Example sentences of "be [vb pp] when [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problems this has given rise to are compounded when one examines our import record . |
| 2 | On coach/air and coach touring holidays , all road tolls , ferry and port charges are included and on self-drive holidays , port charges are included when you book our special rate ferry tickets . |
| 3 | They are discharged when they reach their target weight . |
| 4 | However , when he is transferred to a strange yard with different handlers , even if it is a good establishment , his natural nervous temperament will reappear , explaining why so many new owners think their horse may have been drugged when they bought it . |
| 5 | ‘ The habits are blessed when they make their final vows , ’ I said . |
| 6 | The news might well be outdated by the time it reached the curia , messengers and even legates might be seized , as Cardinal Leo was by King Imre of Hungary , and the curial instructions might well be outdated when they reached their target . |
| 7 | He would not be prepared when she asked him why he had sent two men to beat up a pathetic hotel clerk and frighten a vulnerable old woman . |
| 8 | Father hated to be disturbed when he had anybody with him and I could see he was annoyed so I made myself scarce ; I mean I did n't stay to say what I wanted . ’ |
| 9 | Again , they might be matched when you get 'em , but after a month of use , they wo n't be matched any more . |
| 10 | Again , they might be matched when you get 'em , but after a month of use , they wo n't be matched any more . |
| 11 | Material gain We allow ourselves to be persuaded when we think we are going to get richer , to have a more luxurious lifestyle , to make acquisitions . |
| 12 | I had nothing further to do with Sally but she did n't seem to be bothered when I passed her in the street without speaking . |
| 13 | These should be replaced when they lose their resilience . |
| 14 | All the rakes in the county will be converted when they know what reforms you have worked on our old friend . |
| 15 | Something of the casual innocence of the picture may be lost when I tell you that I had to hunt this particular combination of light for two days before obtaining the shot I wanted ! |
| 16 | Unless you have married a man who is unusually attached to his mother ( which is another matter altogether ) , it will be unlikely to occur to your husband that he needs to do anything more to make his mother happy than to be a kind and dutiful son , who has given her sanctuary in his own home in her later years ; but if he is a man of feeling , it will not be difficult to persuade him of her need for his company : her need to be taken out for a run in the car with him alone sometimes , to be kissed when he kisses you when he gets home in the evening , and occasionally to be brought a bunch of flowers instead of you . |
| 17 | How could ‘ depth ’ be created when you had nothing to reach further back to ? |
| 18 | And whats more the club payed for the flags to be fireproofed when they realised what a potential fire hazard they were . |
| 19 | HCI must be informed when you confirm your holiday booking and details must be inserted on the Booking Form . |
| 20 | The RAF Halton Gymnastic Display Team showed how well they are trained when they performed their sparkling routine in the Empress Ballroom on Friday evening . |
| 21 | The ideas which I had conceived of that noble university were realised when I saw it … |
| 22 | We were applauded when we reported our record , and one of the newly recruited flying students opened a few bottles of root beer by way of celebration . |
| 23 | The couriers signed on for courses at two language schools in order to get visas , but were caught when one had his baggage searched at Heathrow . |
| 24 | And this did not stop with the Reformation for , ‘ by virtue of the very generous pensions they were granted when they surrendered their houses to the Crown , ex-abbots possessed ample means to found chantries … or to make bequests for soul-masses after death ’ . |
| 25 | So she was not only watching but being watched when she thought she was by herself , when she was taking her clothes off and putting them on and so on . |
| 26 | One of their most useful features was the thick layer of pure white fat with which they were coated when you took it out of the tin there was this layer of fat round the edge . |
| 27 | No man could have been more gracious in victory ; champagne for the journalists ; a special bottle to the sports editor of the Surrey Herald who saved him from being disqualified when he mistook his first round starting-time ; personal thanks to the Royal and Ancient Secretary ; even a tip at the airport of a new sports shirt because he had spent all his pounds . |
| 28 | That bit I put in about knowing if we were being followed when I drove you to the station will stop them trying to do just that , will keep them away from here . |
| 29 | ‘ You were drunk when you told me where to see her . |
| 30 | The problem is compounded when we allow our leading businesses — Rowntree and perhaps Cadbury 's and others — to be bought up by foreign predators so that our muscle is destroyed . |