Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] when [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pregnant ladies and elderly people should be careful when eating soft cheese , as they should be when exercising . |
| 2 | I hope for your sake that those who provide them for you are as careful in following the rules as you should be when creating your own . |
| 3 | Again , it is surely relevant to ask what the cumulative effects on boys might be when responding to a literature which , unlike the world outside the novel , is populated entirely by the masculine . |
| 4 | But the detective superintendent was only too aware of how double-edged a weapon irony could be when deployed against a bunch of journalists . |
| 5 | However welcome Bourdieu 's analysis of consumers may be when contrasted to the more common attempt to explain the same material as a simple expression of business interests , the book 's impact is not enhanced by its entirely ignoring the sphere of production . |
| 6 | Concern was expressed at what the effect would be when attaching a means-tested service to a free one . |
| 7 | But when the judge , and the Lord Chief Justice , express their views on the period a particular prisoner should serve for the purposes of retribution and deterrence , they are involved in part of the same consideration as they would be when deciding a proper determinate sentence for a serious offence other than murder . |
| 8 | But when her letter said how tasty these little organic chaps can be when placed close to carrots , peas and gravy , I should have seen that she was open to contradictions . |
| 9 | The second — a bedtime problem — illustrates how counter-productive the once-in-a-while reward can be when applied to the wrong behaviour . |
| 10 | Mr Al-Haroun , when confronted , was as gently apologetic as only a well-bred Arab can be when confronted by an angry occidental . |
| 11 | Living in Denver , Colorado , a very arid region , we had forgotten how penetrating the cold can be when accompanied by humidity . |
| 12 | Living in Denver , Colorado , a very arid region , we had forgotten how penetrating the cold can be when accompanied by humidity . |