Example sentences of "are [adj] when [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's not a way of fudging some other cost , the retained fire fighters are recompensed when we provide training for them , because they normally have to lose work or whatever . |
| 2 | We respond to all four strongly , but cats are weak when it comes to sweet tastes . |
| 3 | Mary , who works for a publishing firm , said last night : ‘ People are speechless when I tell them where they 're calling . |
| 4 | I have found that most people have no idea how they behave in a group , and are upset when they watch their behaviour in groups on video replays . |
| 5 | ‘ They are alive when they go down , ’ she said . |
| 6 | No-one I know is proud to admit they are German when they travel abroad . |
| 7 | People who already have breathing problems are badly affected if pollution levels are high when they come into the city centre . |
| 8 | They are stingy when it comes to overheads : in most discount stores , there are few staff in sight and goods are sold out of the boxes they come in . |
| 9 | Interpretations of statute are not unfamiliar to commercial auditors ; but they are unfamiliar when they involve overtly political questions . |
| 10 | West Ham look a good outfit , they pass the ball around well in the midfield but are crap when they get it in the box . |
| 11 | She does n't have a job , of course , so she does n't understand that things are different when you do them for a living . |
| 12 | Women are old when they reach 60 and men are old at 65 . |
| 13 | In due course the parents are relieved when he begins to ‘ miss ’ his two o'clock and then his six o'clock feeds . |
| 14 | Like there is today , I mean things are altered when you get a ship now , when you get the dredger what was in the East Anglia Daily Times er yesterday , where a ship open in half , so th they load it with a grab and that go to sea and ship open in half , drop it down so there 's no doors . |
| 15 | The trouble is local authorities are autonomous when it comes to applying trading standards but Haverfordwest seems out of step with other councils on the issue . |
| 16 | Jim'£s chances of winning are tremendous when he plays each point as though it was match point . ’ |
| 17 | Many of our competitors have an ‘ under ten items ’ till , and many of our customers are confused when they have a shopping trolley . |
| 18 | I 've gone down hill since then , but she said you know these folks are hard when you 've been out of work for a long while , you 've got ta just get back up and fight again , I said , she said and I know how hard that is , but she said you know , if you can get it going and fit and get in , so |
| 19 | But Althusser imposes one stringent limitation on the types that are admissible when he asserts that Marxist history is ‘ a process without a subject ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ People from the UK are astounded when they walk down a cookie aisle in the US , as it may be 60 feet long . |
| 21 | Rob Andrew , his captain , added : ‘ Not one player in that team had won in Paris , and now we know that France are vulnerable when you keep running at them . ’ |
| 22 | POCHETTES ARE GOOD WHEN YOU WANT TO TRY DIFFERING WEIGHTS OR COLOURS WITHOUT PAYING FOR FULL SHEETS . |
| 23 | Measure for measure , the paper is more expensive than if you were to buy full sheets and cut up the paper yourself , but pochettes are good when you want to try different weights or colours without paying for full sheets . |
| 24 | In fact , they are handy when I go to the out there . |
| 25 | Most PAT dogs are mature when they commence work . |
| 26 | Okay having said that , that all of those things are important when we answer the telephone , and the way in which we answer the telephone , what are the things that you find annoying on the telephone , what annoys you ? |
| 27 | Okay , all of those things are important when you answer the telephone , and they 're things to bear in mind . |
| 28 | Research into reducing stress has indicated that three factors play an important role as far as managers are concerned when they come to make decisions : |
| 29 | Because we are angry when we do it . |
| 30 | We say we are thirsty when we mean that we fancy a glass of wine , a pint of beer , a gin and tonic or a shot of whisky — the pleasure of naming our poison — at the end of a busy day or tiresome week . |