Example sentences of "to when [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | devotional work popular in the mid-eighteenth century which Mrs Varden is prone to turn to when bent on making life difficult for her husband : ‘ like some other ladies … |
| 2 | On one memorable occasion , Mac came to one of the dances and spent a lot of time with me , even escorting me back to the Waaf site afterwards , making intelligent conversation about his home in Canada and shaking hands gravely as he said goodnight — so different from the smash and grab tactics I was usually treated to when trying to bring an evening to a satisfactory close . |
| 3 | The seemingly flowery language which people often have to resort to when trying to talk about spiritual experience results from an inability to use religious language as a means of communication ; even if known , it is so likely today to be misunderstood . |
| 4 | It was something that Ian Woosnam referred to when discussing Faldo 's prospects this week . |
| 5 | Our main reason for this is the argument we referred to when discussing denunciation : that to punish disproportionately is to convey incorrect moral messages about the relative gravity of offences . |
| 6 | is an externalist conception , because condition 4 is one which a might be entirely incapable of recognizing or pointing to when asked whether he does know that p . |
| 7 | Stephen Hawking makes frequent references to what God might have been up to when designing the cosmos . |
| 8 | We can now account moreover for the observation made by Poutsma ( 1923 : 41 ) that a perfect infinitive is always preceded by to when used with a verb of perception : ( 50 ) Mr Lorry observed a great change to have come over the doctor ( and not *observed a great change have come over the doctor ) . |
| 9 | From a pocket in the case , he removes a copy of a painting of Jesus , which he holds up for me to see , widening his eyes like he used to when challenging an opponent or the press . |
| 10 | A psychiatrist I spoke to when researching this book advised a list method : when you wake up , if you feel depressed or lonely , write down all the positive things about your life . |
| 11 | Her performance — particularly in response to questions — was not what Derek was used to when viewing such events . |
| 12 | Under a new law , the Children Act of 1989 , which comes into force October 14 , there 's a checklist of the criteria which the courts must look to when deciding the children 's future . |
| 13 | Alternatively the council may write to the prisoner to say that his/her tenancy can not be held any longer with the result that the prisoner may have no home to go to when released . |
| 14 | There were lots of small things which I felt unsure about and since my previous knowledge of , and contact with , babies was virtually nil , I was please to have someone to turn to when needed . |
| 15 | The problem of how to record all the informant said would be best dealt with by means of a tape recorder so that the complete verbatim record could be kept and referred to when needed later . |
| 16 | The Catechism was conceived as a model which local bishops ' conferences around the world could look to when preparing their own Catechisms , and is described by the Pope as ‘ a secure point of reference in the elaboration of national and diocesan Catechisms ’ . |
| 17 | Read off the length , this will be the measurement you work to when making the tie-back . |
| 18 | She must wait — as she had to when pursued by the sound at night — for it to pass . |