Example sentences of "[noun] when [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It looked as though it was on its last legs when you gave me a lift yesterday . ’ |
| 2 | He thought of the widow in her ramshackle hut at the end of the village and the gratitude in her eyes when he gave her a purse of coins . |
| 3 | PROFESSIONAL footballers talked about their personal goals when they gave a talk on physical fitness to an Essex joggers ' club . |
| 4 | We listened to the hon. Member for Derby , South when she gave us the present status of Beckett 's laws — a pledge to increase pensions and child benefit , to which the new manufacturing package has been added . |
| 5 | We have just caught Raskolnikov saying to himself that the moth seeks the candle-flame , and Porfiry says similar things aloud ; while behind both of them Dostoevsky is telling Katkov that the murderer demands punishment and bends to an inexorable divine and human law when he gives himself up . |
| 6 | The series had attracted capacity crowds and Sir Edward faced a packed hall when he gave his address , ‘ At the Heart of Europe ’ . |
| 7 | Scientists did not help matters when they gave it the generic name Oreamnos , meaning ‘ mountain lamb ’ . |
| 8 | Mr when he gave evidence , assessed the parent 's contribution as quote absolutely amazing really , not just what they did to help the nurses but also in insisting that she was n't stupid , she just could n't talk they made it clear to the nurses and doctors that she could understand and we were n't to treat her like a vegetable . |
| 9 | It was n't suggested to Mr when he gave evidence that there was another man at the flat that night , I am told that if it had been his answer would have been an unequivocal no . |
| 10 | Occasionally he asked for her opinion but showed no particular reaction when she gave it , so that she had no way of knowing if he was completely satisfied with her grasp of the work . |
| 11 | Mr Delors is expected to develop the theme when he gives a speech to the College of Europe in Bruges in 10 days . |
| 12 | However , he fully redeemed himself next time out at Newbury when he gave 2st to Springholm and beat him with a bit in hand . |
| 13 | Every little thing concerning Jacob turned into a private battle between Rachel and I. When I gave birth to Reuben , I believed that my husband must love me for giving him a son . |
| 14 | Using someone 's name when you give appreciation is often a nice touch . |
| 15 | Its American parent makes watches in Little Rock , Arkansas , whose favourite son wore a Timex ticker when he gave his State of the Union address . |
| 16 | The need for the court 's inherent jurisdiction to be invoked on this basis was evidently established to the satisfaction of Cazalet J. when he gave the local authority leave to apply on 24 January 1992 . |
| 17 | That question can be left for a future occasion when it gives rise to a live issue . |
| 18 | I 've always owned apartments because I was born in a tenement in Glasgow and I like flat-life. , If he has one regret it is that government never saw fit to offer him another major job as challenging as his chairmanship of British Steel when he gave it up in 1976 . |
| 19 | Simply observing vervets rush into trees when somebody gives a tonal call does not guarantee that it was the call that did it . |
| 20 | I think that my hon. Friend the Member for Tooting displayed the facts well , and it was perverse of Conservative Members to pick him up for a slip of the tongue when he gave an incorrect figure , which it is relatively easy to do . |
| 21 | Indeed , Eleanor Rathbone condemned what she viewed as the selfishness of middle class women who , having got ‘ all they wanted for themselves out of the women 's movement when it gave them the vote , the right to stand for Parliament and the local authorities , and to enter the learned professions ’ , then sat back . |
| 22 | Last night at Dundalk however he scored the most important win of his new career when he gave the Crumlin-trained La Greine a superb ride to win the old Sweet Afton Hunter Chase , now called the Tallanstown Chase . |
| 23 | You know in the paper when they give out the other week |
| 24 | Schizophrenic Clive Wells was appearing at the Old Bailey accused of killing a 63-year-old man when he gave specialist nurses the slip . |
| 25 | With only five minutes remaining Claire McMahon could have wrapped it up for Pegasus when she gave herself room , but blasted the ball off the post . |
| 26 | Look towards the jury when you give evidence . |
| 27 | I lost me prescription when he gave me , and we 've been away . |
| 28 | ‘ They knew I had insurance because I took it out with the TSB when they gave me the loan . ’ |
| 29 | The God of Judaism , for instance , reminds Israel in the book of Exodus when He gives Moses the Ten Commandments that He is a jealous God . |
| 30 | Michael Palin , top selling Christmas author with Pole to Pole ( BBC Books — see Christmas in the Bookshops , page 27 ) , played to a full house and raised nearly £3,000 for the Playhouse in Oxford when he gave a talk about his travels , organised by Blackwells in December . |