Example sentences of "when they [be] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | when they 're at school |
| 2 | ‘ And you know the two foresters who live here in the village : they 're fine when they 're at home , but when they go to the village they 're responsible for , in Dolpo , I bet they carry on like all the others do , terrorizing people . |
| 3 | Well it is n't only that I mean er we do n't provide the food when they 're at home , do we ? |
| 4 | when they 're at home |
| 5 | I mean if obviously the child is reacting in some way or feels that they ca n't even relax when they 're at home , erm then someone 's overstepped the mark . |
| 6 | Seventy-two per cent of the men in our sample say they fantasize about someone they have n't slept with , and 32% of them find their thoughts turning to sex when they 're at work . |
| 7 | Thirty-five per cent of men , feel most masculine when they 're at work , especially richer men , those enjoying the most sexual activity and those who regularly cheat on their partners . |
| 8 | ‘ Sweet and juicy when they 're at perfection . |
| 9 | But it is also due partly to less creditable reasons : women 's wages and the benefits they can draw for their children when they are at work are generally lower here ; and day care for children is scarcer and poorer than in many other countries . |
| 10 | I do not see how the Asian and West Indian pupils that I am responsible for can take on English behaviour for half a day when they are at school and change to their culture when they are at home . |
| 11 | Moon 's orbit moves towards 90° to that of the Sun , when they are at quadrature , and their relative pulls , about 7 to 3 in favour of the moon , result in Neap tides , with smaller variations . |
| 12 | Wilson had to trot briskly , to keep up with his wife ; and he trotted responsibly , because there was no doubt that he was proud of his charge — tall and upright as a Grenadier Guard as she was , and issuing instructions in the way that I imagine a Grenadier might , so that when they were at home her voice would sometimes float right up the road and into our garden , ‘ Wilson ! |
| 13 | ‘ Well , she said a lot of good things about how housework and things were essential social work — you know , saying it was work , hard work , servicing other people , not that airy fairy labour of love stuff , and how it ought to be recognised , and how it was because women were seen as wives and mothers that they got low wages , no money when they were at home looking after small kids . |
| 14 | At home , when they were at home they had bells in their home , and erm by pressing the appropriate button , er an electrical charge was sent across these wires , it was private wires to these homes and the bell rang , and as soon as the bell rang all hell broke loose in these , these homes . |
| 15 | When they were at home unmarried , they were strictly chaperoned . |
| 16 | When they were at home |
| 17 | But when they were at school they were just in and out , and home at 3.30 p.m . |
| 18 | If you talk to women in the sort of project where she 's working , I think you do get a very strong picture of people who have very little confidence in themselves and certainly think that education is not for them , and if you then look at projects like second chance for women , there 's a range of access projects , particularly for for people who want to get back into education when they think that they 've had precious little chance to get anything out of education when they were at school themselves . |
| 19 | He was , for instance , among those charged to receive Clement V in Aquitaine after his election to the papacy , in July 1305 , and ordered the giving of gifts to the French envoys to the new pope when they were at Bordeaux . |
| 20 | He frequently referred to the students when they were at College , and for long after , as his ‘ children ’ . |