Example sentences of "[adv prt] when it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they put their foot down when it came to maths and they caught me grappling with the colour scheme of a kestrel . |
| 2 | It seems that a butterfly simply automatically backs down when it meets an owner . |
| 3 | She dialled her mother 's number and nearly put the phone down when it started ringing . |
| 4 | Write down when it started |
| 5 | ‘ We were really down when it happened , and had agreed to knock the band on the head . |
| 6 | We know looks are n't everything , but there 's no doubt that a well-groomed image will win hands down when it comes to first impressions . |
| 7 | THE MEDITERRANEAN still wins hands down when it comes to providing cheap family holidays abroad offering plenty of sunshine , sea and sand . |
| 8 | If you were aboard a vessel that was either going to go up or drag you down when it sank , what would your natural reaction be ? ’ |
| 9 | It just shows , I think , how vigilant Councillors need to be when you get all these documents , and you do get many of them if you 're a District County Councillor , and how necessary it is for you to read them and study them and to remember because these things are very very important when they 're put in when it goes to higher authority at that time . |
| 10 | I wonder if the good old English press will stick the boot in when it happens ? |
| 11 | She said they only got the men in when it went wrong . |
| 12 | Parsys does n't expect to have the SN9000 ready until ‘ late 1992 ’ — it will take three months or so to bed the new chip in when it does arrive . |
| 13 | So Smart Drive remmed let it put one in when it does n't find one . |
| 14 | Now unless you 're a skinhead of the old school , or have been time-warped for twenty years , parkas are not exactly in when it comes to neat threads . |
| 15 | If there is any , any time left the honourable gentleman shall have it , erm the honourable gentleman , the member for Nottingham North did say that he d was n't looking to proportional representation for these elections , I think he was absolutely right , I hope that piece of good sense which he displayed then will be one that wi he will invest his thoughts in when it comes , we come back to these questions later . |
| 16 | Mary Jane says that she loves the feeling of space but the only drawback is not having a hallway to put the wet coats and muddy boots in when it rains . |
| 17 | But yeah , when it , when it , when it starts in when it starts |
| 18 | It is rare nowadays to find a research council able to live within its means and reasonably happy with its situation , but that is the impression that the Natural Environment Research Council ( NERC ) put over when it launched its annual report . |
| 19 | ‘ This guy got fed up with it , threw his skis over one ridge and started to climb over when it collapsed . |
| 20 | I got up quickly , as I had n't really started to drop off when it went , and ran down to get there before my father . |
| 21 | ‘ Have there been any — ’ She broke off when it dawned on her that Jimmy was staring at her . |
| 22 | Then they 'll all shake off when it spins . |
| 23 | Another Saturday came round with no prospect of a night off when it began to rain in the afternoon . |
| 24 | I 'd just come in from the garden and kicked my wellies off when it happened . ’ |
| 25 | I had a week off when it happened . |
| 26 | Despite the restyling , underneath the RV8 is still an MGB ; the car the company killed off when it closed the MG factory at Abingdon 11 years ago . |
| 27 | well it 'll switch off when it 's done |
| 28 | The high-pitched kettle may not be audible , but the automatic kettle switches itself off when it boils . |
| 29 | The British , it seems , are n't easily put off when it comes to enjoying a picnic . |
| 30 | ‘ He 'll turn up when it suits him . |