Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [adv prt] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , on one occasion , Malcolm happened to be around when they came in . |
| 2 | Enter stage right disc jockey Jimmy Franks of BRMB , local independent radio in Birmingham , the only chap who happens to be around when I phone to see if anyone there could help me out . |
| 3 | ‘ And I would n't like to be around when it happens . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ But to go out on a limb and take any bunch of morons , just those that happened to be around when he met Plumpton , and propose that they should do this thing — that 's really sticking your neck out . |
| 5 | Throughout his career he seemed to be around when it happened but the finger of accusation rarely pointed in his direction . |
| 6 | He did not want to be around when they told him ; he had enough to do without becoming involved in a domestic squabble . |
| 7 | ‘ The water is rising all the time and I would n't like to be around when it does overflow . |
| 8 | ‘ And that means I shall have to live longer to be around when he needs me . ’ |
| 9 | New York cabbies are notorious for complaining but Danny , an old friend , who always seems to be around when I am ready to leave The Summit Hotel , assures me that business in one of the world 's busiest cities is worse than he had known it in more than 20 years . |
| 10 | If that was just a warning I did n't want to be around when they got really nasty . |
| 11 | And I did n't want to be around when that happened . |
| 12 | And she definitely did n't want to be around when he got the news that she wanted a divorce . |
| 13 | You might as well say yes to this , if you 're always going to be around when the machine reboots . |
| 14 | Because , it occurred to her with heart-stopping suddenness , the last thing in the world she wanted was to be around when Rohan Saint Yves married Antoinette — or anyone else . |
| 15 | " I still want to be around when the house re-opens . " |
| 16 | Soon after that I made arrangements to go to Australia ; I just felt I did n't want to be around when Mason and Jennifer got together . |
| 17 | We 're all extending our overdrafts in the hope that we can stay in business long enough to be around when the upturn starts . |
| 18 | The gelding 's career seemed to be over when he broke down badly in the spring of 1988 . |
| 19 | But the loneliness appeared to be over when , in October , TODAY exclusively revealed she had wed husband number four during a trip to Norway where she was also reunited with Nicolas after 10 years . |
| 20 | Only a short time after Joe left , the ‘ phoney war ’ as it was called seemed to be over when Hitler invaded Norway and Denmark . |
| 21 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , I am well aware of the fact that for some years now you have cut yourself off from your past and not deigned to reply to the letters of your friends , or even to return their calls , taking refuge in your answering machine and pretending not to be in when they rang at the bell . |
| 22 | Hillsborough is a great stadium to be in when it 's almost full and you 've got a barnstorming derby to watch . |
| 23 | I try to be out when he comes begging but that stupid Nutty gives it all away . |
| 24 | One of the very special things Christine did for her was to write notes to leave for the tradesmen when Miss Miggs was going to be out when they called — like NO MILK TODAY , THANK YOU , or ONE SMALL LOAF , PLEASE . |
| 25 | If he happened to be out when Sien came home , the flowers in front of the window by the wicker chair would let her know he had thought of her . |