Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Amiga 's technical superiority counted for little when there were hardly any games for it , and hardly any of them used its facilities . |
| 2 | Colleague solidarity counted for little when there was a chance for one of the few organizational carrots — that of promotion . |
| 3 | Yet they count for little when balanced against his blindness to the cultural ferment which was agitating educated Germany by the later decades of his reign and his ignorant contempt for most of the greatest German writers and scholars of the age . |
| 4 | There are units in some parts of the UK where you and your child can be cared for together when one or both of you are unwell . |
| 5 | Fabia found an answering encouraging smile , but her smile did not remain for long when after a second or two of studying her Cara stated , quite clearly , ‘ You . ’ |
| 6 | For only when one is able to discriminate between what must be discarded and what still remains as valuable for the future will one also be able to decide whether one is ready to strike out in the new direction consciously and positively . |
| 7 | There is an approximate parallel in the history of religion : precise theological definitions of doctrine are called for only when doubters and heretics enter the picture . |
| 8 | It is not the purpose of this book to provide a history of coinage , however brief , but rather to focus on the methods by which coins are studied , for only when these methods are properly understood and applied can we realise the full potential of coins as an aid to interpreting the past . |
| 9 | Nor can we fundamentally question the rules of logic , for only when we assume them can we ask a question at all . |
| 10 | Every castle mustered its defences and stood by to repel the normal sharp and brief attack ; for only when they were insolently sure of their supremacy did the Welsh assay a siege . |
| 11 | This crystal lets polarised light through only when held at certain angles . |
| 12 | Exactly the easy things to forget about especially when time 's against you if you get to answer questions do n't ask the questions , what 's gon na happen ? |
| 13 | It seemed that her brother had been right after all when he warned her that the Decoy Lodge was haunted . |
| 14 | The scare began just after 5am when someone smelt acid as a freight train pulled into the station . |
| 15 | The scare began just after 5am when someone smelt acid as a freight train pulled into the station . |
| 16 | It 's just there it after like when I 'm resting it aches |
| 17 | Police say they had to enforce the law after 1am when the clocks went forward an hour . |
| 18 | It should be visited only before about 8am , or after 5pm when the light is at its best , and certainly could n't be photographed successfully at any other time . |
| 19 | These essays made the almanacs widely sought after even when their immediate practical use had passed , and they were later published in book form . |
| 20 | ‘ The fact is they tend to watch TV after 9pm when they 're back from the pub . ’ |
| 21 | For just when Gabriel thought he was rid of the devil-man , he saw them arguing at a distance , father and daughter ; Izzie pointing back towards the cart , Lucie shaking his head ; Izzie tugging on his arm , pleading , and her father pushing her away . |
| 22 | but the er , at the joint meeting of course they 're all a bit subdued , cos they 're coming onto to well what 'll happened , cos I 've work up there , they 're much more gregarious than the bloke down here , so they 'll take the stuff out of especially when , so we 'll be doing it . |
| 23 | For recognition systems which use electronic paper ( tablet and display combined ) there remains a user-interface problem of exactly when the display of script should be removed for the recognised text to appear . |
| 24 | Well Les was saying the only thing you 've got ta be careful of like when you pay money into a bank when you 're in business and you pay money into the bank and the bank then pay your standing orders er and everything 's done through a bank , then the tax office sort of tend to think well fair enough you know , he 's legit . |
| 25 | But when I was there there were once one instant is er er the man on watch in the morning he spotted a floating mine come in right down to close to the rock and er er it anchored just about er er a quarter of a mile or maybe two hundred yards off the rock off the tower and er of well when a mine anchors of course it becomes er alive . |
| 26 | How are we gon na get past here when the |
| 27 | And yo when I look back an and er and think of even when I first started nursing a lot of the girls we used to get in , they thought if they kissed a man they were going to have a baby . |
| 28 | Bernard went into hiding and was only heard of again when news reached the Israeli Mossad that he had been assassinated in a car-bomb attack in Beirut . |
| 29 | You know how it is , you 're in the middle of nowhere when you suddenly think of a drum pattern and bass line for your latest track . |
| 30 | You know how it is , you 're in the middle of nowhere when you suddenly think of a drum pattern and bass line for your latest track . |