Example sentences of "[verb] when [pron] be [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Standing on chairs is n't to be recommended when you 're just recovering from a sprained ankle . |
| 2 | The point is this : trust is only applauded when it is not seen to be misplaced . |
| 3 | This endorsement should be added when we are specifically requested to note the interest of a mortgagee. ( but see contents of Appendix 7 ) |
| 4 | ‘ I expect when you 're not going to the theatre — sometimes — and going to the cinema — sometimes — you 're having cosy little evenings in with Arnie ? ’ |
| 5 | The gate is probably indicative of the way the new wall looked when it was eventually completed by Azzone Visconti in the thirteenth-century . |
| 6 | Grey white chewing gum matter presents itself spasmodically at her mean Glasgow lips , alternating with her cigarette which is sucked when it is not rolling druggedly about on top of her ticket-issuing machine or charging up and down , and off , the long seat , dropping its fire and ash amongst the plastic cups and other less white rubbish , further propelled by chewed and muttered whinings about the discordant duet of erratic driving bus man and undone Corporation road holes . |
| 7 | ‘ Not while , Preston , ’ said his aunt , in the tone of voice she used when she was n't going to take any nonsense . |
| 8 | I says when I 'm not feeling well or slept in I says I 'm gon na phone police station , I 'm gon na go from there , see what they say . |
| 9 | A chill October breeze forced its way through countless gaps and alleys in the structures surrounding them , tugging and pushing when it was least expected , lifting Diane 's hair and flicking it across her face . |
| 10 | God 's grace can be as much misused when it is wrongly applied to those who are oversensitive as when it is completely forgotten by those who are insensitive . |
| 11 | Perhaps a common expression of this are the preparations people undertake when they are about to go on a trip . |
| 12 | It occurred to her that if this was a simple meal she would hate to see what Monique Lavaux could do when she was really trying . |
| 13 | If government says that a unanimous verdict is necessary for criminal conviction because special moral harm is suffered when someone is unjustly convicted of a crime , then it must take that special moral harm into account in considering , for example , the admissibility of confessions under various circumstances . |
| 14 | The ‘ no vote ’ usually happens when you 're least expecting it and that 's where the tension comes in . |
| 15 | What happens when it 's absolutely stopped ? |
| 16 | Now what happens when he 's just starting off from home ? |
| 17 | How are social relations visualized and operated when they are not moulded by the impersonal ideology of capitalism ? |
| 18 | Those admitted to the acute wards with severely uncontrolled diabetes are transferred when they are sufficiently recovered and undergo assessment of their self-management . |
| 19 | Rule 5 tells us that property passes when it is unconditionally appropriated by one party with the other 's assent . |
| 20 | Secondly , research can link present and future states in a way that maybe difficult to comprehend when we are deeply involved at a particular time . |
| 21 | How could he be trying to escape when he was already chained ? |
| 22 | Even now I am ashamed when I think of the night I ‘ let fly ’ to one of our best auxiliary nurses who had come to ask me to help when I was just going off duty . |
| 23 | Ah but she ca n't help it can she but it puts you off going when he 's in dun n it ? |
| 24 | It will not be easy for him to justify dismissing you because of any lack of capability on your part where that could have been anticipated when you were originally offered the job . |
| 25 | Skimming along the water-front with the peculiarly flat ride jeeps give when they 're not lurching on one wheel over lumpy terrain . |
| 26 | As the file will be 90 per cent packed when it is fully loaded , 20 per cent of the records will occupy 18 per cent of the available storage addresses . |
| 27 | She also helps with the care assistants , giving them something to do when they are not dealing with me . |
| 28 | What 's your brother going to do when he 's fully recovered from his injuries ? ’ |
| 29 | and up the steps out of the underground there was this lass there and I , I ca n't help it I mean I 'm always aware of the fact of having this twenty five year old child , so offspring and there was a girl roughly about his age or slightly younger and she was grey you know that translucent look your skin gets when you 're not eating properly you know that grey sort of pallor and I had an overnight bag in one hand and a briefcase and a handbag in the other and I remember I walked past her and she was begging and I had gone to the sleeper and I 'm sitting there and I 'm thinking you bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep , you could of put briefcase down , overnight bag down , handbag down and got some money out . |
| 30 | ‘ Maybe we could meet when you 're not riding the next day . ’ |