Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [noun] when [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may lack confidence when it comes to discussing , or having sex . |
| 2 | Then the words rebounded back to my ears and I heard their sound and their meaning , and the pain came back at that moment , too , and it all made sense , the way a policeman 's knock on the door must make sense when you 've committed a crime . |
| 3 | We must remember Aldeborough when we read this rather odd poet , for he belongs to the grim little place , and through it to England . |
| 4 | You should hear Brian when something gets up his nose . ’ |
| 5 | The first is that people should read signposts when they have no reason for doing so ( the reason is the management 's ) and the second is that they " should be willing — and should remember — to follow the instructions . |
| 6 | Does not he think it right that all such pensioners should receive compensation when they have lost so much pension due to his complacency and reprehensible laxity ? |
| 7 | whether he should kiss Rose when he arrives ; |
| 8 | You must accept happiness when you can , not selfishly , but remembering you are a part of the world , of others , not separate from them . |
| 9 | A series of studies by Patterson and her colleagues ( e.g. , Patterson and Kister , 1981 ) hypothesized that if children knew that they should ask questions when they were uncertain of a message 's adequacy , then they would have a procedure for resolving communication failure . |
| 10 | we should ask Saria when he speaks to them , to see if they could do that , no , right . |
| 11 | I 'll savage Mona when I see her . ’ |
| 12 | Oh er aye Jimmy , well , I 'll tell you , I 'll see Dougie when he comes out . |
| 13 | ‘ We 'll have coffee when I 've finished the back . ’ |
| 14 | I 'll tell Flora when we get back and I 'll catch the train in the morning . ’ |
| 15 | I 'll tell Mama when I see her how good you have been to me . |
| 16 | I 'll ask Graham when he comes . |
| 17 | Ramsay and Fraser reckoned that perhaps one-third might desert Dunbar when it came to the crunch . |
| 18 | Parents may see danger when their children are too inexperienced to recognize it . |
| 19 | ‘ Really , it was a game in which I made the rules : always being the one to decide whether or not we 'd make love when we met . |
| 20 | At this Mr Mitchell may have regretted his generosity for he coloured , but nothing could stop Granny when she wanted to create a drama . |
| 21 | Briant might despise the job , despise the way they presented facts to the gawping idiot public , but he could recognize ability when he saw it . |
| 22 | No , I could get water when I found a Ladies . |
| 23 | He could please folk when he wanted to , and for the moment he did . |
| 24 | Some parents may face disappointment when they find that their child is to marry someone who has been married before and already has children . |
| 25 | They may have occasions when they can be called into use for some particular issue , but on the whole there 's no real mechanism for contact between governors and parents . |
| 26 | These signals may maintain negotiations when they might otherwise have broken down and , therefore , benefit both parties by increasing the likelihood that a transaction ultimately takes place . |
| 27 | We used to catch rabbits when we could , but Maureen bought the rest of the ‘ prey ’ from breeders who specialise in these things . |
| 28 | Well she she used to drink tea when she if I ever well I did n't invite her in for a coffee do , well I did n't to begin with did I ? |
| 29 | They used to replace pepper when its price was high , and were called Guinea pepper because they are from West Africa . |
| 30 | ‘ You do n't mean to say that this chap Edward Lazenby we keep reading about and hearing on the radio is the same chap as that persistent creep Teddy who used to edit Focus when we were at Cambridge ? ’ |