Example sentences of "[conj] when it get " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was like an old car that had been around in the neighbourhood for a long time , loaned out among your friends , used and passed on , so that when it got to you in your time , you knew what you were getting . |
| 2 | He fills it up , and cooks for himself , and when it gets down to a certain level then he thinks , ‘ now I might do a concert ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've got an even better one — told me by a cowman years ago — when charged by a bull , stand your ground and when it gets close enough , grab it by the nose . |
| 4 | A windproof layer can be used over the base layer in warm conditions , and when it gets chillier , over your fleece . |
| 5 | Space craft goes up and when it gets to a certain height above the earth it just goes round and round and round . |
| 6 | It has been tough during the last two Tests , and when it gets tough you want to have your best blokes there . ’ |
| 7 | And when it gets cut . |
| 8 | and when it gets to the chasing teddy bears you 've got to run as fast as you can , so you 'd better move out of the way |
| 9 | right , popcorn starts off as little , like little brown seedy things and when it gets heated up it all pops up into fluffy white stuff , those little brown bits that nobody ate were the hard little bead things that did n't pop up , sometimes they do n't pop up you see |
| 10 | I 'd like to say that I remember something about the rest of that walk but I do n't , only that it rained , then it rained some more , and when it got fed up with that , it rained again . |
| 11 | The farmer sent him to keep a flock of larks off a field that had just been set with winter corn : ‘ It was late November or early December ; and when it got dark about half past four time I made my way back to the farm thinking my job was done . |
| 12 | The bear outgrew the hut very quickly , and when it got to about 23 stone they decided to give it to London Zoo . |
| 13 | How and when it got in there we do n't know as yet . |
| 14 | And when it got particularly boring they would amuse themselves with a 15-minute rendition of ‘ Frank Clark knows my father ’ substituting the full back for the equally famous Lloyd George . |
| 15 | I 'll be popping up and down to see how you are , an' when it gets dark I 'll light the lamp . |
| 16 | But when it got to my last week I just thought stuff it , I 'm going to give it my best shot . |
| 17 | A bit slow to start but when it got going it was outstanding . ’ |
| 18 | Her explanation : ‘ He was going to tour but when it got closer he realised he did n't want to . |
| 19 | But when it got dark , I had to go to bed because I had no light . |
| 20 | But when it got seriously worrying I went to my doctor . |
| 21 | all the satellites hanging down it was very good the way it had all been done in , in that respect but what I found was the first bit was very boring , I found but when it got going a bit it was better but the whole moral of the story was that nowhere is perfect to live but it 's hard for y young children like this |
| 22 | But when it got to lunchtime today it 's been quite . |
| 23 | In early winter , when the first snows come , he wears socks in the boots , but when it gets cold he takes them off and replaces them with grass . |
| 24 | These are interesting if you 're building bridges , but when it gets really interesting is when things start moving . |
| 25 | . And look at that , interpret it , think oh well , the distance is increasing only fairly gradually as time goes on , but when it gets to there , the distance is increasing at a constant rate , as time goes on , so we 've got a constant speed . |
| 26 | Yes , yeah but when it gets burnt down you , I mean they ca n't |
| 27 | ‘ Because when it gets into the papers , which it will , things will happen fast . |