Example sentences of "that when you " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clive Swift , in his admirable and essential book The Job of Acting says that when you were at drama school ‘ you were a big fish — now you 're a tiddler ’ . |
| 2 | As so often , first idea best , though you only discover that when you 've decided to discard it and try something else . |
| 3 | That increases the surface tension on the top of the coffee — or is it the specific gravity ? — so that when you dribble the cream slowly down over the back of the spoon it stays on the top . ’ |
| 4 | The company 's figures imply that when you have burnt 99.9999 per cent of a 30,000-tonne annual throughput , a figure of 0.03 of a tonne remains . |
| 5 | ‘ You know that when you sign a two-year agreement here you might not be able to see it out . |
| 6 | This is partly due to my experiences as a politician , because I know as a politician that when you are doing something naughty , nothing is more effective than to muddy the waters with complication . |
| 7 | The advantage of this is that when you start gigging , you have someone out front who knows your songs , and who can either mix your sound or at least keep an eye on the house engineer . |
| 8 | Before the cinema opened the men on the staff were given cigars to puff , so that when you came into the foyer it had that smell of luxury . |
| 9 | Strange , Wexford thought , that when you considered Charlie Hatton you thought of war and soldiers and battles . |
| 10 | And I realized that when you record a song it 's not yours anymore , it has a life of its own . |
| 11 | Not that you would realize that when you hear The Men Who Know . |
| 12 | He was so bent , that when you walked behind him , you could not see his head . |
| 13 | You 'll know that when you 're a bit older . |
| 14 | Or you may find that when you first start on your weight control programme you lose the first 3–5 lb ( 1.4–2.3 kg ) fairly rapidly . |
| 15 | You might just get to a goal that is difficult to master , or you could find that when you are about half-way through your goals you get stuck and can go no further . |
| 16 | People say that when you are on the rostrum and start making music … |
| 17 | What must seem stupid to non-gardeners , or those who take a rational view of the whole business , is that when you prepare the ground for sowing you first dig it over and make it loose , only to tread it firm again . |
| 18 | I hope that when you come back , you will set up your own small specialist firm — I can think of examples — and run the elephants off their feet . |
| 19 | Why is it that when you have been guarding a place as the players loom into view , Luciano Pavarotti comes and stands in front of you ? |
| 20 | Explain our lives there — as if they needed explaining , and the whole point was that when you walked in the door of the Bar you knew you did n't have to explain anything to anyone who was there , not anyone . |
| 21 | We English have an important advantage over foreigners in this respect and it is for this reason that when you think of a great butler , he is bound , almost by definition , to be an Englishman . |
| 22 | In the same way , always try to make sure that when you are out with your puppy , you have a titbit in your pocket . |
| 23 | We 've known for a long time that when you can talk on the run , the miles just fly by . |
| 24 | Construct a safety bar ( which is removable ) just below the level of the lower stable door so that when you open the stable door your mare can still rush across , but her breast comes up against the bar . |
| 25 | ‘ The chief thing to remember , ’ he said , ‘ is that when you lose your fear you 're in real danger . ’ |
| 26 | A point to note about technique is that when you actually go round the mark in strong winds the daggerboard should be retracted first then the mast track moved back in preparation for the reach . |
| 27 | Enthusiasts however , may have to be gently discouraged from making too many demands on your time and that when you ask a question you are not automatically expecting any action . |
| 28 | Professor Robert E. Ornstein of the University of California , a recognised expert in left and right brain research , has proved that when you develop the second side of your brain you actually enhance your mental powers by anything from five to ten times its previous level . |
| 29 | There , climbing a tree , you ruined your frock and dropped the letter , which a stranger read and tore so badly that when you did get to the post it was n't fit to send . |
| 30 | Take a pair of binoculars with you so that when you spot surface activity in a distant area you can use them to confirm or otherwise that it is bream which are the cause . |