Example sentences of "[verb] but when they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were n't there greengages somewhere that scarcely ever fruited but when they did were splendid ? |
| 2 | They compared her , in advance , to similar women in the States who had manifestly succeeded but when they interviewed her , and found how she differed from the stereotype , they were even more intrigued . |
| 3 | I do n't know how long they 're staying but when they come here it is usually impossible to get rid of them . ’ |
| 4 | NOT only does the woman in the new Spennymoor town centre sculpture look like she 's sitting on the toilet , and the greyhound look like a ferret or a sausage , someone said but when they went to erect the blessed thing last week it did n't fit the space available . |
| 5 | There was only the I was going to say but when they had w oh when I was in the I went to evening classes to learn Pitman 's Shorthand . |
| 6 | The pebble beach is dirtier than they realize but when they stand up from it clinging shell-dust and subversive oil-slicks and persistent grime will fall away from their white robes , leaving them untouched , pristine , still-saintly . |