Example sentences of "when [pron] really [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well they did n't want to recognize I recognize the union you see and when , when everyone really knew what we should be having and what were paying , and of course erm it caused a bit of bitterness and resentment against those who would n't join , but er that , that 's what causes the trouble nowadays is n't it and it 's , it 's a sad thing really , but on the whole erm I 've enjoyed everyw everywhere I 've been . |
| 2 | The major flaw in attempting to get all the fractious fragments to work together , when nothing really united them except being Right-On , was the massive emphasis it placed on consensus . |
| 3 | But there are times like now when I really miss |
| 4 | Erm , when I really learnt to use this myself , in the computer room go along there for , half an hour one Friday , and have a look at it , because you might , in your second assignment possibly like to , to use this data in some way . |
| 5 | Then , when I really insisted that they keep right on the centre line , they found they could do it if they tried hard . |
| 6 | How could I commit such an offence when I really do love my parents so much ? |
| 7 | I 've reached the stage when I really do n't care what happens to me . |
| 8 | There are many times when I leave the house and go up to the range when I really do n't want to . |
| 9 | It was somewhat surprising , then , that McIlvanney felt uneasy being approached for this profile , apparently for fear that he might be invited to ‘ pontificate , when I really do n't think I have that much to say ’ , It sounded like false modesty , but after he 'd relented , I remembered the long-standing ‘ pin-down ’ policy employed to prevent hubris in sports writers . |
| 10 | But only when I really want to . |
| 11 | ‘ I only wear them when I really need to see , ’ said Capriati , who first used lenses about a year ago . |
| 12 | And I tell you when I really lying on my |
| 13 | Certainly I do n't let small things stand in my way when I really set out to achieve my ends . ’ |
| 14 | Not one grown man , aristocrat or peasant , is worthy of respect when you really know him . |
| 15 | Making people feel at home when you really wish they were . |
| 16 | ‘ The sense of liberation when you really give everything up , and own nothing . |
| 17 | Or possibly , when you really think about the choices , some of your earlier priorities will seem less important . |
| 18 | but then you , then , it 's that , it 's , when you 're at work experience it 's then when you really find out what it 's like |
| 19 | Having been criticised for giving no information , BR now gives it all the time with endless repetition , except when you really want it . |
| 20 | When you really want to get your way , repetition can be a useful tool . |
| 21 | ‘ I think there 's opium in it , Anne , and if she took it too often it would n't help when she really needed it . |
| 22 | When we really get something from the ‘ street ’ you ca n't stand it , can you ? |
| 23 | Human thinking and language would dissolve into a topsy-turvy jumble of uncertainty if we were to use the word know as if it were interchangeable with words like guess or dream , or if we were to say right when we really meant wrong . |
| 24 | This was one game in which Frank Strandli had a chance to prove himself and salvage some points when we really needed them but he did n't deliver . |
| 25 | What does it profit us to list the number of times a mother rubs her baby 's back when we really want to know if she did it with affection or out of nervousness ? |
| 26 | When we really dare to trust God , we find that God is really there . |
| 27 | So often we give children pat , reassuring answers when we really have all sorts of unanswered questions ourselves . |
| 28 | Yeah it does , it all washes down into the garden you see cos the garden 's on a slope and the field , the field slopes straight into the garden , and when we have , when we really have lots and lots of rain , you look out your back windows and there 's about that much lying there , cos it 's running down and it ca n't get past the houses , so it just builds up and floods |
| 29 | And although 75 per cent of them thought 16 was the right time to start having sex , girls admitted they still made the mistake , often with drastic consequences , of saying Yes when they really meant No . |
| 30 | They were that girls thought 16 was the right age to lose their virginity and that 75 per cent of them admitted to saying yes to sex when they really wanted to say no . |