Example sentences of "and when they " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're born , they grow old , and they die like us ; and when they 're old , they can turn foolish , and even when they 're young , they can deceive you , and they 're actually capable of telling lies , pretending to be what they are n't : to be sick when they 're healthy , and healthy when they 're sick . ’ |
| 2 | Within this statement , which is rhetorical for some but deadly serious for others within the GAA , lies precisely the reason why the protestants of the North are so opposed to the development of Gaelic games and seek to oppose their extension if and when they can . |
| 3 | They had meant it to be special , but at the time , it had been dreadful , and when they began to sing Happy Birthday , Jay had burst into tears and run out of the room . |
| 4 | The hours burned by on the green screen , and when they finally flopped in Lucy 's living room , sipping brandy , a key turned in the lock and in came the charmingly dishevelled one and only son . |
| 5 | Dance is a physical manifestation and dancers only become expressive when they can feel the movements both physically and emotionally , and when they are inspired by the choreographer 's interpretation and enthusiasm . |
| 6 | The humanizing and moral effects of reading literature must be left to occur as and when they will , which will be different in every individual . |
| 7 | And when they were n't trashing each other , they were trashing themselves . |
| 8 | That they had any cohesion at all was impressive and when they also succeeded in driving through the heart of the French forwards an improbable victory became at least possible . |
| 9 | But they are supremely experienced in the process of discovery , and when they do play older repertory they always do it with a sense of looking freshly at the notes , taking nothing for granted . |
| 10 | Efforts are being made to improve the relationship between frontline managers and shop stewards and to evolve a system for dealing with disputes as and when they occur . |
| 11 | And when they were over the blue Aegean sea , many miles from Antioch , he circled widely , descended , and alighted on a small mountainous island , on soft green grass beside a grove of apple trees . |
| 12 | They get into discussion with a neighbour on Concorde going to New York and when they get back they say they 've got the finest idea since sliced bread . |
| 13 | I think you have to look after people both at work and when they retire and we inflation-proofed our pension scheme during the whole of that pretty dreadful time when inflation was running at over twenty per cent . |
| 14 | The two girls were silent as they cooked and when they had to speak to one another spoke in quick , urgent whispers . |
| 15 | ‘ They were afraid to put their heads out and when they did they came in a whole convoy , shooting at women and children . ’ |
| 16 | Men who could use these things comfortably would have to be three metres tall , and when they came I really did n't want to be there . |
| 17 | Now some of these Asian ladies , I feel sorry for them , they are strangers , they do n't know much about industrial life , they have led a very sheltered life , you know , and when they go to the toilet they go together . |
| 18 | So they spend their time changing into and out of trousers — at assembly , at every playtime , at lunchtime and when they go home . |
| 19 | And when they did get out , the response from the all-important fleets was lukewarm and enthusiasm from private buyers greatly tempered by the general sales collapse of December and January . |
| 20 | A fortnight away by the sea and when they came back , the flat all ready and waiting for them . |
| 21 | Carl from upstairs got arrested too , and he said that Ibrahim was screaming all night in the room next to him in the prison , and when they opened the door in the morning , he 'd scratched all the skin off of his face . |
| 22 | We welcome opportunities to extend the scope of this partnership as and when they arise . ’ |
| 23 | Diana and her friends were a clean-living set — none of them smoked or drank much — and when they went out , it tended to be in a group . |
| 24 | They just chomped , and when they had finished , the podgy leader rose and quietly asked McGurk if there was somewhere they could talk to him in private . |
| 25 | The British murmur ‘ You must come and stay with us some time , ’ and when they part they say ‘ Let's keep in touch ’ and they certainly do n't mean it , but it greases the wheels of intercourse . |
| 26 | Darras and his wife live in English , as he calls it , one of his sons in German and when they go down the street , they live in French . |
| 27 | They are at their best when they take chances , throwing a dash of reggae and a muted heavy-metal riff into Do n't Knock Till You Try It , and when they re-work an old folk standard , 500 Miles , which is now dressed up with a reggae beat , lap-steel guitar , and harmonica , new lyrics about Tiananmen Square , and the dreaded Peter , Paul And Mary still joining in . |
| 28 | He got rid of oppositionists by proposing some impossible task , and when they failed or refused would move their expulsion , anyone who voted against automatically expelling themselves . |
| 29 | I had a friend who had one of those ancient slide machines which was used to give light shows , and you could make the slides out of coloured oils and inks and put them together between two sheets of glass and when they 're heated up inside the machine , they went , splat , splat , and made these rather beautiful moving colours . |
| 30 | And when they asked her why the yellow ribbon , |