Example sentences of "when they [vb mod] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a splendid incentive for people to listen hard since they never know when they might be called upon to paraphrase what they have heard . |
| 2 | He saw the new drugs as a threat to his well-being , and lived in dread of the day when they might be prescribed for him . |
| 3 | Japanese trading companies are owed nearly $400m for exports and can not get an answer about when they might be paid . |
| 4 | They could get quite boisterous and reckless , especially during the early days , when they would be shut in for a while . |
| 5 | Its chairman , David Murray , wrote to Mr Gillespie saying that instead of handing over the shares on the previously agreed dates , he could keep them until he was 65 in 1991 , when they would be transferred to MIH in one lump . |
| 6 | The government was retaining 40 per cent of the shares in both companies , at least until March 31 , 1993 , when they would be sold either to trade buyers or by means of a further flotation . |
| 7 | Yesterday 's crunch meeting of the Progressive Democrats ' parliamentary party was adjourned until tomorrow , when they may be left with little option but to quit the Reynolds government . |
| 8 | They 're then taken upstream to exactly the same stretch of river they were picked up from two weeks ago and released — clearly happy to back in the territory they recognise … until this time next year , when they 'll be collected once again for another short break in their unlikely holiday location , just off the M25 … |
| 9 | The AeroMedical teams are now waiting for a Whitehall decision on when they 'll be needed . |
| 10 | Authorship attribution problems are easier to deal with when they can be cast into the following form : in respect of the measured features , does the doubtful work resemble the work of candidate author A more than it resembles the work of candidate author B ? |
| 11 | More and more of us are letting the conservatory fill up with pots , urns and tubs in winter , keeping the plants safe from the cold until May , when they can be rolled out on to the terrace , wheeled on to the patio or carried to the paved squares on the lawn where they will put on a show all summer long . |
| 12 | Leave these in a sheltered place outdoors until mid-January , when they can be brought into the greenhouse for early , hand-pollinated flowers . |
| 13 | For all these people the first Sunday of Lent marked the time when Bishop Brewer , in the name of the Church , called them to journey with the Church towards Easter when they will be baptised , or received into full communion with the Church . |
| 14 | The prisoner learns in this jungle to trust no one , and because no one is to be trusted then it becomes additionally dangerous to share feelings because you never know when they will be used against you . |
| 15 | ‘ Staff would welcome a timetable as to when they will be told how they will be affected , so that they can plan for the future , ’ he said . |
| 16 | It is also no surprise that there should be fierce debate within the Community as to when they should be allowed to do so . |
| 17 | But in the meantime the food awaited her attention , and the two rafts containing eighteen hungry men were riding the white foam , every minute drawing closer to the time when they must be fed . |