Example sentences of "[adj] when [noun] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | OFFSHORE havens become increasingly popular when taxes rise on the mainland and fund managers report that many savers have already anticipated the General Election result . |
| 2 | The Ephron of our story , like the Sudanese taxi driver , does not mean what he says , as he makes abundantly clear when Abraham insists on paying a proper price for the field and the cave . |
| 3 | Not having such a fine time at gigs recently were CARTER USM , whose own live experience at The Riverside venue in Newcastle proved painful when JIMBOB skidded on a banana skin some thoughtful fan had thrown onto the stage , and fell straight on his ass . |
| 4 | She was sitting miserably brooding when Marguerite tapped on her door and came in as Jenna invited her . |
| 5 | But in May 1981 the contradictions finally became irreconcilable when Elliott insisted on his right to hire prestigious journalists at ‘ appropriate salaries ’ . |
| 6 | They had no children and the baronetcy became extinct when Harland died on Christmas eve 1895 at his Irish home , Glengorne Hall , county Leitrim . |
| 7 | On Dec. 12 two people were killed and 10 wounded when soldiers fired on picketing workers at the Itaipú hydroelectric dam in Ciudad del Este , approximately 300 km east of Asunción , where 2,500 workers were on a two-week strike . |