Example sentences of "when [pron] [is] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or again , in textbook families , where there is invariably a mother , father , boy , and girl ( notwithstanding the fact that now over 30% of families in this country are now single-parent ) , the turns are taken regularly and predictably , with an order and courtesy that I fail to recognise from conversations in my own 4-member household , on those rare occasions when everyone is present . |
| 2 | ‘ We can leave in an hour or so when everyone is asleep . |
| 3 | When everyone is ready , lift together and put the person 's buttocks up against the base of the pillows . |
| 4 | When everyone is fit , I 'm usually the one sitting on the substitutes ' bench . |
| 5 | ‘ We 've had to chop and change on a regular basis this season , but it could hold us in good stead because when everyone is fit again , we 'll know we have people who can operate well in different positions . ’ |
| 6 | When everyone is happy with the page , the metal is wheeled over to a large proofing press , which makes a positive impression of very high quality . |
| 7 | The drawing illustrates a situation where heavy hidden costs arise just when everyone is happy that the project is nearing completion . |
| 8 | I suppose it would bore you to come and see my poor children , but they do need amusing , they are at that stage of convalescing when nothing is entertaining for very long and Mamma is certainly not entertaining at all , so a pretty thing like you would be a breath of fresh air . |
| 9 | Yet now , she thought , when nothing is wrong , there are no misfortunes to speak of , now I am lying here loath to admit the weariness of getting up . |
| 10 | ‘ We 'll call you when yours is ready . ’ |
| 11 | When someone is rude — a waiter , a civil servant , a politician — she says ‘ Huh , if I was you I 'd sue . ’ |
| 12 | A visit when someone is sick or an invitation to coffee is far more appreciated — and remembered — than a call to discuss committee problems . |
| 13 | Experiences , they argued , are identical with brain states ; but when someone is conscious of his experiences he is not conscious of his brain as such : it takes modern science to tell us that consciousness is a state of the brain . |
| 14 | When someone is ill with AIDS they are often in pain . |
| 15 | The jargon when somebody 's new you presume they know the word plinth |
| 16 | word you want when somebody 's good with their hands ? |
| 17 | It 's weird , but when she 's asleep she looks real young , even though her face is all puffy . |
| 18 | Only other thing I can you do is try it on when she 's asleep . |
| 19 | I I 'll see her when she 's sober cos she 's ever so drunk ! |
| 20 | But John said , when she 's stupid enough to be trying to sell that house and who 'd buy that thing , stuck up the end of that road ? |
| 21 | I 'll have a word with her when she 's awake , she 's still on a third dream I should think at the moment but she 's er , certainly good talking , I could , I could try and get her without her knowing about it and see what happens , just dinner time I 'll take it down and try it , oh you 're gon na take it round Steve 's ai n't you ? |
| 22 | Mala just goes pale when she 's anxious , with slight darkening of her eyes . |
| 23 | This way , she can take her time packing your stuff and follow on when she 's good and ready . ’ |
| 24 | Because the housekeeper sorts all that out , so when she 's away no one does it ? |
| 25 | ‘ When she 's well enough . |
| 26 | When she 's late with her flowers , you know . " |
| 27 | When she 's used to eating red hot curries |
| 28 | ‘ I say , what do you think about Fergie going skiing when she 's pregnant ? ’ |
| 29 | When she 's married ten years hence , she 'll compare her husband 's performance with yours and he 'll come off worse — every time . |
| 30 | ‘ When she 's tired I worry like mad . |