Example sentences of "[vb -s] when the [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Property passes when the parties intend it to , section 17 . |
| 2 | Under the SGA 1979 , s 17 property in the goods under a contract of sale generally passes when the parties intend it to pass ( although s 18 of the SGA lays down rules which apply if the intention of the parties can not be ascertained ) . |
| 3 | Raleigh replies when the Queen asks him what he thinks of the dispute between Essex and Mountjoy , and the last line is set with a homely finality which reminds us that , by the end of Gloriana 's reign , Raleigh is no longer a young man , and that the historic Raleigh had a taste for literary homily , as in his poem The Lie " . |
| 4 | Accountants sometimes pretend interest in the figures , but this subsides when the dealer tells them what they want to hear : " I earn my living by making people money . |
| 5 | And when that dreadful day comes when the old-timer leaves you forever , that parting may not be so painful . |