Example sentences of "[prep] when [pron] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I simply regarded these absences as a lesson , a foretaste of what it would be like when they became a permanence . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's like when one sees a snake . |
| 3 | It seemed like when I heard a saxophone player like Sonny Rollins the sound seemed to come from all over the place — it did n't come from this one little spot . |
| 4 | Most of the time it will be alright , like when you get a present for your birthday from your granny . |
| 5 | It 's like when you see a lovely lady and you get a knock-back you feel sick , but if a beautiful girl says , ‘ Yes ’ to you — boom you 're away . |
| 6 | But seeing him for the first time was like when you buy a new make of car you never noticed that kind before , then you realise they 're all over the place . |
| 7 | They tend to be the kind of book you dip into when you need a particular fact . |
| 8 | Most of the women he goes off with when we have a bad row are certainly not the type which would make me jealous — which , of course , is the main purpose of the exercise ! |
| 9 | Graham said : ‘ We 've got to get back to what we were doing before when we had a 10-match unbeaten run . |
| 10 | Well I had , there 's some soup in the freezer from when I put a tin , a tin of chicken soup and Di used the last of the turkey in it , and we had some and what was left I put in a dish |
| 11 | I think he just wants to keep putting it off ; he might be frightened of me gaining too much independence , or he might simply be scared that I 'll kill myself the way a lot of youths seem to when they get a bike . |
| 12 | But we 'll know exactly what she 's been up to when we get a look at her Jolly Roger . ’ |
| 13 | This automatically switches the machine on when it hears a message coming through , recognises the medium being used , and then turns the machine off after the message has been recorded . |
| 14 | Money is not the only thing to think about when you negotiate a termination package deal . |
| 15 | There are many important points for a teacher to think about when she prepares a room with toys and other apparatus . |
| 16 | We were half-way through when I heard a sound that filled my heart with fear ; the tap-tapping of the blind man 's stick on the frozen road . |
| 17 | I have enclosed a few things I would like you to look at when you have a moment . |
| 18 | A NETWORK hack and photographer happened to be passing by when they spotted a well-known accountant checking the INROADS mat . |