Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] when [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 'll be a high gangway to climb when we get alongside Omega , ’ she told them . |
| 2 | Richard has installed an organ in his living room , which we had an opportunity to hear when we stayed with him in August . |
| 3 | This is the utility package to beat when it comes to value for money . |
| 4 | So your personality sets very broad limits , but whatever its nature it leaves you with plenty of room to manoeuvre when it comes to ways of behaving . |
| 5 | Well you got nearly a mile to walk when he gets to the station . |
| 6 | Suppose that I have a sudden impulse to settle when I retire in the village where I was born ; but reality breaks in , I recognize that I had better remember it not as a nostalgic vision but as I indeed saw it before experiencing the city , admit to myself that it will have changed beyond recognition , try to anticipate living in it not as I am now but as an old man who no longer easily makes new friends , try to see myself through the villagers ' eyes as already a stranger who may no longer deserve a welcome . |
| 7 | But I had a lot to learn when I went to school — like |
| 8 | I 've a long way to go when it comes to these explanations . |
| 9 | Aung San may not have known which knife and fork to use when he dined at Government House but he had a sure grasp of the realities of power . |