Example sentences of "when [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1970s the word was excursion , even then hardly fashionable , conveying an image of day trips to Blackpool and kiss-me-quick hats , of FA Cup tie specials ( when football supporters swung rattles instead of knives ) , and of the classical BR Sunday Mystery Tour , when for ten and sixpence , you could be pretty certain of finishing up at Barry Island ( again ) . |
| 2 | It 's natural that Yuri should so enjoy dressing down , when for some much of his life he has been zipped into elaborate Bolshoi costumes , his cheekbones and eyes accented by thick , expertly applied theatrical make-up . |
| 3 | After Peniel , when for a night Jacob also , so unheroic hitherto , played a hero 's part , we are given more subtle comedy and another hero brought down to earth . |
| 4 | Even just now , when for a moment she had not been able to remember what day it was , and when Faith Lavender had already been dead a week . |
| 5 | ‘ One day she had brought the dinners and started home , when for some reason she looked back . |
| 6 | During a lull , when for once nothing seemed to have fallen under the machine , she tried to catch her attention . |
| 7 | I had read it hungrily in Lima when for a time it was the most substantial piece of luggage I possessed . |
| 8 | This can be seen by computing the scalar invariant given here by ( 9.22 ) Using ( 9.6 ) and ( 9.13 ) , I can be seen to be unbounded when for all values of k 1 and k 2 in the required range ( 9.9 ) . |
| 9 | The polytechnics led the way when for a period they had the advantage of the professionalism of graphic designers within their institutions , sometimes even within their libraries . |
| 10 | This common type of defensive splitting between married couples is often seen most clearly in retrospect when for some reason the joint defence is breached . |
| 11 | To have such a thing happen — when for a lifetime she had been a perfectly normal agnostic , like everybody else . |
| 12 | when for any other reason whatever a Consignment can not be delivered or when a Consignment is held by the Carrier ‘ to await order ’ or ‘ to be kept till called for ’ or upon any like instructions and such instructions are not given or the Consignment is not called for and removed , within a reasonable time , then transit shall be deemed to end . |
| 13 | He did so by wandering the streets , and when for the second time he passed the food office where she worked , he knew what he was going to do . |
| 14 | Gender difference indicates that people will be admitted to care at a point when for older women they are likely to be frail and dependent , whereas men are admitted earlier when they are fitter , and may live longer in a home , settling more comfortably ( Willcocks , 1986 , p. 151 ) . |
| 15 | When for once it is stated that Sir Raynold , the chaplain of Ridlington , Norfolk , owned a house and three acres , the reason must have been some difficulty over determining the value , which in this case is omitted . |
| 16 | It is even more essential , when for some reason the opposite view that is being expressed is not being accepted , to take extreme care to make it known how much you appreciate the views being expressed by the individual . |
| 17 | A harmless pleasure can become the gateway to nameless hells when for whatever reasons it begins to carry a significant symbolic meaning . |
| 18 | Where is the justification in this when for the past 22 years this same scum have killed and maimed the people of Ulster . |
| 19 | When for once the tide runs in the reverse direction we get a new view of our own cookery , and a revealing insight into the oddness of traditional names as they appear in another language . |
| 20 | Apart from the unquestionably " commercial " public engagements , when for instance I could be asked to open a supermarket , I charge no fee at all . |
| 21 | Style , the more general concept , lies at the back of more large scale studies of style , when for example we try to give a stylistic characterization of a whole text . |
| 22 | But this shows that today , for all I knew , it was not going to rain , and how can we allow that I know that it will rain when for all I know it wo n't ? |
| 23 | And how can he know that p when for all he knows he does n't ? |
| 24 | In ordinary spoken discourse the endless cycle of encoding-decoding-encoding may be terminated by an action , as when for instance I say , ‘ The door is open ’ and you say , ‘ Do you mean you would like me to shut it ? ’ and I say , ‘ If you do n't mind ’ , and you shut the door , we may be satisfied that at a certain level my meaning has been understood . |
| 25 | One day I was browsing in the university library , when for no reason that I could pick upon I drew a biography of Newton from one of the shelves . |
| 26 | But it seems sad that so many did not have a more enjoyable sexual introduction , especially when for a few it had been the one and only time . |
| 27 | He had entered into negotiations with the commissioners of His Majesty 's Victualling Office for the erection of an engine to drive a corn mill , and manufacture of the parts was well advanced , when for some reason they turned to John Smeaton [ q.v. ] for an opinion , and he recommended a pumping engine and water-wheel . |
| 28 | When for a moment it floated into a clear patch of the sky , it turned to silver the branches and few tenacious leaves of the tree against which they now leaned . |
| 29 | ‘ Why should n't I , when for the past four years I 've been allowed to say nothing at all ? ’ |
| 30 | When for a stagnant month no call has broken |