Example sentences of "only when [pers pn] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus they treated innovation with extreme caution , and employed advanced technology only when they had satisfied themselves that it could be incorporated without visible effect into their style of living . |
| 2 | Only when they had gained experience of the re-heat sets at Dunston ( in 1952 ) did they concede its flexibility , and re-heat became standard in their new stations from then onwards . |
| 3 | For others , however , it will be plain that they made their asylum claim to extend their stay here only when they had failed to prolong it by other means . |
| 4 | The first part dealt with unmixed foil and stated that ownership in the foil would transfer to the buyers only when they had paid all that was owing to the sellers . |
| 5 | And Lucy called her in the morning , swept away all doubts with a rush of enthusiasm about the exhibition , and only when they 'd hung up did Jay realise that she had n't given her a date , a time ; that she — they ? — were just where they 'd been five months before . |
| 6 | Such students are strongly advised to come to Edinburgh on their own , in the first instance , and to send for their husbands or wives and families only when they have secured suitable accommodation . |
| 7 | Married students are therefore advised to come to Edinburgh on their own in the first instance and to send for their families only when they have secured suitable accommodation . |
| 8 | Only when they have examined what hands , arms , legs and feet , body and above all the head can do in isolation and then in harmony with the story , theme or music , can they set out and create a style which will be general in structure and particular in texture , with the right quality , mood , emotion , action and character . |
| 9 | In contrast to the administrative procedures operating before 1986 , the Act authorizes warrants to be granted for preventing as well as detecting crime , thereby compromising the important question of principle identified by Dicey that ‘ preventive measures are inconsistent with the pervading principle of English law , that men are to be interfered with or punished , not because they may or will break the law , but only when they have committed some definite assignable legal offence ’ ( Dicey , 1959 : 249 ) . |
| 10 | The fragmented narrative cultivated by Vargas Llosa , for example , is intended to replicate the way in which we experience real life , in that events and information are presented to us in a disjointed fashion and it is only when we have lived through the reading experience that we are able to piece it all together with the benefit of hindsight . |
| 11 | Only when we have settled on the perfect sauce will — Ah , Egbert ! ’ |
| 12 | Only when we have established the facts will we be in a position to make moves to change the situation , and we need your assistance to establish the present position . |
| 13 | One reason why we find it so hard to understand the development of form may be that we do not make machines that develop : often , we understand biological phenomena only when we have invented machines with similar properties . |
| 14 | Only when she had managed to stop crying and he had dried her face completely did he even attempt to answer . |
| 15 | Only when she had rinsed herself clean and gone through the whole process again did she feel able to step from under the flood of water . |
| 16 | Only when she had finished did she go to the door again and , releasing the bottom catch , go out into the rose garden . |
| 17 | ‘ You know it 's only when I 've had a drink I stop hearing those damned machines . ’ |
| 18 | Her friend said , " I do n't do things without a reason , only when I 've got something against people , so we did things like spraying walls , not bus seats , we did n't slash them because people have to sit on them . |
| 19 | Had I proposed to keep working until the hotel was a hotbed of gossip , and leave only when I 'd made myself the centre of a tasty little scandal ? |
| 20 | I thought that this was a painting I should n't discuss with Lili , but only when I had walked to the end of the gallery to look at an innocuous picture of a group of long-haired sheep did I ask myself what Robert had been doing in Marie Claire 's bedroom . |
| 21 | And only when I have experienced this pressure , through them , and absorbed it , can I feel that here is the beginning of an interpretation . |
| 22 | Only then , Wolfprince , only when you are cowed and submissive , only when I have drawn from you every shred of defiance , when I have extracted every sliver of pleasure I can from your predicament , shall I take your soul . |
| 23 | Only when you 've got brothers like mine , what you want is a bit of peace . |
| 24 | Generally , I think such experiences can help , but only when you 've worked through the unhappiness you 've faced , and I would be surprised if you could do this fully without outside help . |
| 25 | But since your overhead is usually positively established only when you have gone through your holding rack , the 19 seconds is rounded off to 15 . |
| 26 | Only when you have made your plans , decided on your work sequence , bought your appliances and thought about the style of room you would like to create , can you focus on the treatment of the rest : the framework of walls , floor , window and ceiling as well as the sort of tiles , splashback and worktop you would like . |
| 27 | Only when you have achieved this mastery of theory and practice , will drudgery disappear and the full joy of smallholding be realized . |
| 28 | Only when you have unwound somewhat and are back in balance are you able to progress to a more powerful strategy that involves insight , persistence or talking to the headteacher . |
| 29 | Watching from the window , Hilary grinned as she saw him hurry towards the driver , and only when he 'd climbed into the car did she move . |
| 30 | He should have realised it before , but it was only when he had seen Juliet that the obvious had appeared in all its blatancy . |