Example sentences of "[noun sg] when [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The series had attracted capacity crowds and Sir Edward faced a packed hall when he gave his address , ‘ At the Heart of Europe ’ . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Mr Delors is expected to develop the theme when he gives a speech to the College of Europe in Bruges in 10 days . |
| 6 | Using someone 's name when you give appreciation is often a nice touch . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | That question can be left for a future occasion when it gives rise to a live issue . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | You know in the paper when they give out the other week |
| 14 | Schizophrenic Clive Wells was appearing at the Old Bailey accused of killing a 63-year-old man when he gave specialist nurses the slip . |
| 15 | Look towards the jury when you give evidence . |
| 16 | I lost me prescription when he gave me , and we 've been away . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Brightness became an international star when he gave Russian scientists the slip last September . |
| 19 | She told Susan about her encounter when she gave her the humbugs , and the elder sister seemed interested for the first time that evening . |
| 20 | He was quite capable of flattening everything in his path when he gave vent to one of his rare but terrifying fits of temper . |
| 21 | I 've spoken to Angela and Angela said , just alter the week numbers on the , on your P forty five , but as I 've just said to Neil if I do that , that is gon na throw it out for year end when I give you yo your green slip . |
| 22 | A consortium of English and European dealers , led by S.J.Phillips of Bond St , bid a world record price for a snuff box when they gave SF2,530,000 ( £1,155,2507 ) for one of the twenty-six surviving hardstone and jewelled boxes made for Frederick the Great . |
| 23 | A clinical smell like solvent that reminded her instantly of the time in hospital when she gave birth to Sousan . |
| 24 | He was being taken to a special boarding school when he gave teachers escorting him the slip . |
| 25 | Sarella turned in time to catch Marc 's worried glance following the reckless path of the jeep , but then he turned , and she could almost believe she 'd imagined that fleeting expression when he gave her a cynical smile and said , ‘ If it 's proverbs he wants I could have swopped him a more appropriate one . ’ |
| 26 | A surgeon , Helen Martini was specialising in paediatric surgery when she gave it all up to move with her husband to Orkney . |
| 27 | He greeted her very warmly and blushed in the sweetest way when she gave him a sisterly kiss . |
| 28 | So Jigoro Kano , the founding father of modern judo , learned to his cost when he gave demonstrations in Japan and America . |
| 29 | The Government must have thought that he was worth the money when they gave him the job and they must value his advice . |
| 30 | Would I one day show people this jacket and say that it had been a lovely afternoon in Central Park when he gave it to me and , in closing , would I say that as he disappeared into the trees , I never saw Oscar Wilde again ? |