Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is impregnated with glue , and fabric can be ironed on when dampened . |
| 2 | Wrung bitterly when life seemed Hell . |
| 3 | Huy noticed the dessicated corpse of a shrew which must have fallen in when the stuff was first poured over Neferukhebit . |
| 4 | Unfortunately a cold home , heated only when there are wet clothes around , causes damp and consequently health problems . |
| 5 | It had fallen down when she had pushed the door open . |
| 6 | He thinks he has saved for his holiday — a fallacy that is exposed only when he tries to redeem those bits of paper against an empty spending account . |
| 7 | A light brown Mk II Cortina is believed to have broken down when used by the IRA unit and a black E registration Nissan Micra was seen near the barracks the night before the bombing . |
| 8 | Still , it is good to know that British boxers can now command as much money for fighting in London as they once would have received only when topping the bill in the United States . |
| 9 | Reprocessing spent nuclear fuel rods increases the volume of waste and should be undertaken only when necessary for safety reasons . |
| 10 | As for confession , which had been allowed to laymen , this was to be undertaken only when the penitent was in mortal danger : the emphasis now was not on contrition but on absolution which could only be given by a priest . |
| 11 | The final information sheet for the healing phase was completed only when ulcer healing had been confirmed endoscopically , at which time the patient was transferred to the maintenance treatment regimen . |
| 12 | It was guarded only when the children were there : at night it was empty , because there was nothing to steal and no one to be hunted . |
| 13 | Thus , Prest has claimed that the assumption about indirect taxes can be justified only where the supply is perfectly elastic ( leaving aside the case of totally inelastic demand ) , whereas the assumption about income tax can be justified only when factor supplies are completely inelastic . |
| 14 | Intervention of that kind is justified only when the occasions of intervention have been announced in advance so that anyone who is listening will hear and understand . |
| 15 | It is broken only when his neighbour is injured and not before . |
| 16 | The embarrassed silence which followed was broken only when everyone turned to watch as the Simonova 's bay tractor beams started to draw the most recently captured platform through the force field . |
| 17 | Unfortunately there are side effects , and I gather the drug is given only when death is inevitable . |
| 18 | CASE 1 : when a headword has been specified in the Start column a two possibilities arise as to how the form should be filled in when a number of subsequent entries are also requested to be proofed : |
| 19 | CASE 1 : when a headword has been specified in the Start column two possibilities arise as to how the form should be filled in when a number of subsequent entries are also requested to be cross-referenced . |
| 20 | He had a Personal Assistant who er , well did n't come into the reckoning really erm because he merely erm was filled in when Mr could n't er attend various functions . |
| 21 | It was the man who had first joined in when Clive started on Nina . |
| 22 | However , where there has been a contested hearing and : ( 1 ) a money judgment payable in one lump sum is ordered , the debt is registered only when the judgment creditor takes steps to enforce it , or issues an oral examination ; ( 2 ) a money judgment ( payable in one lump sum or by instalments ) including an order for costs to be taxed is entered , registration is effected on completion of taxation ; ( 3 ) an application for new trial has been made or an appeal lodged with the Court of Appeal , registration is effected when the new trial ( if ordered ) or appeal have been disposed of . |
| 23 | In other words , if precedent was followed , the package of budget cuts would be attacked piecemeal when it disappeared into the congressional maze ; even though there might be general agreement on the need to cut the budget , vested interests operating through sympathetic members could , one by one , weaken or restore specific cuts . |
| 24 | A partnership practice that operated from two offices ceased to be carried on when the partnership was dissolved and the two main equity partners continued as sole practitioners from their respective offices . |
| 25 | Many English teams playing in European competitions have fared badly when moving on to water-based pitches , still in short supply at home . |
| 26 | Whether the roles of chairman and chief executive should be split is a secondary issue which can be meaningfully addressed only when the company 's needs have been defined . |
| 27 | The humans and their needs had to be squeezed in when time and space permitted . |
| 28 | A couple will each receive a community charge bill , but their income and savings will be added together when their benefit is worked out . |
| 29 | Your savings must total less than £6,000 though £1 of ‘ notional income ’ is added in when working out your income level for every £250 ( or part thereof ) of savings over £3,000 . |
| 30 | Your savings must total less than £6,000 though £1 of ‘ notional income ’ is added in when working out your income level for every £250 ( or part thereof ) of savings over £3,000 . |