Example sentences of "[adj] when [pers pn] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor is the situation any different when we look at the trial-and-error component of the behaviour by which bees learn to harvest flower species efficiently . |
| 2 | The answer , I think , is quite clear when you look at the definition again , but it is not necessarily clear at first reading . |
| 3 | Even the New Forest Hunt master admitted it was wrong when he spoke at a rival press conference . |
| 4 | Be careful when she swats at a fly or a spider , she may swat you by mistake . |
| 5 | The train journey lasted all day , and it was dark when they arrived at the station . |
| 6 | Do you it 's amazing when he stops at a Happy Eater to have a fry-up , that there happens to be television cameras and the world 's press there . |
| 7 | A certain amount of anxiety was felt but was relieved when he reappeared at the tea-break with his shoulders once more drawn up to his ears . |
| 8 | ‘ You 'd think there 'd be no one left when you look at the city . |
| 9 | It was late when they arrived at the old house and by tacit consent they went straight to bed . |
| 10 | This meant that some of his own sons were already adult when he succeeded at the age of 35 : his eldest son Lothar was nearly 20 — old enough to provide an alternative focus of loyalty for aspiring nobles . |
| 11 | I think it just gets too complicated when you look at the various contracts . |
| 12 | The monotony of the individual neurones is irrelevant ; what matters is the infinite variety of their combinations , of their patterns , which will become evident when we look at the nervous system at the right level . |
| 13 | The overall flexibility which is clear when we take the three works together seems to be much less evident when we look at The Origin by itself . |
| 14 | Primaflora was absent when he arrived at the villa and when she returned , an hour later , she was wearing a girdle and a left sleeve he had never seen before , and a jewelled coif with a curled feather in it . |
| 15 | Benny stumbled from time to time , and became tongue-tied when she looked at the handsome boy sitting beside them . |
| 16 | Not too shattered when they arrived at the cottage to propose a round of Trivial Pursuit . |
| 17 | Every month I look in your magazine for anything to do with Dalmations and I was overjoyed when I looked at the last page . |
| 18 | Mrs Pigdon had shown herself to be anything but sympathetic when she arrived at the hostelry earlier that evening . |
| 19 | Brian Robinson , I believe , has every right to feel aggrieved when he looks at the other members of the back row . |