Example sentences of "when they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These days many people know that they should bend their knees when they bend down to pick up an object , but this is only half the story . |
| 2 | Oh yeah there 's about twelve of them yeah when they bend down their trousers fall down . |
| 3 | Managers perform appraisals when they monitor day to day operations , ensure that tasks are completed and help individuals to work better . |
| 4 | Regulations said that instructors must go up periodically , but he was always glad when they touched down . |
| 5 | Appeals to Rome were apt to receive from Edward II the same vigorous attention as from his father when they touched on royal interests . |
| 6 | True , bolder challenges to orthodoxy , especially when they touched upon the role played by the party , provoked fierce resistance . |
| 7 | One of the French girls at her Swiss boarding school had told her that boys liked a girl to have a ‘ poitrine ’ and they became very excited when they touched a girl 's breast ; this , she had maintained , explained the fashion for dresses which made a girl look flat-chested — so that as many as possible would not inflame men 's passions and would thereby remain virgins . |
| 8 | His lips , when they touched hers , were warm , tasting very slightly and pleasantly of cognac . |
| 9 | The girl described how the men would wear Freddy Kruger masks when they touched her . |
| 10 | Some members of the crew had been sitting in the bows and it was only when they denied having seen her that he began to search seriously . |
| 11 | This one has been sounded to a depth of a mere 1,000 feet , but peer into it is as far as I would ever want to go ; such crevices are no doubt thrilling to explore when they widen out into great chambers , but the thought of the narrow places I for one find exceedingly off-putting . |
| 12 | They are most malicious when they prey on liars , murderers and thieves , for they hate to see injustice . |
| 13 | It was not unknown in Nigeria for emirs to be removed from office by the British , but only when they committed crimes which brought discredit upon the administration , never for mere recalcitrance . |
| 14 | No , they were see they were talking , when no , when they prattle you 're in tune with the prattle |
| 15 | Meanwhile Durham , Gateshead , Cleveland and Sunderland councils heaved a sigh of relief when they achieved standstill budgets and still saved over £6m between them . |
| 16 | Do they buy , sort of , when they buying like Christmas presents do they lash out on them too ? |
| 17 | Mind you , this fellow jibbed a bit when they offered him two hundred to knock off a bloke who would n't play along with them , but not for long . |
| 18 | As it is , she has resisted all attempts of the club to involve local residents in these community-related activities , even when they offered to clean her car and windows free ! |
| 19 | They thought they would get a warm welcome when they offered the money to the charity-funded hospice in Milton , Cambs . |
| 20 | But I do n't think I ever seriously considered having Low Birk Hatt connected when they offered it to me . |
| 21 | And she rang up here when when they offered us the space , she rang up here and asked for me . |
| 22 | ‘ When they offered it to me , I was in turmoil because I was n't sure I had the experience the job required . |
| 23 | Rank had funded his forays into production on the back of profits accruing from the exhibition of US pictures but , instead of standing firm with the American companies when they announced a boycott of British screens , he decided to boost his own company 's production . |
| 24 | Then , when they announced their engagement , love , marriage and a lifetime wedded to the monarchy meant very different things to the future King and Queen . |
| 25 | The reason for the move is that Phil took redundancy from BP when they announced that they were closing their Glasgow office and has since found a job with a Swedish oil company in London . |
| 26 | Except that their role is more obscure to the public eye , the authorities ' influence over short-term interest rates is not very different from what it used to be when they announced an MLR each week and expected institutions to comply . |
| 27 | The Minister of State , Scottish Office , shakes his head , but he knows that the Government conceded this point when they announced that they would allow colleges to anticipate up to 10 per cent . |
| 28 | Military officials in the occupied territories at first appeared to contradict Eliezer 's statement when they announced that no such freeze had yet been ordered by the military authorities . |
| 29 | When they announced the pilot scheme in September 1990 , Nynex claimed that the service ‘ will eventually allow businesses to send , receive , store and retrieve any type of voice , data and video communication in any combination at any time . |
| 30 | When they announced that Hodge was playing , this Leeds ‘ fan ’ behind me groaned and said that he hoped he 'd have his leg broken ! |