Example sentences of "a [noun] when [pers pn] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the child who has been taught and has learned to make his babysitter laugh whenever he plays with her can not also hit her over the head with a toy when he is playing with her . |
| 2 | We would expect handling a horse when it is young to affect its friendliness towards people , but we would not necessarily expect handling a horse when it is young to affect its intelligence . |
| 3 | We would expect handling a horse when it is young to affect its friendliness towards people , but we would not necessarily expect handling a horse when it is young to affect its intelligence . |
| 4 | The term ‘ bow shock ’ arises because of certain similarities between Figure 9.2 and the conditions at the bow of a boat when it is moving through water . |
| 5 | Christopher Currie , 24 , of Rievaulx Road , Billingham , was further remanded in custody by Teesside magistrates yesterday until March 9 charged with assault , having a shotgun when he is prohibited for life , possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life , making threats to kill and criminal damage . |
| 6 | People who get in a car when it is stolen are associated with that act and can be convicted of exactly the same offence . |
| 7 | A suspect may be accompanied by a lawyer when he is brought before the prosecutor . |
| 8 | Generally , I would agree that honesty is the best policy , but there are times in a marriage when it is better to keep things to yourself and this is one of them . |
| 9 | Generally , I would agree that honesty is the best policy , but there are times in a marriage when it is better to keep things to yourself and this is one of them . |
| 10 | To ‘ unwind ’ a vehicle when it is on a hard surface , just drive one front wheel briefly onto the verge and allow the wheel to slip slightly and the transmission to disengage itself . |
| 11 | A graduate chartered librarian with a full teaching qualification and working in schools is a teacher when he is engaged with a class , and mostly a librarian when he is devising an alphabetical subject index , and so on . |
| 12 | There comes a point when it is no longer possible to keep the boat on course with hull tilt alone . |
| 13 | For a similar reason he has also been forced to cancel the long-cherished project of staging the British première of the Bernd Alois Zimmermann 's epic Die Soldaten — a production which would have focused international attention on Opera North at a point when it is clearly ready for such exposure . |
| 14 | As Mr. McCue puts it , he has a right when he is in prison to know why he is there . |
| 15 | A festoon blind , on the other hand , hangs like a curtain when it is down but it has vertical rows of rings on the back through which cord is threaded . |
| 16 | One common kind is the pill woodlouse ( Armadillidium ) which is easily identified by its habit of rolling up into a ball when it is touched . |
| 17 | Indeed , Ulpian puts the case of a seller of a female slave who knowingly allows the buyer to believe that she is a virgin when she is not ( D.19.1.11.5 ) , a defect which is treated as being strictly liable so that the buyer can return the slave . |
| 18 | erm We 've got to recognise the professional advice that Matthew is giving us in this report , that he , he needs professional trained staff , and it grieves me that really we can only offer a technician when he is asking for something more . |
| 19 | But if the being of an individual woman is sufficiently strong and well-developed , then , knowing that light to be there deep within her , she can allow it to permeate the whole of her presence , refining and changing her very substance rather as a lamp when it is lit makes an apparently opaque glass shade appear translucent . |
| 20 | Tandia by Bryce Courtenay ( Mandarin , £4.99 ) — Half-Indian , half-African , beautiful and brilliant , Tandia is a teenager when she is brutally violated by the South African police . |
| 21 | However , companies are not entirely free to time their issues as the Bank of England imposes a queue when it is concerned that the market may be faced with too many cash calls . |
| 22 | ‘ No man could come near to imagining the anguish experienced by a woman when she is forced to give away her child so that she herself may live ! ’ |
| 23 | There is a statutory discontinuance of a trade when it is transferred from one company to another ( see s337(1) TA 1988 ) . |
| 24 | A graduate chartered librarian with a full teaching qualification and working in schools is a teacher when he is engaged with a class , and mostly a librarian when he is devising an alphabetical subject index , and so on . |
| 25 | Land is only a concern when it is a direct source of people 's livelihoods . |
| 26 | A small seat , which also serves as a kneeler when it is turned upside down , is a practical item which can be carried in one hand . |
| 27 | Because a human only becomes a resource when it is classed as an asset with potential to grow . |
| 28 | But he gets very angry if they come up to him in a restaurant when he is eating or if he is busy talking to someone else , ’ says Marci . |
| 29 | I was afraid for her , anxious all the time , but she is like a monkey when she is in the saddle . |
| 30 | What happens to the structure of a potato when it is cooked ? |