Example sentences of "[vb base] their [noun] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe many people increasingly want their news when it is convenient for them — when they get in from work , when they 've picked up the children from school , when they take a break from their work , or finish a meeting , when they arrive in a hotel . |
| 2 | I believe many people increasingly want their news when it is convenient for them — when they get in from work , when they 've picked up the children from school , when they take a break from their work , or finish a meeting , when they arrive at a hotel . |
| 3 | Initially parents need to learn to smile and look or touch their child when food is being placed in the child 's mouth and also for chewing and swallowing ( McGuinn Koepke and Thyer 1985 ) . |
| 4 | These insects rapidly lose their colour when dried , but it returns after soaking in water provided the drying has not been too prolonged . |
| 5 | You must also have some knowledge about exactly where people lose their money when they visit the five places listed above . |
| 6 | Geothermal ‘ hot dry rocks ’ are not strictly ‘ renewable ’ since the rocks , deep within the earth 's crust , lose their heat when it is tapped . |
| 7 | A similar trend is also developing whereby parents sell their home when their children have established an independent existence . |
| 8 | Did you know that human beings also raise their eyebrows when they greet each other as a signal of friendship to people they know ? |
| 9 | Did Reed 's I Wan na Be Black raise their spirits when all seemed lost ? |
| 10 | Determined , independent women often show their weakness when they fall in love , and Bathsheba had very little experience of the world , or of men . |
| 11 | So pilots often boost their engines when they should be cutting , and vice versa . |
| 12 | All have mouths that swallow their faces when they open them . |
| 13 | The remarkable consistency with which adults and , particularly , mothers modify their language when talking to young children has encouraged researchers to term this form of address ‘ Motherese ’ or ‘ Babytalk ’ . |
| 14 | A lot of folks drop their guard when they think they 're dealing with a man of simple mind — and if behind that kind of pose you hide the steely determination I 've been trying to drum into you , son , you 'll do just fine . " |
| 15 | I have also had to tell others they are unlikely to get in and then try to explain the politics of the department to them and watch their dismay when they realize that , perhaps regardless of merit , they do not fit in . |
| 16 | ‘ But I watch their eyes when they speak , and I see what they intend . |
| 17 | The army may not be the safest organization to join but they really know their stuff when it comes to travel — or ‘ patrolling ’ as they call it . |
| 18 | Kirsty added : ‘ Most people remember their weddings when they see a white Rolls go by . |
| 19 | we will pay them for a start , that 's that 's the that 's the trouble with a lot other companies and er it would n't be professional of me to mention names , but let me tell you that er that 's one thing we do make sure that people erm get their money when when they 've earned it . |
| 20 | You also diminish their status when you tell them how to react : ‘ I 'm sorry , this is going to be boring — but here goes ’ or ‘ I 'm going to tell you a very funny story now . ’ |
| 21 | The answers to the second question , of how animals find their way when migrating , can be more various . |
| 22 | How the platypus came to acquire this apparatus remains a mystery : few venomous animals use their venom when fighting among themselves , and it has therefore been suggested that the venom gland is a survival factor originally directed against some long-extinct predator . |
| 23 | They wash them , help them perform the intimate functions of relieving bladder and bowels , change dressings on wounds , give medicine , help them take their first steps after an operation , make beds , waken them up , tell them to go to sleep , close their eyes when they die . |
| 24 | The repertoire of transactions in which teachers engage their pupils when teaching X depends , among other things , on the nature of X and on the mental picture of the pupils ' developmental path held by the teacher ; the teaching will presumably be , in the teacher s eyes , consistent with these factors and at some levels , demonstratively effective . |
| 25 | Look instead for a degree of suppleness in the fabric and the extent to which the colours alter their intensity when viewed from different angles ; the more readily they submit to subtle changes in the direction of the light source , the more likely it is that good quality silk has been used . |
| 26 | They fold their arms when they should lift their hand in wrath . |
| 27 | Nurses volunteer their services when they wish to work and managers engage them at the times required . |
| 28 | The flash RAM card can be used as a type of electronic hard disk , consisting of non-volatile RAM chips which retain their memory when you turn the power off . |
| 29 | Flash memory chips , which retain their state when the power is switched off , are forecast to replace disk storage in handheld devices as prices come down to match disk ( although the new generations of fast , light , high-capacity and cheap 1.8 ’ drives keep pushing that date back ) . |
| 30 | We work in partnership with the Health Board , Social Work , other agencies and also the voluntary sector and we require their services when planning packages of care for each individual . |