Example sentences of "when it [is] [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tap tap tap all bloody day long , when it 's not singing or falling off its perch . |
| 2 | It 's just there to take the edge off things when it 's not settling on it 's own . |
| 3 | She shoves her nose in when it 's not wanted . |
| 4 | As Tom MacQueen himself once told me , banks will always lend you an umbrella , when it 's not raining . |
| 5 | Constant rain , and when it 's not raining it looks as if it 's about to . |
| 6 | It 's not only a working instrument but the kind of guitar that you feel like picking up and playing at any time ; when it 's not wowing the punters it will probably spend its time lying on the sofa permanently on call . |
| 7 | when it 's not changing . |
| 8 | ‘ We 'll keep this tucked away in a corner when it 's not needed , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Jackline in the , you have to do something with the comb when it 's not showing so you 've , what 's happened to the white ? |
| 10 | At times it 's a joy when it 's not happening ! |
| 11 | ‘ That is an inquisitorial power , which may work with great severity against third persons , and it seems to me to be obvious that such a section ought to be used with the greatest care , so as not unnecessarily to put in motion the machinery of justice when it is not wanted , or to put it in motion at a stage when it is not clear that it is wanted , and certainly not to put it in motion if unnecessary mischief is going to be done or hardship inflicted upon the third person who is called upon to appear and give information . |
| 12 | This prevents a permanently installed generator from being charged by the battery when it is not creating an output itself . |
| 13 | When it is not wind it is rain , |
| 14 | The point is this : trust is only applauded when it is not seen to be misplaced . |
| 15 | It is of course very difficult for the eye to register detail when it is not trained to look for it ; it is only when true students of the Gothic , like the elder Pugin , begin to distinguish the styles of different periods , that the buildings of the past really come into focus in the novel . |
| 16 | The real criticism of Mr Pound is not to be directed against his theory as such , but rather at the hasty headlong fashion in which he presents it , at the logical confusion of his intellect when it is not performing the task which is specifically his own , that task being poetry . |
| 17 | If you plan to eat in the living room , try to buy as generous a table as possible but one which will look quite in keeping with the room when it is not laid for a meal . |
| 18 | Thus although it is commonly suggested that the notion of certainty is relevant to the analysis of claims to knowledge , but not to the analysis of knowledge itself ( e.g. , in Woozley , 1953 ) , this leaves us with no method of explaining why certainty should be required before one can claim knowledge when it is not required for knowledge itself , i.e. , for the existence of what one is claiming . |
| 19 | Grey white chewing gum matter presents itself spasmodically at her mean Glasgow lips , alternating with her cigarette which is sucked when it is not rolling druggedly about on top of her ticket-issuing machine or charging up and down , and off , the long seat , dropping its fire and ash amongst the plastic cups and other less white rubbish , further propelled by chewed and muttered whinings about the discordant duet of erratic driving bus man and undone Corporation road holes . |
| 20 | When it is not expelled it seems to backfill so the tubes get coated in thick white mucus . |
| 21 | This is saying that power becomes dangerous when it is not used with mercy — in other words , when a ruler becomes merciless . |
| 22 | Even when it is not displaced , the prima facie rule does not exclude any further loss which was reasonably foreseeable as a result of the buyer 's breach . |
| 23 | ‘ Why mend something when it is n't broken ’ , was New Zealand coach Wayne Smith 's argument . |
| 24 | When it is n't fitted with Genuine Porsche Parts . |