Example sentences of "but when [pron] [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rents seem low , but when one considers that Mayhew 's seller of songs with a dependent wife earned less than 10s. a week and sometimes less than 5s. , it is easy to see why he might cling to his far from model room , where he has his own ‘ bits and sticks ’ , even at an exorbitant rent of 2s. 3d . |
| 2 | His wife had disapproved of this development at first — he suspected that she had paired off Damien and Clare in her mind — but when it transpired that Mark had been baptized a Catholic , and when he started to go to Mass again , she had become favourably disposed to the idea of their going out together . |
| 3 | But when he saw that others liked the plan he refrained from blocking it . |
| 4 | Brando had never sung before , but when he felt that Sinatra was singing in the wrong manner , he said to Mankiewicz , ‘ He 's supposed to sing with a Bronx accent . |
| 5 | At first the doctor was worried the boy would get too tired , but when he heard that Dickon would push the wheelchair , he agreed . |
| 6 | Negus Mikael , Lij Yasu 's father , being now a devout Christian , had condemned his son 's affiliation to Islam , but when he heard that Lij Yasu had been deposed family pride was outraged . |
| 7 | But when he heard that Sipotai had tried to kill Burun in front of an army of witnesses , he would spit blood . |
| 8 | Initially , used the effect to entertain children at the Leukaemia unit in St Bartholomew 's hospital , but when he found that scientists also were taking interest , he founded the Magic Penny Society , partly because he sees the new pennies as an excellent educational toy to excite children 's interest in science . |
| 9 | Mei Ling pretended a stare of disapproval , but when she saw that Alexei was watching , she smiled . |