Example sentences of "[verb] when [pron] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ENCOURAGE your team but be discriminating — do n't say everything is lovely when it is n't — they will know when they need a little pep-talk ! |
| 2 | Did you know when you marry a man you 'll also be marrying his hidden debts ? |
| 3 | ‘ You 'll understand when you get a little older . ’ |
| 4 | A sloping garden need n't be an uphill struggle , as Pippa Greenwood discovered when she lent a hand to the Lloyds on camera |
| 5 | But that 's not true , as Cheryl Baker , of the children 's programme Eggs 'n' Baker , discovered when she filmed a photography session with Linda Fraser , our cookery editor . |
| 6 | Windy conditions did n't stop the fish feeding at Long Load drainage channel at Martock in Somerset , as Matthew Lee discovered when he tempted a 5 lb 4 oz bream from the venue . |
| 7 | in er , we had a cutting somewhere Marie , oh I know when we became a limited company , er that 's right and er we put in erm formally erm er take over the business |
| 8 | ‘ Well , you know when you spend a lot of time with someone , you get used to how they speak , their mannerisms and soon … ’ |
| 9 | And it 's er bi bigger now than when it was befo I mean , before it was all I remember when they stuck a pool table in there and it was bloody dreadful ! |
| 10 | There are times when you can feel successful when you 've done virtually nothing — I remember when I became a radio actor , and I was pushing my motor bike , which had run out of petrol , up the main street in Cardiff , and I felt that I was a great star , and was very pleased with myself . |
| 11 | You remember when I had a perm do n't you ? |
| 12 | I remember when I lost a fountain-pen Mummy and Daddy gave me for Christmas : I prayed and prayed , and I never found it . ’ |
| 13 | The real test of whether the message to run yell and tell when they see a stranger will be when the children leave the theatre . |
| 14 | I have seen my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford being poisonous or venomous , but neither poison nor venom did I detect when he raised a fair , sensible and extremely important matter that needs to be debated frankly and fully on the Floor of the House without the sort of ignorant , absurd and childish platitudes that we have so recently heard . |
| 15 | I sat there imagining all the pretty clothes I would have when I married a rich husband , but then Mary appeared with the assistant . |
| 16 | Its base at Amboyna was overrun in 1623 and some of its garrison tortured to death in an episode Dryden reckoned would still be remembered when he wrote a play about it in a period of anti-Dutch feeling 50 years later . |
| 17 | The most important factors to consider when you employ a food service designer are that he is a professional , has integrity of purpose , is working for the client all the time , and has the client 's immediate financial interest at heart , plus the continued operational interest in the facility when it is opened . |
| 18 | In his chapter on children 's pictures , Roger Wales considers what is to be made of what children are doing when they produce a picture . |
| 19 | The bastard knew when I took a drink . |
| 20 | ‘ I can always tell when you have a cold , ’ she said , brooking no argument . |
| 21 | With charming naivety , they do not imagine that they themselves are the source of it : they behave as they do when they see a frightened horse , becoming agitated and desirous of flight . |
| 22 | ‘ Then ’ in 1960–3 , eighteen years ago ; and in the meantime , apart from summarising my reflections and discoveries before they passed from my memory in a slim volume entitled Medicine and politics , I have done what most ex-ministers do when they have a left most departments — given the subject a wide berth . |
| 23 | Judge Vos told him : ‘ You can not be unleashed on the public because of the damage you do when you take a car , and there is also the danger to life and limb that you present . ’ |
| 24 | There is a tiny hole at the end , and if you go into this hole ( you 'd have to be as small as a fig wasp to do so , and they are minute : thankfully too small to notice when you eat a fig ) , you find hundreds of tiny flowers lining the walls . |
| 25 | Mother , I ca n't support us if I ca n't work , she always used to say when she wanted a bit of peace and quiet … what chance of peace and quiet with a baby in the tiny flat ? |
| 26 | The Prime Minister summed up what many of us wanted to say when he put a question to Tony Benn : ‘ what do you say about the thuggish act of a walk-out , without notice , from a Children 's Hospital ? ’ |
| 27 | A booklet which is issued by ISIS , called ‘ Questions to Ask When You Visit a School ’ , may be of immense value to you . |
| 28 | As Maynard Keynes explained when he proposed a national scheme of family allowances in 1940 : ‘ at first sight it is paradoxical to propose in time of war an expensive social reform which we have not thought ourselves able to afford in time of peace . |
| 29 | see when I kneel see when I kneel a lot , |
| 30 | I do n't know , there 's a young doctor , but I can nae remember what she says , but see when I kneel a lot , Doctor |