Example sentences of "[adj] when [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Because Kathleen 's quite different when she gets away from them , is n't she ? ’ |
| 32 | Roads Minister Kenneth Carlisle said : ‘ If candidates had a more thorough knowledge of the Highway Code and other safety matters they would be more prepared when they take to the roads by themselves . ’ |
| 33 | ‘ When we dragged Cpl Edwards out of his seat the back of his head had been blown off — but I still thought he would be OK when we got him to hospital . |
| 34 | He was usually OK when he came to work . ’ |
| 35 | I was OK when I woke up , but when I remember Marie 's gone I start feeling sad . |
| 36 | With large numbers this can cause even worse handling and registration problems than for paper , and even , perhaps , extra complications if a disk turns out to be corrupt ( ‘ It was OK when I handed it in . ’ ) |
| 37 | Deane was a bit quiet , well marshalled by the Arsenal donkeys , and Wallace was quite lively when he came on . |
| 38 | Then he went walking in Stanhope Wood , looking for a root of something Latin and nasty-sounding , which might be interesting when we know what Frome died of , except that if it was Corbett Farraday he would hardly flourish the matter so gaily in our faces , naive as he certainly seemed to be . |
| 39 | It 's inserted into the poem in two ways : first the devils are identified with the pagan gods — they are introduced , indeed , with a great fanfare in the first book and given all sorts of classical erm and oriental names , and Milton explains to us that of course it was the devils themselves who managed to disperse this tradition that that 's who they really were ; and second , and though less central and less impressive in its poetic results , is perhaps the second device which is more interesting when we think of the poem in terms of Milton 's personal involvement . |
| 40 | The possibilities become more interesting when we begin to ask questions such as ‘ What objects in this database are similar in shape to this one ? ’ . |
| 41 | It 's quite interesting when they get people to do this test erm , if they fit into certain categories , depending upon their job as well , it 's almost , it is strange , that you do get erm , say solicitors to do it . |
| 42 | PLAYER : We never really got going — it was getting quite interesting when they stopped it . |
| 43 | Certainly I do n't think that the DTI 's ministers and officials will find their jobs any less interesting when they begin to take up our cause in this way . |
| 44 | Interesting though it may be to learn that there is a narrative-discourse-paragraph-introductory-particle in Huichol or Shipibo , it becomes decidedly less interesting when one discovers that the identification of the significance of these particles depends on a prior identification of the paragraph as a unit in which ‘ the speaker continues talking about the same thing ’ ( Grimes , 1975 : 103 ) . |
| 45 | ‘ It is interesting when I bring someone like Rodney Marsh here for the first time to see his reaction . |
| 46 | And I suspect that you 're as resilient in your own way as she is , so things could get interesting when she does realise that you 're out to steal her man . ’ |
| 47 | It becomes interesting when it seems that Jane might hit Tom , or when one of them stops for a moment and thinks . |
| 48 | Tt yeah yeah erm yeah I mean it 's interesting when you come to attitudes to parenthood erm I think that 's quite an important issue because it does tap into a whole range of things about erm you know kind of er suspicions that somehow if gay or lesbian people raise children then the children 'll either be , you know , sort of corrupted or converted themselves |
| 49 | More interesting when you 've been there as well int it ? |
| 50 | We were not very popular when we came down to the sitting-room . |
| 51 | Overseas Mission was not so popular when we realized the heathen were nearer than we thought . |
| 52 | Well it 's certainly clear that some of the companies , for instance Cliffhanger , which have grown in Brighton and developed Brighton as a base , are not just immensely popular within Brighton , but also very popular when we take them out on tour , or when they offer their services to other venues in other parts of East Sussex or Kent , and this is equally true of some of the community orientated groups , some of the musicians and artists who live and work primarily in Brighton erm their talent is readily appreciable throughout the region and therefore it 's part of our tactics to talk to artists who are operating in the Brighton area and see whether they 're willing or interested in taking some of their work out to other parts of the region . |
| 53 | They are particularly popular when I play in front of old people . |
| 54 | This method was not popular when she had to employ an auditor ! ) |
| 55 | Successful in a masculine world , she has the confidence to be feminine when she feels like it . |
| 56 | But she looked grave when she noticed Omar and Darren and the cornflakes . |
| 57 | Travis 's eyes were gleaming with mischief , though his face was grave when he looked at Paige . |
| 58 | No-one I know is proud to admit they are German when they travel abroad . |
| 59 | Pain is a treasure for there are mercies in it ; ( the kernel comes fresh when you take off the rind ) . |
| 60 | Every species has its own intricate behaviour repertoire of survival mechanisms and even the seemingly boring species soon become exciting when one starts to probe into their particular way of life . |