Example sentences of "[v-ing] when it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liverpool inevitably became the centre for disputes about rate-capping for excessive expenditure , and then for surcharging when it tried to defy the government over expenditure cuts . |
| 2 | ‘ Who was driving when it went past the pub ? ’ |
| 3 | If wood is physically restrained from shrinking when it wants to do so it will split , because it has almost no tensile strength across the grain . |
| 4 | Although schools are becoming more accessible to more and more Semai communities , children often attend only sporadically , simply refusing when it suits them . |
| 5 | It is also , more generally , the essence of what the Barclay Report ( 1982 ) was seeking when it characterized social care planning as one of the core roles in which community social workers should be engaged . |
| 6 | Blood dripped from his sword , smoking when it touched the scorched earth . |
| 7 | Most pumps have a filter to clean the incoming air , and this needs cleaning or replacing when it gets dirty . |
| 8 | How fast was car A going when it ran the stop sign ? |
| 9 | He says the state of the damage shows how fast the car was going when it crashed . |
| 10 | How fast was car A going when it turned right ? |
| 11 | The transmission was short , but he was sweating when it ceased . |
| 12 | That same Sunday , in the evening , there was played out in the Cabinet Room the sad farce of waiting for the telegram of conditions for the line of credit front Morgans ' in New York , relayed through the Bank of England , and containing when it came the terms which were wanted by MacDonald and Snowden , but which were anathema to half the Cabinet . |
| 13 | Erm used for troubleshooting when it does n't start . |
| 14 | But there was something dangerously lacking when it came to the matter of how they applied their logic to the solution of a particular problem . |
| 15 | The government has managed , by and large , to restore public order which was notably lacking when it took over in April 1992 . |
| 16 | Now , I am sadly lacking when it comes to corresponding , but that time I did manage to write and thank her , adding that she would always be welcome to come and call if she ever was in the area . |
| 17 | It 's lying in the same direction as it was flying when it came down — north-east to south-west . |
| 18 | Stop it , stop fooling when it goes |
| 19 | Triumphing against all odds and losing when it seems easier to win is one of Scotland 's most endearing faults . |
| 20 | If it is physically restrained from swelling when it wants to swell , very considerable pressures are built up . |
| 21 | Even though it caught his eyes , so that he was actually watching when it happened , the figure that leapt from the blackness was only a silvery blur , moving with breathtaking and unreal speed . |
| 22 | The EC was romancing when it talked about dealing with the Yugoslav problem . |
| 23 | The government , they say , is bluffing when it claims that TECs are intended to tackle Britain 's persistent skills shortage . |