Example sentences of "but when [pers pn] [verb] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but when we come to testing them for reading erm on the national curriculum to say level one , level two , level three |
| 2 | Securicor have joined the cowboys on the contract guarding and really I mean you must be getting sick of us getting up every time about security guards , but it 's an important problem and you must know that a lot of you must work at places where you 've got guards on the gate and we all should take a bit of interest in going to see these guards , find out that they 're working for two pound or two pound forty an hour , they 're working as many hours a week as they 'll actually work with no overtime rate , no night rate , no benefits worth having and I mean really I wish you 'd go to your companies and try and arrange site allowances , cos that 's the only way we 'll get any improvements , but when we talk about resolving grievances , we just took in Yorkshire region someone to a tribunal for constructive dismissal . |
| 3 | The play began its provincial tour in Cambridge ( it went all over the country , but when it came to including the play in Ken 's career notes for Who 's Who in the Theatre , he only mentions Cambridge , as though referring to the West End theatre of that name ) . |
| 4 | The psychologist commented that Balbinder had liked having a reading book and clearly wanted to read but when it came to reading he did not understand what he was doing but relied on guessing . |
| 5 | A man like Edouard de Chavigny liked to play the field , so much was understood , but when it came to choosing a wife , well , then the qualifications required were somewhat different . |
| 6 | But when it came to touring South Africa , D'Oliveria became persona , officially labelled a Cape Coloured by South African authorities they said his inclusion in an England party contravened their apartheid laws . |
| 7 | But when it came to dealing with Railfreight , he said , his ideas hit the buffers . |
| 8 | Yeah they they groaned at the ones we 'd come up with but when it came to making their own up |
| 9 | Anthony was fine with a pick , apparently , but when it came to scraping away layers of earth with a trowel and saving small pieces of pottery , he simply did not have the patience . |
| 10 | Artistically they felt out of their depth here , but when it came to spending the town 's money they knew a lot more than Herr Busacher did . |
| 11 | ‘ They get an idea , but when it comes to sticking with it , really working at it , they fold up . ’ |
| 12 | But when it comes to discovering those original chord sequences , it 's not all late night slaving over an acoustic guitar . |
| 13 | If I was n't an animal-lover there would have been no problem , but when it comes to catching pigeons I draw the line at the fish-hook method on humanitarian grounds . |
| 14 | But when it comes to removing old steel pipe from a galvanised hot water tank , the largest pair of Stillsons you can get your hands on may be needed . |
| 15 | I had n't come to any grief by not having a comprehensive view of that crocodile pool , ignorance really was bliss that day ; but when it comes to organizing a major event , failure to see the overall picture from the start can blight the whole business . |
| 16 | Phillips 's omission of a price expectations term from his original study may have been warranted in practice owing to the low rates of inflation which were experienced from the Great War onwards ; but when it comes to analyzing inflationary processes in general it is invalid . |
| 17 | But when it comes to choosing the wine , it can turn into a nightmare . |
| 18 | This is hard enough when you are considering a normal decorating job , but when it comes to choosing paint for a special job , then the task can be very complex . |
| 19 | But when it comes to fumbling balls there are very few Scottish keepers who can rival the Norwich City custodian Bryan Gunn . |
| 20 | There is n't a hotel restaurant , but when it comes to eating out in Stuttgart you 're spoilt for choice . |
| 21 | Our county council always has enough money for the obscure and the daft , but when it comes to providing for its old people 's homes , it does not have money . |
| 22 | But when it comes to delivering a bill to the Grand Army … ’ |
| 23 | But when it comes to defending Smashing Pumpkins ' tendency to write eight-minute epics he makes an r'n'r analogy : ‘ You can either f— for four minutes or sometimes you f— for an hour . ’ |
| 24 | But when it comes to defending a 1–0 lead few teams are better than Northern Ireland . |
| 25 | The list of Scottish footballers who have frequented their local turf accountant is longer than the starting lineup for the Grand National , but when it comes to identifying the ante-post favourite one player stands out above the rest . |
| 26 | This may well seem to be the most efficient way of utilising office time but when it comes to weighing up effectiveness the pro-forma is a non-starter as parents are antagonised by this bureaucratic and impersonal style of communication . |
| 27 | They explain that they have always fended for themselves because of being at work , but when it comes to going home the difficulties begin . |
| 28 | But when it comes to going out , many revealed they would be uncomfortable if their partner began to breastfeed their child in public . |
| 29 | But when it comes to peddling a synopsis , Ulan Bator will usually thrash Bethnal Green . |
| 30 | The charred remains of long-forgotten feasts tell us something of our forebears ' habits , but when it comes to tracing human evolution there 's nothing to beat comparison of genetic polymorphisms between modern populations . |