Example sentences of "[adv] when we [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Relationships become secure only when we know our partner and we are known by them .
2 It stopped only when we told them to leave .
3 Nor can we fundamentally question the rules of logic , for only when we assume them can we ask a question at all .
4 They seldom waved or called to us , responding only when we greeted them with a most unEgyptian reserve .
5 Contradictions and dilemmas exist in the lives of every individual , but they become a problem only when we deny their existence , or fail to recognize and come to terms with them in our daily lives .
6 The model is referred to as the ‘ grandmother cell ’ theory because it predicts that we should have populations of cells in our brains that fire only when we see our grandmothers .
7 Only when we own our Shadow can we become whole .
8 That is correct yes , but only when we encounter somebody in front of us .
9 Problems arise only when we overstretch ourselves .
10 Problems arise only when we overstretch ourselves .
11 We shafted Connelly when we took his shipment of coke but a gang war would n't have been any use to either of us .
12 I caught a glimpse of her , eyes red with fury , and I wondered if my last hour had come , but Bill , the man who was on guard , managed to push her back with the aid of a large plank , and she soon quietened down when we passed her babies back . ’
13 ‘ This place was very run down when we bought it , ’ she said , looking round lovingly .
14 But we were probably wrong to harbour such selfish thoughts , especially when we knew it would never happen .
15 Sometimes I get confused between work and socialising , especially when we spend our off-duty time discussing what we did on duty .
16 One of the accusations used and levelled against er against Christianity against the , the evangelical message , against things like the , the mission of Graham and , and others is that it , it does n't meet the needs the , the material needs of people but if you deal with the persons spiritual needs , if their sins are forgiven , those problems that are causing the material problem , it 's amazing how there are dealt with as well , the best way to sober up a person , the best way to deal with a person who 's an alcoholic , the best way to deal with a person who is a drug addict , the best way to deal with a person who , who commits adultery is not by telling them the wrongs of those things , it 's not by trying to , to , to do , to , to , you know , to , to counsel them it 's presenting the gospel allowing Jesus Christ to come into their lives and to forgive them , that will make the person sober quicker than all the counselling in the world and Paul says I brought you the most important the fundamental thing , that Christ died for our sins Paul again when he 's writing to the Romans in chapter five and verse eight he says but God demonstrates his own love towards us , in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us so God did in Jesus Christ what we could n't do for ourselves , so all of you have sin , so all of my sin , and he came and he died on the cross and as he was dying there was that transmit there , for he was n't dying for his own sin buy he was dying for your sin and for mine , it was all piled on him and so when we except what Christ has done , when we come to that place and yes I believe that you died for me ,
17 So when we saw one go flapping by I used to shout thkarni and the Indians would all laugh .
18 Since so many of us had made love to either O or to Boy we felt that by comparing notes we knew a great deal about how they behaved when making love , and so when we saw them reappear so obviously as lovers we were pleased to see that our predictions had been correct .
19 No , that 's so when we leave there should be more interest .
20 So when we tour we go crazy ! ’
21 So when we say we want the laws of physics perhaps to stay constant in time , when we observe these objects a long way away we 're observing the laws of physics as they were a long time ago .
22 We 'd just moved in when we discovered we had a mouse in the kitchen .
23 He liked us better when we shared his active pursuits .
24 No Richard because the whole thing can fall through when we have our survey done it might show a defect or something , we might pull out , when they have their survey done it might show a defect so they might pull out , you do n't do anything Richard until the contracts have been exchanged , then you can start saying right I think that 's , that 's , every thing 's definite
25 Anyway when we left he says here er fiver , got a tenner between us
26 Just when we thought we were comfortably settled , Mrs Brown informed us that some friends who took a stall in the Bedford market were coming the next Saturday and that , as she had always put them up , would we mind sleeping in the kitchen on a sofa and a shake-down ?
27 Just when we thought it was safe to dip a toe into the poll tax water , we are faced with a poll tax mark II .
28 Not just when we find it suitable .
29 ‘ And just when we needed it .
30 Then , just when we think we 've really let go , we realise that we do n't want our children making just any old choice .
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