Example sentences of "[verb] when it be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've got shares in the company , but no one thinks to let me know when it 's sinking without trace ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It 's not continuous but it 's unpredictable — you never quite know when it 's coming or not . |
| 3 | You know when it was going really weird ? |
| 4 | ‘ I would love [ the nursery ] to succeed , because I 've had so many people writing and phoning , asking when it 's opening , and if they can have jobs there . ’ |
| 5 | Only Maestros and deities lived forever , and a man might sour the balance of his span knowing when it was going to end . |
| 6 | He 'd have gone for the Toraja " star funeral " , too , if we only knew when it was happening . |
| 7 | I suppose it was the predecessor of the modern telex , but it was an unreliable piece of equipment and we never knew when it was going to misbehave and we might have to send for the mechanic to come and unclog its innards . |
| 8 | I could never tell when it was going to happen . |
| 9 | If there is any upturn , people wonder when it is going to benefit them and whether it can be sustained . |
| 10 | And all the old crowd returned They 'd often come past the shop to see when it was going to open up again . |