Example sentences of "[pron] when they [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And running under a certain island which is called Clauda , we had much work to come by the boat : which when they had taken up , they used helps , undergirding the ship ; and , fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands , struck sail , and so were driven . ’ |
| 2 | I 'll send someone out to call you when they 've gone . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ When you get into European competition sometimes they do spit in your face , pull your hair and pinch you when they pretend to help you up . |
| 4 | And the daughter would very much like to meet you when they come to tour here , as would Eddie . |
| 5 | ‘ Girls do n't say thank you when they get kissed . ’ |
| 6 | She was just someone vaguely in the background of his life to whom he was courtesy itself when they did encounter each other . |
| 7 | Er we need to tell them that we 'll take the balance of the first year 's payment through er er on proof , when we when they 've got their proof on on the desk we will take the next the balance of the first year 's payment through a banker 's order . |
| 8 | members of the team or something when they got married , like you know |
| 9 | They might have them might they , might they when they 've finished all this refurbishing ? |
| 10 | They when they had bought bought a a plantation of larches . |
| 11 | How old were they when they did run away ? |
| 12 | Dennis Tighe , prosecuting , said Taylor had visited Miss Preston to discuss their relationship but he attacked her when they began arguing . |
| 13 | Her talk of moving , and the indefinable detachment he had felt in her when they had met , worried him . |
| 14 | ‘ I will speak to him , ’ he said to her when they had got out of earshot , ‘ and see if I can not resolve this matter . ’ |
| 15 | He stopped buying them for her when they got married . |
| 16 | Scotland Yard would enlighten him when they had consulted their records . |
| 17 | ‘ You can open your eyes now , ’ the Bookman told him when they had come to a stop . |
| 18 | They 'd as good as killed him when they 'd taken him out of the field . |
| 19 | They hate it when they 've lost their dog . |
| 20 | So , I shall do it when they 've gone home and then I 'll , at least I 'll know , that it wo n't it wo n't be being undone . |
| 21 | She was Gaston de Rochefort 's daughter , and Rohan knew this — had known it when he became her lover ; had known it when they began to plan their lives together . |
| 22 | If they needed further proof of their belief that they were on the right track , they were given it when they went to arrest Griffiths and were met by a hail of bullets ; after a chase in which Griffiths killed one man and wounded others , he was shot dead while resisting arrest . |
| 23 | I hate it when they try to add bits , I just like to subtract . ’ |
| 24 | He puzzled about it when they had left . |
| 25 | ‘ And wo n't they all feel terrible about it when they stop to think what they 're doing to you ? ’ she asked in a fair imitation of an Irish brogue . |
| 26 | I love it when they start talking , in the street , they have to sort of , adapt to it , do n't they ? |
| 27 | The trouble is , ’ she went on , ‘ Mr Simkin would n't believe it when they tried to tell him — as you said yourself , you 're his right hand man . |
| 28 | The House of Commons Employment Committee proposes the establishment of a ‘ decade of retirement ’ between the age of 60 and 70 , which would allow people to choose for themselves when they wished to retire over this period of time . |
| 29 | Or is there any sense in which those who oppose and vote against a particular policy or decision can be said to assent to it , or can be said to be governing themselves when they have voted against the policy that has been adopted ? |
| 30 | General relativity also predicts that massive stars will collapse in on themselves when they have exhausted their nuclear fuel . |