Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [adv] [adj] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | But such jumps can also travel some way forwards , backwards or sideways and can become sparklingly light when the knees are sharply bent upwards at the height of the jump . |
| 2 | Livestock can appear to become split between two or more pieces of glass and while this may not initially seem to be a problem , it can become very irritating when you have to keep altering your viewing position to see your fish and other livestock in their entirety . |
| 3 | Apparently , if a baby kicks and is repeatedly given a response to that kick by touch , it can become highly responsive when it enters the world . |
| 4 | Their presence or absence in discourse often contributes to style , and some conjunctions can sound very pompous when used inappropriately . |
| 5 | The size of a piece of furniture can look amazingly different when placed in different surroundings — lost in a vast , tall room , overpowering in a small one . |
| 6 | Some of the mushroom-like Sarcophyton , such as S. lobulatum can look positively alarming when they go through this process . |
| 7 | There are also sets of tiles which build up into larger designs ( known as feature panels ) , and which can look quite striking when surrounded by an area of plain tiling . |
| 8 | The Consumer Credit Act 1974 can prove particularly useful when buying goods by mail order , because , with all due respect to the advertiser , you do n't always know much about where your hard earned wages are going when ordering from a paper or magazine . |
| 9 | At least both of those incidents had humour — life can get pretty tedious when it 's missing and it was very definitely absent the night Richard Gere was a guest . |
| 10 | It can get really frantic when your sprogs are on the verge of starvation . |
| 11 | Had a very , very good over from Bill Tufnell there , it 's always a bit tricky when you come on to bowl and it 's turning and it 's a long day ahead and you , you 're expected to get hissed and you expect to get hissed , and you can get very impatient when they do n't come , but he 's got one now , he 's got , now he 's bowled well all morning now , he 's bowled almost for an hour , but he 's got that one wicket and he , that over was full of confidence , he tossed one up , misjudged the length and got into a bit of a tangle and then he bowled a quicker one which tried to cut , he then misjudged the pace and he could off nick it to the , a very , very good over and he 's bowling with , with great confidence at the moment . |
| 12 | However , it can get more complicated when you 're shaping a neck . |