Example sentences of "when it be [verb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Safety glass will break into relatively harmless pieces when it 's hit hard , but laminated glass is much more difficult to break , and will deter most burglars after their first attempt .
2 the same when it 's cooking either
3 But how can you pressure Sun when it 's locked in with what the judge himself considers an irrevocable letter of credit to cover the legal bills if Addamax loses ?
4 ‘ It 'll be nice when it 's calmed down .
5 Though she has every confidence in the Trust , and particularly in John Sales , the Trust 's Chief Gardens Adviser , it is no easy thing to relinquish control of your life 's work — especially when it 's situated right under your nose .
6 And we 'll save the decorating for when it 's raining again .
7 That 's the thing that even when it 's dries out it still clings to the
8 The Thermogrill surface combustion burner gives an even heat over the whole surface , even when it 's turned down .
9 When we 're using the fax facility and we get a series of policy numbers and a problem coming through to us erm that 's not so bad cos that 's being amalgamated by the branch secretaries , when it 's going back , and we do it on the same one single fax going back , they 're sitting there snipping up individual replies , you know putting individual replies into consultants ' baskets unless they photocopy the whole sheet in which case they 've got a confidentiality problem .
10 Now what happens when it 's going faster and faster , you can graph it , and you can see it going right up .
11 probably on the first level in n it , or when it 's starting up .
12 Asthma kills two thousand people a year , but the new research shows that the gene which can cause it is only active when it 's passed on by the mother .
13 It 's thought the sword guard will be bought by The museum of Wales when it 's put up for auction by the Receiver of wrecks later this year .
14 tickle when it 's lies over
15 When it 's taken on its own , the body becomes reliant on further doses of the drink , an addiction that leads to hyperactivity , personality changes , compulsive behaviour , short term memory loss , and eventually the total disintegration of the brain . ’
16 As irritable as ever ( Mark Smith 's only comment was to compare the trendy utilitarian decor of The Waterfront to that of an open prison ) , The Fall 's lip cuts more ice when it 's backed up by more than just Smith 's mouthings .
17 As irritable as ever ( Mark Smith 's only comment was to compare the trendy utilitarian decor of The Waterfront to that of an open prison ) , The Fall 's lip cuts more ice when it 's backed up by more than just Smith 's mouthings .
18 So he said I ca n't go along and bother a busy man when it 's feeling much better .
19 When it 's opened out , it measures a spacious 21 ’ long by 13 ’ wide by 6 ’ deep .
20 ‘ But , when it 's switched on , the motor will go at a good jogging speed , though you need to pedal a bit to get the pace up .
21 In its most basic form the technique involves merely an outline , or when it is filled in , a silhouette ; but of course it can be much more elaborate than that .
22 It is difficult to avoid the further thought that the given characterization of consciousness is elliptical , and that when it is filled in , as it must be , we are no further ahead , but have our definiendum turning up in the definiens .
23 The concept of honour , artificial as it can often seem , can be an abiding emotional force in fiction , but only when it is demonstrated fully and specifically through believable characters as well as believable action .
24 If a firm is to be successful , it will have to generate sufficient income to cover the cost not only of financing a capital asset but of replacing it when it is worn out .
25 Certainly , psychological research shows that a single sight of a picture can produce clear recognition of the picture when it is seen again , even at intervals of months or more : ‘ implicit ’ memory in action .
26 Like the donkey it is despised by its enemies and mistreated by its friends , but only because it is bound to be treated unfairly when it is seen unrealistically .
27 There are also ideas for making the picture look even more effective and attractive when it is hung on the wall .
28 Twenty-eight companies have already obtained shareholder approval to move their stock into Taurus , the new paperless share transfer and registration system , when it is phased in from mid-1993 .
29 The inner wall of each chamber is stiff and when it is moved in or out , it makes a click , as the lid of a tin may do .
30 Once again the Macintosh has the upper hand with its graphics capability but for much of this market WYSIWYG is irrelevant , the trained operator ‘ knows ’ what 's going to happen to the text when it is run out on the page printer or phototypesetter .
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