Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] when [pers pn] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was rather devastated when she told me she was moving to Crieff , as she made major contributions to the work of the Library here ; she had a long-term future , and her personality made many friends for the Library among our users . |
| 2 | The grant payable depended upon the number of children who could read , write , and do arithmetic to the satisfaction of the individual inspector , and therefore it was not unnatural that every effort was made by the managers of the school , to see that the inspectors ’ tastes in such other matters as food and drink were duly considered when he visited them . |
| 3 | Erm I mean I I have some concerns , like Cynthia , about the number of careers officers who suddenly appear when you say there 's a visit to , Hull University , and we 've got people coming from all over the county and it 's costing us a fortune . |
| 4 | She knew why he sounded so strangled when she saw herself . |
| 5 | She supposed it was magic , probably it only happened when you swung your head up in a certain way , she would test that tomorrow , and as she dropped asleep it lay alongside the tickets of paper with the numbers she had written , and the tar bubbles and the sun that made red horses and brown splotches when she closed her eyes . |
| 6 | It 's a reasonable argument that only crumbles when you realise who owns Island these days — Phonogram . |
| 7 | It 'll all stop when she gets her grant through . |
| 8 | Philip walked back home , only running when he reached his own gate . |
| 9 | Leo was crouched before the fire , and she had the odd fleeting impression of power , a sort of unconscious arrogance that was only magnified when he turned his head . |
| 10 | Your five minutes only start when you make yourself known . |
| 11 | Sometimes we have emerged after a four hour session praying for revival to gulp down the night air with such joy and satisfaction as can only come when we know we have been with God . |
| 12 | You must only give her an ounce every hour , and you will only start when I tell you , and stop immediately I order you to . |
| 13 | ‘ You know us Taureans — we only fight when we know we can win . |
| 14 | Remember — the best security systems only work when you use them ! |
| 15 | Experience is subjective , whether sensory , conceptual or otherwise , and our confusion only arises when we think we are separate from what we perceive . |
| 16 | The microphone only works when you shake it . |
| 17 | Unfortunately , the fragile harmony between them was soon broken when she found herself arguing furiously with him in the dress department of Bloomingdales . |
| 18 | Some men feel easily humiliated when they discover they are impotent in middle age . |
| 19 | Catriona had already laughed when she realised it was n't a joke . |
| 20 | But it soon vanished when I mentioned my wish to visit Manu National Park . |
| 21 | Cold , wet and tired , we pitched the tents , and fervently hoped that Stephen 's mother would have reported us missing , as she knew that we were usually good timekeepers and normally arrived when we said we would . |
| 22 | Hugh McIlvanney 's feeling for his fellow-man shines through , too , although his emotions seem to have been already spent when he wrote his tribute to the late Jock Stein . |
| 23 | In a couple of months , they will be moving to larger premises , which Walker had just found when I visited him . |
| 24 | " My husband just crumbled when I felt it was me that needed to crumble and somebody to help me . |
| 25 | ‘ No , she just went when I said you did n't actually live here . |
| 26 | But the time will soon come when I trust we shall put them off in putting off our corruptible bodies , when debasement and sin will fall from us with this cumbrous frame of flesh and only the spark of the spirit will remain . |
| 27 | She had only just finished when he called her to join him and enjoy the view of Gibraltar from the sea . |
| 28 | We get all the papers in the dressing room on a Monday morning and we just laugh when we read them . ’ |
| 29 | We get the papers in the dressing room on Mondays and we just laugh when we read them . ’ |
| 30 | So , I was just leaving when I saw them , the five inch heel , crossover ankle strap , glacé kid , suedetrimmed ridiculous ! |