Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | Touts make money when the demand for their tickets greatly exceeds the supply at the official price . |
| 2 | They went around the world with backpacks and no money , and they left home and lived together without getting married , and many of them became superstars when they were still only in their teens . |
| 3 | Ridge and tree planting on very steep slopes met resistance when the trees grew enough to shade food crops planted in between and were savagely pruned back . |
| 4 | He was a proprietor of the Liverpool Daily and Weekly Post and Echo and became chairman when the Daily Post and Liverpool Mercury amalgamated in 1904 . |
| 5 | She did not consult Alexandra when choosing . |
| 6 | The movement was given credence when NME gathered together a host of itchy bands on a compilation tape called ‘ C86 ’ . |
| 7 | Does he understand that planning permission was initially gained , with difficulty , for the building of motorways through areas of outstanding natural beauty and great environmental sensitivity , so many people would not be keen to see developers spending hundreds of thousands — if not millions — of pounds fighting in a long succession of inquiries so that they can build not just motorway service areas — possibly excluding the disabled and lorries — but hotels and other facilities that would never have received permission when the original planning consent was granted ? |
| 8 | So many people give up because , after the elation of seeing the pounds fall off in the first few days , they lose heart when weight loss slows down . |
| 9 | Ministers can experience difficulty when they find themselves in a situation where refusing the baptism is their only option and parents can take grave offence . |
| 10 | The idea is for grandparents to invest money when the child is very young . |
| 11 | However , several informants indicated that parents have a more relaxed attitude to their children using Creole when they are somewhat older . |
| 12 | The Spartans subsequently felt guilt at having started the war : there is a revealing sentence in Thucydides ( vii.18 ) which says that they came to think they had lost the war of 431–421 because ‘ they themselves had sinned ’ when the Thebans attacked Plataia when the ‘ libations ’ were still in force . |
| 13 | I always figured people became chefs when they could n't do anything else . |
| 14 | ‘ I first met Geraldine when I was 11 . |
| 15 | Indeed , indomethacin failed to inhibit chemiluminescence when added in vitro to colonic biopsy specimens at concentrations below 100 uM despite a maximum inhibition at 0.08 uM of cyclo-oxygenase in cell free systems . |
| 16 | Well you make notes when you 're listening to customers and make notes when you were questioning me did I and it was hard to even if it 's only four or five questions it was hard to pull together . |
| 17 | Well you make notes when you 're listening to customers and make notes when you were questioning me did I and it was hard to even if it 's only four or five questions it was hard to pull together . |
| 18 | The semi-finals were marred by a disputed majority points decision when Londoner Chris Henry , who looked a convincing winner , was adjudged to have been beaten by Welsh champion Richard Fenton . |
| 19 | Subjects tended to lose weight when they had breakfast only , but not when dinner was their only meal . |
| 20 | Examinations with a scanning electron microscope show that cowpeas that have been stored for a long time readily lose protein when soaked , whereas samples stored without soaking do not lose protein . |
| 21 | I asked Frankie when I had pushed through to him . |
| 22 | Subjects also reported difficulties in maintaining concentration when driving . |
| 23 | 2R — recall : check your understanding of what you 've read Recall helps to sustain concentration when you read . |
| 24 | No , oh , er , you 'll be seeing Jeff when you 're married |
| 25 | ‘ He came to see me and said ‘ What am I going to do — I 'm in trouble with Mrs Thatcher ’ , ’ said David Missen , 51 , the lover of sex therapist Sara Dale , alias Miss Whiplash , who met Courtney when the pair became involved in the Life Shield Association . |
| 26 | Alex Griffiths , Marks & Spencer 's fish executive , was surprised at the idea that the company might have even contemplated using Billingsgate when it began selling fresh fish nationally four years ago . |
| 27 | It is logical in so far as Scotland , in pacing themselves in a World Cup context , have already given caps when deliberately fielding understrength XVs versus the like of Japan and Zimbabwe . |
| 28 | Noel Hulse , a National Union of Teachers spokesman , said : ‘ It is a pity that resources are being wasted on repairing schools when they could be used for books . |
| 29 | Aggressive impulses against the mother , prohibited as long as it is a question of fulfilling the subject 's own wishes , are given rein when the wishes are ostensibly those of someone else . |
| 30 | Desire , as a mental element which in a way relates to a physical force , is a powerful and potentially — energetic state which produces action when a state of coherence occurs . |