Example sentences of "to do when [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are more likely to be thinking about other things while you are driving along , like what you are going to do when you reach your destination . |
| 2 | Anyone who 's vigilant knows what 's going on and they 're aware of what 's happening , so again it , it shows that we must do something as they said on that motorway , the thing to do when you feel yourself going into drow drowsiness is , is stop the car perhaps , get out and have a walk round , do something , I know I , er in the past when I 've felt myself going off to sleep in those situations , I 've been pinching myself and , and really making yourself do something rather than just sitting there doing nothing , cos that 's the way we just go off and get lowered into sleep and our lives are involved in this , we 've read and heard about people that have gone to sleep on motorways have n't they ? |
| 3 | Which of the following did the salesperson encourage you to do when you bought your bed ? ( please tick all that apply ) |
| 4 | Patrick was just about to ask what she was going to do when he felt something cold touch his scalp — and then it was as if his head had caught fire . |
| 5 | ‘ God , Nurse , ’ Ted exclaimed virtuously , ‘ There 's nothing for a hot-blooded sinner like me to do when he sees you coming , except close his eyes and pray for continence . ’ |
| 6 | She did n't know what she was going to do when she found him , but that did not matter right now . |
| 7 | Then the scuffles subside and I think I hear my bedroom door opening , so my finger tightens on the trigger and I hear my name and I shake my head and I recognize the voice and I know it is Jancey and she 's shouting where am I and I think they 've grabbed her and made her act the decoy and I 'm trying to work out what to do when I hear what she 's saying . |
| 8 | What does that sleaze-bag of a gilgul expect me to do when I announce my presence to a quivering subject ? |
| 9 | You did n't have to focus some kind of internal microscope , as you seemed to do when I challenged you . |
| 10 | I 've got to do that twice a day which I did n't know we actually had to do when I started it . |
| 11 | But what am I to do when someone asks me for everything I know on Lake Malawi Cichlids ( as happens fairly often ) . |