Example sentences of "but when they do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally , Greenidge tried to emulate Richards which , when things went well , was fine , but when they did not it meant that , for a while , he gained a reputation for not being over-reliable ; perhaps he suffered from trying to hit the ball too hard , for there were plenty of people who felt that he would have been a better player had he not tried to ‘ bury the ball into the wall of some distant building ’ ( his own words ) at every opportunity . |
| 2 | Were n't there greengages somewhere that scarcely ever fruited but when they did were splendid ? |
| 3 | But when they did n't pay up the bridegroom 's mother , Cara White , whose firm handled the catering , sued the Smiths , of Cranwell , Lincs . |
| 4 | Sudbury had the advantage of the wind in the first half , but when they did press forward failed to unsettled Cornard 's well-knitted defensive combination . |
| 5 | In the beginning , a team of French builders was hired , but when they did not respond to his treatment of them as an army detachment , he fired them and barked orders at Anthony instead . |
| 6 | But when they did they were wonderful , and some of Charles 's happiest memories were of Italian or Chinese or Indian restaurants after hours in quiet provincial towns . |
| 7 | It took a second for the words to sink home , but when they did she jerked her head back and swatted his hand away . |
| 8 | ‘ I had n't expected the papers to pick up on Thomas 's birth , ’ she went on , ‘ but when they did and when it was taken for granted that he was Simon 's I let that be , too . ’ |
| 9 | You complain about your friends never coming to see you , but when they do come , you give them such a hard time it 's hardly surprising they stay away . |
| 10 | ‘ But when they do see them , their reaction is always the same . |
| 11 | First , they do n't occur often during the life of the volcano , but when they do , they may continue intermittently for several months . |
| 12 | To the grown man visionary experiences come infrequently , but when they do appear the effect is profound , as in ‘ the Blind Beggar ’ episode ; caught in the maelstrom of London , the poet is admonished as if from another world' ( see page 64 ) . |
| 13 | Such cases will be rare , but when they do arise , as was the case with Miss T. , the courts can and will provide immediate assistance . |
| 14 | ‘ But when they do the whatsit … ’ |
| 15 | It does n't make them more adventurous but when they do climb you can see them looking for footholds . |
| 16 | ‘ They happen rarely , but when they do then everything is absolutely perfect . |
| 17 | Very few vehicles pass , but when they do they bear down from nowhere full of gun-toting unsmiling men in the American uniform of checked shirts , peaked caps and bullet-proof , puffa-waistcoats . |
| 18 | But when they do arise , police and military planners are caught on the horns of a dangerous dilemma : do they smash in quickly and run the risk of death or injury ? |
| 19 | ‘ They wo n't move yet , but when they do … watch out ! |
| 20 | It 's clear they come one every so often , as the one from Germany , but when they do come , they 're very worthwhile , it justifies our effort . |
| 21 | The addresses wo n't change very often , but when they do you can easily amend the appropriate DATA statement . |
| 22 | But when they do they have to be sensible and wash their hands . |