Example sentences of "when [verb] [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you thread the yarn through any other sections of the yarn mast , when knitting it will cross any yarn from a holder to the right of it . |
| 2 | These facilities represent a total investment of £17 million within the last 2 years and when completed we will have invested £28 million . |
| 3 | The Baltic lay becalmed that day , yet left no doubt that when aroused it could rage like a maddened beast . |
| 4 | When pressed he would explain the secret of his success , in a shy , matter-of-fact way . |
| 5 | When approached they may stay absolutely motionless and allow themselves to be picked up . |
| 6 | It is as aware of objects behind it as in front of it , and when alarmed it can reverse backwards into its hole with a speed and accuracy that any motorist would envy . |
| 7 | Would you please mention in your classes that when ordering it would help us if they could also state their teacher 's name . |
| 8 | When writing you may like to include a simple map and travel details to help candidates arrive on time . |
| 9 | The use of the voice in conjunction with the body is an important feature of training , too , for when acting you will need to be physically free enough to do several things at once . |
| 10 | When thwarted he would rage , shutting his eyes tight , opening his mouth and holding his breath before letting out a bellow of such terrifying power that Neil half expected the whole of Lydsett to come running to see which of them was tormenting the child . |
| 11 | Some tapes have built-in protection and when copied you will find the sound or vision is distorted . |
| 12 | When used it can quadruple data throughput , making a 2,400bps modem look like a 9,600bps one , making it faster and cheaper in terms of phone time . |
| 13 | A teenage couple whose baby was taken to hospital with bruises and bleeding eyes seemed unconcerned when told he might die , the Old Bailey heard yesterday . |
| 14 | When lit it would warm both sides and make the atmosphere cosy . |
| 15 | Meg Dods ( The Cook 's and Housewife 's Manual , I 826 ) instructs that if this is to be kept as a cold relish the white meat and the coral and spawn should be packed " in a regular manner , in layers , or alternate pieces , so that when sliced it may have that marbled appearance , that look of mosaic work which so commends the taste of the cook " . |
| 16 | On a proportional grid , we would have to draw this as an egg-shaped , so that when knitted it would appear the correct shape . |
| 17 | What are we really talking about when saying we would have to reduce the numbers of staff ? |
| 18 | There are so many bite indicators for use when legering you would think there was something extremely complicated to the simple action of a fish pulling on the line . |
| 19 | The respect the government accorded them was correspondingly limited : it was significant that among the great civil reforms of the reign that of urban government should have been left until last , and that when enacted it should have concentrated power in the hands of a very narrow élite . |
| 20 | The fact that many people have attributed therapeutic properties to amber probably stems from its electrical qualities — for instance , when rubbed it will attract straw or paper . |
| 21 | When finished it will lie before the Lord in our chapel . |
| 22 | Butter up : if you add a teaspoon of oil to butter when frying it will prevent the butter from burning . |
| 23 | The Master of the College , Arthur Benson , said of him humorously that when roused he would become ‘ all eye and moustache ’ . |