Example sentences of "thing [to-vb] when [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The important thing to sort when we pass the forty mark is the motive that lies behind the wish to stay looking young . |
| 2 | Liverpool continued to power forward , but in doing so left too much room at the back — a foolish thing to do when they know just how Beardsley can exploit space . |
| 3 | That is not an unreasonable thing to do when one considers the circumstances in which they might be living . |
| 4 | Seems like an appropriate thing to do when one 's stuck at home . |
| 5 | To risk his job — and Sir Daniel had made it very clear that he did risk it — was a courageous thing to do when you considered how few editors ' chairs there were on the Street . |
| 6 | best thing to do when you see the football results is to look at who their playing next week , and then you can get a fair idea of who 's gon na do what |
| 7 | Anyone who 's vigilant knows what 's going on and they 're aware of what 's happening , so again it , it shows that we must do something as they said on that motorway , the thing to do when you feel yourself going into drow drowsiness is , is stop the car perhaps , get out and have a walk round , do something , I know I , er in the past when I 've felt myself going off to sleep in those situations , I 've been pinching myself and , and really making yourself do something rather than just sitting there doing nothing , cos that 's the way we just go off and get lowered into sleep and our lives are involved in this , we 've read and heard about people that have gone to sleep on motorways have n't they ? |