Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun] when it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fourteen per cent ( 29 ) did nothing about their incontinence when it first occurred — the main reason being that it was ‘ not important enough . ’ |
| 2 | She was n't so sure about her safety when it came to other things . |
| 3 | In the process the essay will attempt to explain why a nationalist movement did not ascend to power earlier , and the reasons for its success when it did . |
| 4 | Rickenbacker , who incidentally celebrate their 60th anniversary this year , are not known for their impetuosity when it comes to new guitar and bass designs . |
| 5 | I lost half of my friends when it happened |
| 6 | Unfortunately , I 'll probably be at the end of my life when it happens |
| 7 | But frequently they appear to have taken leave of their senses when it comes to choosing the right sort of women . |
| 8 | Despite the availability of consumer magazines like Which ? people are still not always sure of their rights when it comes to the purchase , or indeed the sale , of goods . |
| 9 | Or another horse may be described as ‘ too intelligent for its own good ! ’ when in fact the horse is actually demonstrating an unwilling aspect of its temperament when it evades what is being asked of it . |
| 10 | A BRITISH seaside resort 's Rotary club found itself way out of its depth when it extended the hand of friendship to a visiting Russian delegation . |
| 11 | Her approach to academic seminars would seem to confirm some of the claims that she was totally out of her depth when it came to discussing the new discoveries which she had allegedly made . |
| 12 | She 'd moved in two weeks earlier and always corrected the spelling of her name when it was written wrongly on the cleaning rotas . |
| 13 | Her body was found in the back of her car when it was recovered from the River Severn , six days after she disappeared . |
| 14 | THE body of a 26-year-old man who was apparently buried alive while trying to rescue one of his terriers when it became trapped down a hole , has been found on a Welsh mountainside . |
| 15 | The real criticism of Mr Pound is not to be directed against his theory as such , but rather at the hasty headlong fashion in which he presents it , at the logical confusion of his intellect when it is not performing the task which is specifically his own , that task being poetry . |
| 16 | He was right to be prouder of his divertissement La chasse du cerf than of anything he had written previously , for he was somewhat out of his depth when it came to setting dramatic texts . |
| 17 | It 's also the fact that I know for a fact , I know for a fact that she 's very frightened of his temper when it happens . |
| 18 | It has to be said that he also invoked this oath against his barons when it suited him to do so , as in 1301 : it served against the laity no less than against the clergy . |
| 19 | My main misadventures on the roads came into my mind when it was time to choose a horse for happy hacking in my middle years . |
| 20 | She did n't want Dr Russell to feel he had to help her with her luggage when it was so obvious that he and Faye wanted to talk privately about the sonogram . |
| 21 | It would knock on the door with its beak when it required feeding . |
| 22 | Rangoon radio said the airliner was 20 minutes into its flight when it was taken over by what it called ‘ terrorists disguised as passengers ’ . |
| 23 | However , in what the Guardian of July 9 called " a scintillating display of his personality and skill at manipulation " , Gorbachev castigated and cajoled the congress into reversing this decision ; on this and several subsequent occasions it was proved that the combative talk by the majority conservatives was strikingly at odds with their docility when it came to challenging outright the will of the party leader . |
| 24 | The man got trapped under his parachute when it hit the water at Holywell Bay , Newquay , Cornwall . |
| 25 | And at the bottom of a deep open pit , up whose ramped sides labour belching trucks , he vividly describes how sea water percolated down through the space above our heads when it was occupied by still-hot lava and how , laden with dissolved sulphide minerals , this heated fluid gushed back to the surface , struck cold sea water and deposited its minerals . |
| 26 | ‘ And it was six years for both of us , but you 'll understand if I ca n't sympathise with your waiting when it was all unknowing — ignorance being bliss — whereas I 've known precisely what it was that troubled me through all those six years . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I get that feelin' in me guts when it 's dodgy . |
| 28 | Had the kettle in me hand when it rang . " |
| 29 | Not only do they taste different , but they are very different in their performance when it comes to washing . |
| 30 | Labour MPs will be challenged by the Tories not to vote against the zero increase in their pay when it comes before the Commons before April , but they are already cushioned by a 39 per cent increase in allowances they voted themselves earlier this year . |