Example sentences of "a [noun] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew Cissie well enough to recognise a ruse when she saw one . |
| 2 | He had just published in the New English Weekly ( 28 November ) a poem called ‘ Lines for an Old Man ’ ( to which he added a couplet when it was included in Collected Poems ) . |
| 3 | ‘ One year , ’ he said , when he was sure of my attention , ‘ the shepherds found a tār when they were crossing the high ridge on their way back from Aula in the spring . |
| 4 | Aspiring model Alexa Hamley , 22 , was a member of a jury about to return a verdict in a trial when Paul Powell , 21 , whistled at her in Cardiff Crown Court . |
| 5 | The Press Box must have been like a morgue when David McCallan scored that goal against them in the Irish Cup quarter final . |
| 6 | It did n't never have a jinx when I had it . |
| 7 | HUDDERSFIELD have an electronic scoreboard at Leeds Road — and it could blow a fuse when the Aussies play us next month ! |
| 8 | However , there are a number of these bureau who insist on advertising the fact that they have a typesetter when they do n't . |
| 9 | Yet there was a sealed-in-cosiness when darkness fell early and the lights came on . |
| 10 | If a grandparent were to set up such an accumulation trust for the benefit of grandchildren , then income can be paid out to a grandchild when a minor and unmarried , without the income being aggregated with the income of the grandparent or the parents of the beneficiary . |
| 11 | how many clients we 've got , you know for updating , what the capacities are and plus er we do n't know erm what sort of cable we 've got in so they might have only a ten P a cable when they already have nine pairs in use |
| 12 | That is particularly difficult in a recession when the future looks bleak for everyone . |
| 13 | They have a function when they focus attention on the object of the verb . |
| 14 | A typical example occurred in a case when the Employment Appeal Tribunal overturned an industrial tribunal 's decision that it was not practicable to consult where 33 redundancies were required urgently , at a time when take-over negotiations were being conducted in secret . |
| 15 | This is a case when the west bank could be the best bet , providing the bream have a beat in that area . |
| 16 | In particular , Marian liked to see the finish of a case when as a solicitor a case ‘ seemed to go on for ever ’ . |
| 17 | That was a case when Mansfield wanted to define barraty in a contract of marine insurance with certainty , so that future underwriters and insurers would feel more confident in entering commercial contracts . |
| 18 | Well he , he appreciated at the previous table show on the sixth of October and that was a case when it was always you know , because Danny only told me on that night that he could come . |
| 19 | In such a case when you act for a building society-mortgagee , therefore , you will hand over an undertaking to the buyer 's conveyancer , undertaking forthwith to redeem the mortgage and to send the redeemed mortgage or ( as the case may be ) LR form 53 to the other side . |
| 20 | Was n't there a case when it was right ? |
| 21 | On the subject of rest , you twitched a bit when Palin was referring to feeling weary as early as the second day . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | There 's a few knots in it and it hurts a bit when she tugs the comb , but I do n't say nothing . |
| 24 | In the evening Gloria cried a bit when she came home . |
| 25 | As always , Ideal Constitutions for Ireland must wobble a bit when they come to Ulster . |
| 26 | ‘ I used to bridle a bit when all it did was add to the confusion over who we all were as individuals , ’ said Rob Lowe . |
| 27 | ‘ I worked for a bit when I was about eighteen . |
| 28 | ‘ That 's why I cried a bit when I scored , because I knew how much it meant to them . |
| 29 | But we could n't add to our early goal and just lost our shape a bit when they came back at us . |
| 30 | She came to for a bit when we brought her into the light , but I had difficulty following what she said . |