Example sentences of "when we [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we wrote of the new system at the time of its introduction , we did not mention the technical problems . |
| 2 | We have already tried to capture something of this dilemma when we wrote of unskilled workers as follows : |
| 3 | When we heard of the decision to construct a new reservoir on the Durham/Northumberland border , Ann and I carefully noted opening day in our diary ; and on the appointed morning we rose at dawn and sallied forth , bustling by ash-covered Consett Iron Works , the light of battle glinting in our trout-starved eyes . |
| 4 | When we heard of them last they were cutting down trees for them to feed upon which is very generally adopted . |
| 5 | There was thirteen years difference between my elder sister and youngest brother — two girls and then three boys , of whom Basil was the eldest — and though this arrangement was not ideal when we came of an age to meet husbands among our brothers ' friends , it did mean that we all got along very well together and as sisters were not looked down upon by older and superior male beings as I often saw happen in other families . |
| 6 | Yes when we came of course the Stow was er |
| 7 | And we when we came of age puberty I was frightened to death me because I was sitting on the bea we were playing on the beach still a child of twelve cos we still went about with little socks on at twelve in them days . |
| 8 | When we hear of such cases , we investigate and draw on as many sources as possible to find out what happened … |
| 9 | When we hear of the Communist Party appealing for law and order it seems to me that it is a matter of Satan rebuking sin . |
| 10 | When we hear of dramatic changes in the defendants ’ status , from City supremos to detainees of Her Majesty , are n't our reactions caused by our notions of status ? |
| 11 | In short , when we hear of a peaceful society , we are likely to envision a society that is somehow the antithesis of the self-absorbed individualism of the modern urban-industrial world . |
| 12 | We 're all horrified when we hear of disasters like Lockerbie or Zeebrugge . |
| 13 | When we hear of problems facing chocolate workers anywhere , we take action , remembering how links in the chain have helped us . |
| 14 | When we hear of a sustained flow of funds ‘ into ’ investment trusts , we must recognise that extra funds do not go into the trust at all ( except in one case we shall come to in a moment ) . |
| 15 | What I can say , however , is that the constructivist position allows a distinctive analysis of the ‘ mental ’ when we speak of a ‘ mental representation of a green patch ’ : it helps us to understand the difference between mental representations and the non-mental variety ( a photograph for example ) . |
| 16 | … it is what we imply when we speak of Primitive Culture . |
| 17 | The definition of gold is simply what we mean by the word , the complex idea or nominal essence we have in our minds when we speak of it . |
| 18 | Perhaps it is , perhaps it is not ; our ignorance shows that what we mean when we speak of personal identity is continuity of consciousness , not of substance . |
| 19 | Consider , he says , that when we speak of the existence of a sensible thing we mean that we are perceiving it by various of our senses , or could perceive it were we suitably placed . |
| 20 | When we speak of a man of property , we may think , perhaps , in one of two ways . |
| 21 | Moreover , when we speak of the perceived function of reformed monasteries , we do not mean primarily their economic functions as efficient optimizers of agrarian wealth , or even their cultivation of knowledge and production of books . |
| 22 | When we speak of a delinquent subculture , we speak of a way of life that has somehow become traditional among certain groups in American society . |
| 23 | When we speak of our economic growth on the basis of market relations ( this is the ‘ meaning ’ of NEP from a certain angle ) , we thereby disprove the thesis of the opposition of socialist accumulation ( even ) to the law of value . |
| 24 | When we speak of ‘ the development of children ’ we are talking about a whole range of developments that sometimes take place together , sometimes have surges and periods of rest , and sometimes seem to be in competition for prominence . |
| 25 | When we speak of strong attachment or attraction between two people we are in the realms of love , the basis on which many people in our culture choose or are drawn towards their marriage partner . |
| 26 | When we speak of ‘ the idea we have of people ’ , we are referring to a kind of picture of them we carry in our minds . |
| 27 | When we speak of ‘ culture ’ we are not thinking about high-brow music , or good table manners . |
| 28 | To discover the impressive contemporary relevance of such imperatives , we need to establish what we mean when we speak of covetousness , and what is envisaged in the Bible by the idea of coveting . |
| 29 | From their written works it would appear that most psychologists up to about 1935 have assumed that these three things , separately or together , must constitute the whole of what we mean when we speak of a person feeling a touch as a touch on his shoulder or a pain as a pain in his foot . |
| 30 | This , after all , we ourselves acknowledge in our own world when we speak of ‘ witch-hunts ’ against communists in America , or counter-revolutionary capitalists in socialist states . |