Example sentences of "but when they have " in BNC.
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| 1 | An exhibitor 's put an exhibit up and everyone thinks they can beat it but when they 've gone and left their the exhibitors gone back and put a new lot up … things like that happen . |
| 2 | It took nearly two hours to get the pony out on to solid ground , but when they had done so and he was examined , Farmer Yatton was able to tell the thankful Angela that her pet had come to no real harm . |
| 3 | But when they had a closer look they saw that it was frozen solid . |
| 4 | But when they had gone she turned and said , If I was going to die tomorrow I should be mad . |
| 5 | But when they had been greeted with expressions of total derision and distaste , I realized that she was still not ready to come to terms with full womanly depth of her unacknowledged feelings . |
| 6 | Since it was very hot they just put on a loincloth , but when they had visitors they might throw on a leopard skin to look more venerable . |
| 7 | There was only the I was going to say but when they had w oh when I was in the I went to evening classes to learn Pitman 's Shorthand . |
| 8 | Lachlan Watt had been about to leave Hamish and Antonia 's party when Fergus had fallen over and Fiona had decided it was time to take her husband home ; she had offered Lachy a lift back to his brother 's house , but when they 'd got there Fergus had seemed fast asleep , snoring loudly and taking no apparent notice of Fiona shaking him and shouting at him ; Lachy had volunteered to come back to the castle to help get Fergus out of the car and upstairs to bed ; Fiona would run Lachy back afterwards . |
| 9 | The long stake is ridiculed by the theory merchants , and no doubt will be so again , but when they have had the practical experience , as I have , of losing hundreds of trees through their necks breaking under the weight of an Easter snowstorm , they will learn the commonsense of long staking . |
| 10 | I 've known very independent career women who 'd do anything to reach the top , but when they have a baby they suddenly decide to take two years out . |
| 11 | But when they have reached this size , they start to travel downstream . |