Example sentences of "when [pron] [be] [vb pp] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then , of course , I was n't able to attend much when I was left on my own after Mother and Uncle Tommy died and I had all the milking and farmwork to do myself . |
| 2 | When I was left on my own after the death of Uncle , my beasts became my family , I suppose . |
| 3 | Well that 's why now I 'm glad when I 'm come on this diet that I can fill his |
| 4 | And why do reception staff often ask if I 've stayed with them before when I 'm booked on a regular customer discount ? |
| 5 | This ingenious device ensures power is switched off whenever the bulb is removed so there 's no risk of electrocution — a comforting thought when you 're balanced on a stool , fitment in one hand and replacement bulb in the other . |
| 6 | Perhaps when you 're raised on the Essex-London borders and your dad , brothers and uncles all ( that 's all ) work as chartered accountants in Chingford , it 's easy to develop a sense of life 's absurdity . |
| 7 | So again can you see you have other people to consider if you 've partners , but that 's one of the difficulties of having a partner , but then again think , if you do n't have a partner , that 's worse cos you 've nobody to communicate with , nobody to shout at , nobody to organize or organize you , er nobody ready made to go out with , you 've got it all to do yourself because your number one requirement when you 're left on your own is to get the company and the activity , whereas if you , if you are er living with a person then at least a certain amount of that is ready to hand . |
| 8 | when you 're sat on your own for hours and hours and hours |
| 9 | Another advantage was being near enough to the basecamp to go back for lunch ; not only did it mean we could have a hot drink but it avoided the clammy sensation , which Carole graphically described , of sitting down for lunch when you 're soaked on the outside and soaked on the inside . |
| 10 | And when she 's curled on my honoured knee , |
| 11 | When she was seated on the sofa with a glass of brandy , he spoke . |
| 12 | ‘ You did and so did I. ’ He looked up at her when she was seated on a calm grey horse . |
| 13 | He presented the case for deporting Emma Goldman , feminist and anarchist , and sailed out into New York harbour to taunt her when she was loaded on a troopship bound for Russia . |
| 14 | When she was interviewed on the television recently she said things like : |
| 15 | Cheshire NFU chairman Barbara Smith put it well when she was interviewed on the BBC Radio 4 's early morning ‘ Farming Today . ’ |
| 16 | Cheshire NFU chairman Barbara Smith put it well when she was interviewed on the BBC Radio 4 's early morning ‘ Farming Today . ’ |
| 17 | When she was laid on the bed Dot felt the room spin . |
| 18 | ‘ When we were approached on this deal we used it to tie in with the release of one of our hostages held in Lebanon . ’ |
| 19 | Stac Polly is an extraordinary mountain when seen from a distance and doubly so when one is engaged on the traverse of its narrow ridge . |
| 20 | I 've seen an American training video where a policeman 's legs just buckled when one was used on him . |
| 21 | If anything , modern games slow down when they 're run on fast PCs . |
| 22 | When they 're placed on floppies we can use a program ( called a ‘ packer ’ or ‘ zipper ’ ) to encode this information so it takes up less space . |
| 23 | The effect of these EDMs is measured by the number of signatures they attract when they are printed on the daily Order paper . |
| 24 | Expectations can be damaging , especially when they are based on prejudice . |
| 25 | The first is its conformity with the General MIDI Specification , designed to provide greater compatibility for MIDI song files when they are played on different MIDI set-ups . |
| 26 | When they are questioned on the attitudes , motivations and beliefs they bring to their tasks , strongly held schemas will often become obvious quite quickly to the trained observer who knows what he ( or she ) is looking for . |
| 27 | The other half wants to hang dependent clauses ; like ‘ Americans will tell anything to an Englishman with a camera poking over his right shoulder when they are trapped on a long distance train . ’ |
| 28 | The case for co-operative R&D ventures that emerges from our survey of the theoretical literature in section II above suggests that they are most desirable where technological spillovers and pecuniary externalities are large , where participating firms produce complementary products , when they are focused on the R rather than the D , and when they do not enhance downstream product market power . |
| 29 | Base interest rates reached their highest level when they were increased on Dec. 26 to 14.75 per cent . |
| 30 | The two Russians , working for the oil-rich southern Russian state of Chechen , both had three bullet wounds to the head when they were found on Monday . |