Example sentences of "when it [verb] [vb pp] its " in BNC.

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1 They were much more worried about the other problems associated with such a large , unwieldy beast — its potential for erratic behaviour , its contamination of the countryside and the waste products it would leave behind when it had performed its task .
2 And when it had finished its inquiry , not a word of its report could be changed by government , which was also obliged to publish its findings .
3 Books from Boots Library had small labels in them which , if a reader wanted to buy it when it had finished its circulation life , he could fill in and give to the librarian when he returned it .
4 That 's right , the , the , the id rewards the ego as it were with a feeling of pleasure when it 's when it 's met its demand .
5 The weight of the lorry , see the lorry weighs something itself so its total weight when it 's got its load on is eight hundred plus a hundred times the number of engines on it .
6 When it has done its work there still remains the task of relating it to aspects of the context which are particular and can not of their nature be accounted for in advance .
7 When it has exhausted its reserves , it collapses suddenly .
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