Example sentences of "when [pers pn] have been [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've always given me tremendous support and , when I 've been able to in a busy schedule , I 've reciprocated . |
| 2 | ‘ Because , ’ he said , mopping his plate industriously with a piece of bread , ‘ when you 've been asleep for — no , I do n't want to know — you 're bound to feel a bit peckish when you wake up . ’ |
| 3 | And much as we can love our children , friends or pets , it can not be compared to sharing intimacy with a lover , especially when you have been used to the sounds , smells and physical qualities that brings . |
| 4 | Had he not been she might have telephoned him instead of Nick , when she had been desperate for company . |
| 5 | What crass hypocrisy , pretending to worry about her career when she had been instrumental in its destruction ! |
| 6 | The real problems which undrained land presents to farmers have justified drainage during periods when we have been short of food . |
| 7 | But she never suspecting it was , you know , when they 'd been alright for seven years you |
| 8 | When I postulated that the environmentalists might have a case , they were horrified that I of all people should express such a view , when it had been clear to them from the start that I was different from the others ( my sisters ) . |
| 9 | He is clearly rather tired of preaching the design gospel when it has been evident to him for many years the fundamental role it plays in good business practice . |
| 10 | Cole 's extreme anti-semitism had developed as a result of his exposure to the Protocols when he had been involved with allied help to the White Russians in the Civil War in the 1920s . |
| 11 | The school 's educational psychologist had made contact with the family when he had been involved in an assessment of Jeetinder , the second son , now in the fourth year at the school . |