Example sentences of "but when [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't say they are there for months but when they ca n't find a friend or relative to put them up they have to resort to anywhere to keep out of the wind and rain . |
| 2 | Because of the Farm 's history , they used the occasion to mount a show of force , and to do so at 5pm , when children playing on the estate would be terrified by the raid , but when they could be sure of a good spot on the Six O'Clock News . |
| 3 | When thou wast young , thou girdedst thyself and walkedst whither thou wouldst ; but when thou shalt be old , thou shalt stretch forth thy hands and another shall gird thee and carry thee whither thou wouldst not . |
| 4 | For a quick screening process of a multitude of alternatives we need rigid priorities but when we can make a more careful examination it is possible to be more flexible . |
| 5 | Turbin lights and they were for use of coastal command of the RAF first searchlighting for submarines , looking for submarines , the er the Harvards were very much trained as some of them came in from the Navy they were used for training landing of pilots on aircraft carriers , and they had hooks underneath you know the er they were a very good trainer they were still used today , but when we used to go and see films at the pictures they used to use them a lot as Japanese aircraft because they looked alike , and they used to use them as zeros in the American films these Harvard trainers , er and but like as I said they had a experimental department at Helliwells and they used to try out various things to see if they could improve on the structure or the instrumentation things like that |
| 6 | The question on most people 's lips was not whether there would be war but when it would it break out . |
| 7 | ‘ The debate is no longer whether the Technical and Vocational Education Initiative will spread to all schools but when it will . ’ |
| 8 | Similarly , the value of a reinvestigation could be weakened if , instead of co-operating , the suspect leaves his explanation for the trial , when not only can it not be investigated but when it could also cast doubt on the value of any re-investigation that has taken place . |
| 9 | but when I ca n't walk well I shall call in the doctor . |
| 10 | But when I can see he 's not looking , I do so . |
| 11 | but when I could n't sleep |
| 12 | But when you used to look at the te , you know , the children 's television programmes , they 're |
| 13 | This is a year when a partnership is not only important in itself , but when you should ask whether it can take you where want to go . |
| 14 | The name Tourmalet means literally ‘ bad way round ’ , but that was a billing which the col earned in more demanding times than the present , when there was no proper road over the pass but when you could hire porters to carry you from one valley to the next by chair . |
| 15 | But when you can not measure it and express it in numbers , your knowledge is of a very meagre and unsatisfying kind . " |
| 16 | ‘ But when he ca n't carry you any longer , I do hope you will still come up here to visit us . ’ |
| 17 | But when she would have moved lower in her innocent foray Guy captured her hands with one of his and pinned them gently above her head . |
| 18 | As I say , but when she could n't get the rollers in I thought , oh my God ! |