Example sentences of "[adv prt] when [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I shall be arguing is that this is not simply because the kids are so difficult , nor because teachers are intrinsically powder-kegs of suppressed rage , but because the way most decent people view the world — their implicit personal philosophy if you like — breaks down when pushed to the limit and delivers misguided answers to difficult questions . |
| 2 | The frost continuing more and more severe , the Thames before London was still planted with booths in formal streets , all sorts of trades and shops furnished and full of commodities , even to a printing press , where the people and ladies took a fancy to have their names printed , and the day and year set down when printed on the Thames . |
| 3 | I particularly liked how small it packs down when compressed in a stuff sack . |
| 4 | A light brown Mk II Cortina is believed to have broken down when used by the IRA unit and a black E registration Nissan Micra was seen near the barracks the night before the bombing . |
| 5 | It is at least arguable : the employers did after all give in when faced with a strike , and effectively surrendered on this very question for the future , since they would have to pay the male rate to all the new ( male ) monotypists . |
| 6 | ‘ I never cease to be struck by the extraordinarily high performances individuals can turn in when faced with a challenge properly identified and given the means to deliver . |
| 7 | A pilaf may be prepared in advance and heated through when required in the oven or microwave . |
| 8 | Children with poor appetites are often put off when faced by a large mound of food on their plates . |
| 9 | Ultimately I took to wearing them all the time — only whipping them off when approached by a boy I vaguely fancied or at the doorway of the house of a friend of my mother 's , with a boy my mother fancied for me inside . |
| 10 | Ultimately I took to wearing them all the time , only whipping them off when approached by a boy I vaguely fancied , or at the door of a friend of my mother 's with a boy she fancied for me inside . |
| 11 | These strategies are now incorporated into weapons design in the form of ‘ logic bombs ’ — computer viruses built into weapons systems sold for export , which are programmed to go off when targeted on the system 's country of origin . |
| 12 | A classic problem is posed by asking what form radiant energy takes up when confined in a container ( or cavity , to use the time-hallowed language of statistical physics ) whose walls are black . |
| 13 | The sporadic model was definitely ruled out when compared with the multifactorial model ( χ 2 =17.05 ) . |
| 14 | Short hair stands out when gelled at the roots . |
| 15 | Bake at 180C/350F/Gas 4 for 25 minutes or until the top springs back when pressed with a finger . |