Example sentences of "but when it [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've lived all my life waiting for an opportunity like this , somebody saying you 're all individuals , but when it came I was not convinced . |
| 2 | But when it came it was n't quite as she had imagined … |
| 3 | ‘ The chance of a lifetime ’ did n't arrive at the most convenient moment for Helen Dobson ( seven months into a new job ) but when it came she grabbed it , in spite of the fact that it has left her biting her nails about future career prospects . |
| 4 | ‘ But when it went I thought I needed an operation . |
| 5 | A severe drought is not a common feature on the field but when it occurs it may be in any month from April to September . |
| 6 | It does n't always work , but when it does it can be rather stirring . |
| 7 | It has yet to catch on in the Third World but when it does it could prove extremely useful . |
| 8 | It does not happen often , but when it does it is puzzling . |
| 9 | Fortunately rose rust does n't occur very often , but when it does it can be a killer . |
| 10 | Confidence is hard to measure , so worries about it are easy to dismiss — but when it goes you can generally tell by counting the dole queues . |
| 11 | But when it suits them they choose not to be seen and seen you know sort of divide and rule tactics of seen as different entities really and I mean to be how dare and one one comment was how dare these men gang up against us . |
| 12 | We thought it was interference but when it continued we mapped the entire area . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ We have contingency plans for a major incident like this but when it happens it is very difficult to cope . |
| 14 | The marriage , which was a political one , took some time to complete , since bride and groom passed a whole month in Saint-Jean before the ceremony ; but when it happened it was very splendid , with much bestowing of jewels , especially by the wealthy minister , Cardinal Mazarin , whose niece Louis had originally been most anxious to marry but who was opportunely exiled by her uncle in the interests of the nation . |
| 15 | Liza Alther 's bestselling novel Kinflicks was rejected at least fifty times before it found a home , but when it did it earned her enough money to enable her to devote herself full-time to writing . |
| 16 | During the electoral and economic crisis of 1935 the Party had accepted no new members , but when it opened its books again in September 1936 membership shot up to 29,819 . |
| 17 | But when it stopped he lunged at her face with a jagged edged knife . |
| 18 | But when it stopped he lunged at Janice 's head with the jagged-edged weapon before running off . |