Example sentences of "such a [noun] when [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Who can trust such a Government when they pledge to improve the working of the economy ? |
2 | In such a case when you act for a building society-mortgagee , therefore , you will hand over an undertaking to the buyer 's conveyancer , undertaking forthwith to redeem the mortgage and to send the redeemed mortgage or ( as the case may be ) LR form 53 to the other side . |
3 | huh , huh some one went , do n't because it makes a noise , put it down , no , because it makes such a noise when you pick it up |
4 | For the hon. Gentleman to have the nerve to ask such a question when he was undoubtedly one of those who voted successively for large cuts in our defence expenditure , is mind-boggling . |
5 | It 's such a want when they have been there so long , that it 's like losing a human being . |
6 | I felt such a fool when he picked me up like that . |
7 | It 's just that Hubert was always such a fool when I knew him , and I hoped he might have acquired a little common sense in the meantime . |
8 | Yeah I think you will just pop it on then just looks such a mess when you 're going round a bit like that but I 'm afraid |
9 | And it 's such a triumph when you capture it . ’ |
10 | He was , she said ‘ such a hothead when he entered the series . |
11 | ‘ When you 're writing stuff , these kinds of songs come out and you know you 're never going to use them seriously , but we had such a laugh when we were playing about with that one , we decided to use it on the single . |
12 | ‘ It was such a shock when I realised what Dora was suggesting . |
13 | BIIBA wanted a stay of execution on Fimbra 's plans and thought that it had gained such a deal when its chairman , David Palmer , met Fimbra chairman Lord Elton . |
14 | The Department of the Environment provided just such a draft when they invited the Prince , as the United Kingdom 's patron of the European Year of the Environment , to open the Second International Conference on the protection of the North Sea in November 1987 . |
15 | He sounds like a such a wanker when he does it though . |
16 | Eliot had written of and against such a milieu when he combined the elements of the savage and the city , from the beating tom-tom of ‘ Portrait of a Lady ’ through the rituals of The Waste Land and Sweeney Agonistes to the cocktail chatter and jungle martyrdom of the play , The Cocktail Party , yet to come . |
17 | I always worry about whether he 's going to go lame on his off-fore , he gives it such a hammering when he 's madly digging . ’ |
18 | I recently recounted such a theory when I met Will Shakespeare and Richard Burbage at the Globe . |
19 | Britain benefited from such a programme when they finished third at the Los Angeles Olympics and England did at the 1986 World Cup . |
20 | Britain benefited from such a programme when they finished third at the Los Angeles Olympics , as did England at the 1986 World Cup . |
21 | Just because Council is delegated in the matter of routine gives it no right to assume such a role when it proposes such a mammoth commitment . |
22 | 3 ) The question was asked do we really need such a statement when our ‘ creed ’ is already explained in the earlier leaflet ‘ The Task of Christian Aid ’ . |
23 | Durrant , such an influence when they overcame Leeds in the previous round , had been struggling all night as the makeshift partner for Mark Hateley , in the absence of the injured Ally McCoist . |
24 | But it is possible that we have such an idea when there is no external thing like it . |
25 | A waitress told me of such an incident when she heard a rumour that her hotel management had appointed private detectives with the power to search staff homes — a not uncommon fear among hotel workers and one paralleling similar periodic fears in other occupations of this type . |
26 | Well , imagine the reaction if you could nonchalantly mention that your strings were made from magnetically active nickel steel with a reinforced twist at the ball end because you are such an animal when it comes to whammy-bar aerobics ! |
27 | How could I commit such an offence when I really do love my parents so much ? |
28 | I would have given my right arm to have achieved such an agreement when I was Minister for Aviation between 1984 and 1987 . |
29 | John Lyons could be taken to be offering such an analysis when he says that the English language is different from other languages in that it ‘ extends ’ the meaning of particular words beyond the culture-specific because of the international demands made on it ( Lyons , 1982 ) . |