Example sentences of "[noun] when [pron] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a big man , he could move with surprising speed when he wanted to . |
| 2 | So you can hardly expect me to share your rose-tinted spectacles when it comes to marriage . ’ |
| 3 | She publicly commented on the rift when she spoke to newspaper columnist Jean Rook : ‘ I 'm absolutely sick of the ‘ Wicked Stepmother ’ lark . |
| 4 | Well you tell Mummy when you need to wo n't you ? |
| 5 | Not short of a pound when it came to putting clothes on her back , I can tell you … ’ |
| 6 | In other words , pre-exposure to the stimulus may both retard the acquisition of the CS-US association and act to interfere with the retrieval of the information embodied in this association when it comes to a test trial . |
| 7 | On one occasion , they locked her in the car when they went to a call and wound up the window to prevent her overhearing . |
| 8 | They exchanged a few banalities and then Patrick asked : ‘ You 're quite sure you did not have golf clubs in your car when you went to Romania ? ’ |
| 9 | It had to be a British car , of course , since Pringle 's did so much business with the local automotive industry — not that Vic has ever driven a foreign car : foreign cars are anathema to him , their sudden invasion of British roads in the 1970s marked the beginning of the region 's economic ruin in his view — but he has to admit that you do n't have a lot of choice in British cars when it comes to matching the top-of-the-range Mercedes and BMWs . |
| 10 | We all send and receive visual signals when we talk to each other . |
| 11 | I suppose if you put all this together you would say I 'm not exactly the archetypal Mills & Boon tall dark stranger when it comes to courting girls . |
| 12 | Above all he turned his anger towards Kenamun , who , on grounds of security , had forbidden Huy to visit the scene of the third murder when it came to light , where he might have had a chance at last of studying the circumstances of death . |
| 13 | It seems if you 're a clown you can get away with murder when it comes to cars — forget about roadworthiness , do n't bother with tax discs , ignore MOTs . |
| 14 | In the past it was invariably the leading Americans who seemed to have more grit or nerve when it came to the closing stretch . |
| 15 | I wish shops would have more uniformity when it comes to sizing guides . |
| 16 | ‘ You see … you ca n't beat a veteran when it comes to the crunch . ’ |
| 17 | Because of the difficulties involved in searching out the true cause of an accident it is important to recruit highly qualified personnel , and it is no secret that AIB has sought — usually with success — to skim the cream off the aviation industry when it comes to personnel selection . |
| 18 | Bolinger points out furthermore that the use of the to infinitive after verbs of perception when they shift to the inferential sense fits into an overall pattern with the object + infinitive construction . |
| 19 | Scholars ' president looks to famous ancestor The Rev. John Douglas will seek his inspiration from a famous ancestor when he returns to the Friends ' School at Great Ayton as president of the Old Scholars ' Association . |
| 20 | Leaving aside the fact that already under Dej the standing of a student 's relatives in the Party hierarchy already counted for a great deal when it came to handing out exam results , connections with the very summit of political power could offer useful patronage and protection to scientists and their institute . |
| 21 | ANNA FORD is quite right about women getting a raw deal when it comes to television presenting . |
| 22 | Did you know one of my very oldest friends ( family knew mine before I was born ) is a W cousin but he was said to get no reply when he wrote to them some years ago . |
| 23 | ‘ ALASTAIR MORTON is terrific at crisis management , but he is no good when it comes to running a settled organisation , ’ says one of those who has been left , somewhat bruised , along the wayside of Mr Morton 's whirlwind career . |
| 24 | For small cichlids it is possible , for example , to use nylon net curtains as gravel tidies , but these would be no good when it comes to large cichlids as they tend to get hold of the soft material and pull it out of place . |
| 25 | This feedback will be used to guide us in the possible uses of the tape when we come to launching the 4th edition in early 1990 , which will be the published version of the tape . |
| 26 | Plastics come to the aid of the kite-maker when it comes to assembly of the frame . |
| 27 | She had told neighbours : ‘ We were all watching television in a back bedroom when I went to the toilet . |
| 28 | Incidentally , the Minister of State knows that he has got a real pressure group round his neck when it comes to disability and the disabled . |
| 29 | ‘ As far as we are aware there were no fish in distress when we returned to work on the Thursday morning and the canal was refilled with two feet of water . ’ |
| 30 | buzzing in ears when I go to bed at night . |