost put paid to his invalid car , by stealing the battery and then trying to smash the car when they could n't get it started . |
| 10 | Driving your car when you could have walked is like cheating at cards — you do it because you can get away with it . |
| 11 | I mean he 's in the auction when he should be with them writing the labels . |
| 12 | His personal score stood at seven which made him an ace and then came that morning of ferocious winds and driving snow when he 'd come in at four hundred feet , flying blind , lost his engine at the last moment and crash-landed . |
| 13 | If you could be sure to make yourself available , I 'll give you a ring when we can slot you in , ’ the efficient woman said pleasantly . |
| 14 | Mr Freeman gave no indication when he would make a decision . |
| 15 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he will next meet representatives of the north-east regional CBI to discuss industrial policy . |
| 16 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he will next meet representatives of the west midlands regional CBI to discuss industrial policy . |
| 17 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he will reconsider the boundaries for development and assisted-area status in Devon . |
| 18 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he will next meet representatives of the West Midlands chambers of commerce to discuss industrial policy . |
| 19 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he will next meet representatives of the Yorkshire and Humberside regional CBI to discuss industrial policy . |
| 20 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he will next meet representatives of the Yorkshire and Humberside regional CBI to discuss industrial policy . |
| 21 | It is not like a pools entry when one can mark an X for no publicity . |
| 22 | I can read in my bedroom when I ca n't sleep |
| 23 | This way he will not be stuck with a loan around his neck when he would rather be doing his own thing . |
| 24 | But if the murderer were a member of the Lab staff , why should he risk his neck when he must have known that the keys were on Lorrimer ? |
| 25 | Sure , I was aware of the possibility that he too could have the perfect hand — even that he had cunningly rolled that five to mislead my own investment when I could have collared his . |
| 26 | • Some patients should have bright light when it would be predicted to worsen their symptoms by adjusting the body clock in the wrong direction . |
| 27 | Even then , there was a moment in the doorway when he could have reached her . |
| 28 | I 've taken someone this afternoon from Highdown just until the half term when they should go to a special school . |
| 29 | It was unthinkable to pledge his word to stay for a fixed term when he might not be able to keep it . |
| 30 | Does it suit you to have a specific initial commitment , culminating in a natural break when you can leave and pursue other interests ? |