Example sentences of "be [verb] when [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reasons are the same ; the valleyside torrents are checked when they reach the main valley floor and aggradation takes place , the fan shape usually resulting from the stream shifting its course from time to time . |
| 2 | You can derive an enormous amount of satisfaction from restoring old frames and returning them to their former glory , and it is astonishing the number of attractive frames that are discarded when someone changes the colour scheme of their home or sorts through their attic and throws out something that is battered but still beautiful . |
| 3 | I just hope they 're chanting when we win the Championship . |
| 4 | Towards the end of the same century estufas ( heated chambers ) came into use to reproduce the improvements in the wine which had been noted when it crossed the equator in the holds of ships , the changes being caused by the heat and not by the motion of the ship . |
| 5 | The jobs in the batch queue are executed when they reach the head of their particular queue , and the output is sent to the system line-printer . |
| 6 | To get this allowance , fill in the form at the back of the special death certificate you 'll be given when you register the death . |
| 7 | When political considerations took primacy over whether qualifications it is not surprising that some of the appointments were given to candidates ill-suited to the duties they were called upon to perform , such as the Lanarkshire freeholder appointed macer of the Court of Session who , according to James Boswell , ‘ had a constant hoarseness , so that he could scarcely be heard when he called the causes and the lawyers , and was indeed as unfit for a crier of court as a man could be . |
| 8 | The Absolon who mourns may be recalled when we see the suckling child in the cradle at the foot of the miller and his wife 's bed ( 4156 – 7 ) . |
| 9 | Indeed , he was just about to ask to be substituted when he collected the ball in the 38th minute on the edge of the area with his back to goal . |
| 10 | Great efforts have been made to restore the salmon runs on rivers in the American north-east , only for 70-90 per cent of the fish to be caught when they reach the rich feeding grounds off the west coast of Greenland . |
| 11 | So far we have distinguished two levels of stylistic variation : that of sense reference , and that of syntax sense , but a further level will be added when we consider the multilevel coding of language in more detail in Chapter 4 . |
| 12 | You can also ask for the patient 's meal to be cut up in the kitchen ready to eat , although this is something that can be done when you order the meal . |
| 13 | However , it is unlikely that biologists will be misunderstood when they apply the term to animals . |
| 14 | It will be needed when we consider the challenges to workplace standards that exist . |
| 15 | After the events of Saturday night and Bartocci 's angry phone call the previous day , Zen half expected to be rebuffed when he rang the Milettis . |
| 16 | Yeah but what I 'm saying when we got the thermal boxes you put the stuff in this big fridge er in here |
| 17 | The Development Steering Group will be represented when we know the date of our interview which should be during October/November . |
| 18 | If it does , they will be overwritten when you load the line editor . |
| 19 | That has a go , an attack , about everything because you 've been rejected so many times , so many times , and will continue to be rejected when we get the next election that you 're frightened to death to have . |
| 20 | Error bars ( 2 standard error ) are illustrated when they exceed the symbol size . |
| 21 | It is not really surprising that animal diseases are increasing when we consider the Government 's deliberate run-down of their veterinary service . |
| 22 | Outside , the rain which had been falling when they entered the building seemed to have eased . |
| 23 | But Annie 's plans for a restful break were shattered when she discovered the holiday hideaway has a ghost . |
| 24 | Their worst excesses were committed when they reached the Delta districts where amid the Burmese there were villages of the Karen minority . |
| 25 | There were moments of hope , such as the time Gary seemed to settle in the scouts , but they were dashed when he stole the troop 's funds . |
| 26 | The prosecutor has alleged that the police were shot when they stopped the men 's car for a routine check . |
| 27 | The seeds of this development were sown when we allowed the strange possibility of superposing states , mixtures of the classically immiscible " here " and " there " . |
| 28 | As they were milling about in front of the camera , Rosie said to her husband , ‘ Just think — at breakfast-time you were saying when we opened the shop , we probably would n't have any customers at all , and here they are , queueing up to have their pictures taken . ’ |
| 29 | Thus it was that both the sun and our faces were shining when we took the telecabin to the top of the nearest mountain and developed a habit which was to stick like glühwein : rösti — a Swiss potato cake , fried , with two eggs on top . |
| 30 | His injuries were incurred when he struck the gully wall , head-first , at considerable speed . |