Example sentences of "[adv] when [pers pn] want [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ These big international companies recognise borders only when they want to use them to set one workforce against another , ’ says one . |
| 2 | Native speakers of English typically use " have " in the present tense ( as in these two examples ) only when they want to imply that the event described is still happening or is still the case . |
| 3 | ‘ Only when I want to make love to you , and that is n't what you 've got in mind right now , is it ? ’ |
| 4 | * Do n't refer to yourself as " one " or " we " ; use " I " only when you want to introduce a special , personal note ( see p. 86 ) . |
| 5 | We can get a lift easy enough when we want to go , ’ Maxted assured me . |
| 6 | They are lovely to visit — especially when you want to feast yourself on a Dorset cream tea — but it is the rolling countryside and stunning coastline which attract the many lovers of the outdoors . |
| 7 | In our half-hour chat , I meet Little Brother ( ‘ He always comes in when you want to shag your girlfriend ’ ) ; the Gits ( ‘ They like looking through the obituaries and camping out next to accident black spots ’ ) ; Lee and Lance ( ‘ a couple of garage owners , they spend all their time putting Garfield stickers on cars ’ ) ; and Euro-Man ( ‘ as far as he 's concerned , the Euro-Parliament is just one big Amsterdam squat ’ ) . |
| 8 | She wants this doll , well Julie got it yesterday and said I phoned up , she said you 've got ta listen to this she said I 've just put a battery in when you want to hear it cry . |
| 9 | Right , bearing in mind coffee breaks erm , lunchtimes today 's , obviously when we want to get them away , if we can , |
| 10 | We also yes I must remind you that we have read the papers so I do n't necessarily want to go through it word by word line by line er but obviously when you want to make a point you will refer back to those papers but do n't you must assume that we have read them and that everybody else has read them . |
| 11 | or , or days , you can pick actually just when you want to do it |
| 12 | Because they live busy academic lives , college teachers are not always available just when you want to see them . |
| 13 | So later when we want to dismount the horse wo n't let us . |
| 14 | Bottles and nappies do n't get muddled up and you do n't need to empty everything out when you want to use the bag as a mat . ’ |
| 15 | Come on car , do n't start playing on me now when I want to get home . |
| 16 | " Yes — I have my own personal account there , and I go there when I want to cash a cheque . " |
| 17 | And want to find something you 've got to root through everything else , you 've got to move everything else and then when you want to come and find something else , you 've moved it . |
| 18 | Whenever we need to go to and from the Institute , or even if we want to make an expedition into town , we go to the Car Office , at the hotel , where they give us deluxe transport by car , and pick us up again when we want to return . |
| 19 | A long title sequence , for example , is not necessary and can be positively irritating if you rewind too far and have to sit through it again when you want to repeat the programme . |
| 20 | I can not think of any flower that does not press better for being taken apart , although of course you will have to spend time putting it back together again when you want to use it . |
| 21 | We hurry them on when they want to stop and look at some new marvel . |