Example sentences of "[adv] when it be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | New tonofibrillae become attached to the epicuticle only when it is growing . |
| 2 | Only when it 's ringing . |
| 3 | As Professor Elton has argued , it was not regarded as a constitutional force which deserved notice only when it was opposing or restricting the Crown . |
| 4 | Outdoor pursuits , especially walks , were promoted at all times , reading by oneself only when it was raining , and television not at all ( although in old age she herself became a tireless watcher of ‘ the News ’ ) . |
| 5 | It was not a professional affair , only a home-movie job , but it worked well enough when it was working . |
| 6 | But against the sky , especially when it 's beginning to get dark … |
| 7 | To attack the predator while it is in a stable position on the ground is far riskier than to do so when it is clinging to high branches . |
| 8 | In the middle and upper classes at least , children stayed " children " for longer ( it was harder for a child to remain so when it was working at the age of 12 or 13 ) ; girls and young women were more shielded from experience outside the home ; parents were , on the whole , stricter and more repressive . |
| 9 | The essay works best when it is dealing with people ; and most of these are biographical sketches . |
| 10 | Footballers and all other competitive sports people stay out but cricketers scurry back inside just when it is getting interesting . |
| 11 | Besides , its new paymaster — the Russian leadership — is keen to avoid anything that would embarrass Britain , just when it 's asking for Western aid . |
| 12 | ‘ Against the deep blue of the sky just when it was getting dark , ’ said Jane Postlethwaite enthusiastically . |
| 13 | The last thing I wanted was for some motorist to hit one of my owls just when it was establishing itself . |
| 14 | Unless you 're confident about reefing in strong winds , keeping your cool in a choppy sea , and paddling a line ashore when it 's gusting , life can be a little daunting . |
| 15 | Even the boring days outside when it 's raining and you 've finished the paper and you do n't know how you 'll last till bedtime are days to savour , compared to drying up in a cell . |
| 16 | I felt myself to be a source of pollution , and grew to dread my period , especially as I never knew exactly when it was going to come . |
| 17 | What we tend to do is to brief ourselves very thoroughly on vulnerable spots in the world , and in countries where we already have links and where we 've worked before and we know the background because we , we feel we need that and we monitor very carefully certain events which could lead to a disaster , so that when the disaster does happen , like for instance the Ugandan famine of nineteen seventy-nine to eighty-one , we knew exactly when it was going to happen and we knew exactly where the people were , we knew who was going to be affected , we knew why they were affected , we knew where the food stocks were , we knew how long it was going to take to get so many thousand tonnes of food from A to B erm and how many trucks you would need . |
| 18 | The condition can also follow heavy applications of lime and is one of the risks that have to be taken when a heavy liming is needed to neutralize severe acidity quickly when it is causing problems like canker for example . |
| 19 | A tail-wheel with a rubber tyre will resist skidding sideways over tarmac , but it will not grip quite so well when it is bouncing over rough grass . |
| 20 | ‘ The need for proof is essential because many organisations fail to recognise bullying , even when it is causing serious disruption within their workforce . |
| 21 | You 're out in the winter , even when it 's raining . |
| 22 | It looks as though it 's going too fast even when it 's standing still ! ’ |
| 23 | In summer it is even possible to climb here when it 's raining ( and when it stops ! ) |
| 24 | But it too uses passive tests most frequently when it is studying female subjects . |
| 25 | Such businesses are not going to survive in the face of the pressure being applied by insurance companies to have their customers only deal with approved repairers , particularly when it is becoming harder and more expensive to become an approved repairer and then maintain one 's company as such . |
| 26 | George Underwood : ‘ We had periods when we would bring a guitar into school , particularly when it was raining . |
| 27 | I got a good look at it though while Murchison had it in his hands and then when it was lying there in the water just looking up at us all . |
| 28 | But spreading the work out though actually extended the administration costs and not giving start and finish times that were fairly tight , so the people doing the work allowed them to make their own judgments on when it was going to be done . |
| 29 | I enjoy my Stag most when it is loafing along in overdrive ( the DIY box has longer legs than the automatic ) , exhaust burbling as only a twin-pipe V8 can burble . |