Example sentences of "[adj] when [pron] give " in BNC.
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1 | She was also mightily relieved when I gave up wearing sweaters on TV-am and reverted to jacket and tie . |
2 | This made me uneasy , and I was glad when someone gave me a glass of white wine . |
3 | The deeply unpopular Somerset was overthrown in October , and power passed to those who had opposed the war ; his successor , John Dudley , earl of Warwick , was only recognizing the inevitable when he gave up Boulogne at the same time as peace was made with Scotland in March 1550 , when the last stronghold held by the English , Lauder , capitulated . |
4 | but they were always a bit erm unhappy when they gave up so much time and er there was nobody there to listen to them when when they got there . |
5 | And are you confident when you give a weather forecast that the chances are that it 's going to be correct , or do you do it with a slight feeling of uneasiness ? |
6 | She went to see Mr Bailey , the manager of the factory , and she was surprised and happy when he gave her the job immediately . |
7 | ‘ And that from an Aussie ? ’ she was startled into answering , then went pink when he gave her a look of what she could only describe as approval . |
8 | ‘ I was quite disap-pointed when he gave tennis up . |
9 | To prevent this , local authorities can make replanting obligatory when they give permission for trees to be felled . |
10 | We had assumed that their affair would in some way be a violent one , because O was known to be violent , and because Boy made you feel strange when he gave himself away to you , a strangeness , and a feeling that you always wanted more , that often came out as violence . |
11 | This was especially true when he gave an impromptu lecture on the nature of matter in 1844 — the story is that Charles Wheatstone panicked and fled , leaving it to Faraday as chairman to satisfy the audience — and another on ray-vibrations in 1846 . |
12 | But her fears that the baby was damaged were unfounded when she gave birth to a healthy 8lb baby boy . |