Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [vb base] when they " in BNC.
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| 1 | No longer did MPs defer to the Speaker , grant courtesy titles or bow when they left ; these days it was the loudest voice that got a hearing . |
| 2 | I like the way the T-shirt falls from their shoulder blades making patterns of straight , hard lines that change when they walk . |
| 3 | He said cyclists should get off their bikes and walk when they get to the High Street . |
| 4 | Professionals and businesses that stand in fiduciary relationships with their customers have always had to cope with the problems that arise when they owe conflicting duties to different clients , or their own interests conflict with those of a client . |
| 5 | Surely it is time we stopped talking of elephants as if they were a commodity to be traded , like so many cans of paint , and accept them for what they are , ancient and splendid fellow inhabitants of the earth who share with us the joys of close kinship bonds and grieve when they are severed . |
| 6 | ( In this chapter , we shall adopt the convention that all numbers that change when they are smoothed are shown in bold print . ) |
| 7 | I think these blooms of the noumena are fragile like flowers that fade when they are picked . |
| 8 | The overwhelming case for his inclusion was neither as Archbishop nor as martyr but as author of the magnificent liturgy which held the Church together during the tribulations of the next century , and above all for his Collects , which Anglicans through four centuries would learn by heart as children and recite when they came to die . |