Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] 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 | Mr Delors claims that ‘ binding procedures ’ do not break the principle of ‘ subsidiarity ’ — the idea that decisions should be taken at EC level only when it makes sense to do so . |
| 3 | And likes your light on when it goes to bed . |
| 4 | There 's sort of brushes under the car so when it goes round it sweeps and washes the floor at the same time . |
| 5 | Eliot now tended to be interested in anthropology mainly when it contributed to a Christian perspective , so that while he would maintain that ‘ the actual religion of no European people has ever been purely Christian , or purely anything else ’ since ‘ There are always bits and traces of more primitive faiths , more or less absorbed ’ , he became more and more interested in relating such faiths to Christian problems . |
| 6 | RISC watcher Andrew Allison remembered FRISC as a merchant chip attempt and says he laughed at Micron months ago when it announced the subsidiary because it did n't have the resources or market presence to pull off a new proprietary architecture . |
| 7 | Partners in the south coast firm of Hook Harris & Co , which hit the headlines two months ago when it entered into an individual voluntary arrangement with its creditors , have bought the two main practices from the joint supervisors of the IVA . |
| 8 | The company made a disastrous start in February 1983 and found profitability only when it went down market under new management and ownership ( partly Australian ) . |
| 9 | What the hell is the midfield formation anyway when it consists of Rocky , Fairclough , Macca and Speed ? |
| 10 | The prediction is made more precise by making it equal to 1,290 days and then adding another 45 days ( 12.11–12 ) — to the despair of the modern interpreter , — but probably to the complete satisfaction of the contemporary reader who read the prophecy just when it had been fulfilled . |
| 11 | A few weeks later when it came to the 1985 Budget , Nigel set himself the same goal . |
| 12 | He was joined by Peter Sheppard a few years later when it became apparent that so much information was potentially available from flight recorders that it needed another man to help interpret all the data . |
| 13 | The NUR had an unfortunate experience , apparently , a few years back when it made an unwise sponsorship . |
| 14 | The Bank of Scotland had frozen the overdraft of Monktonhall Mineworkers Ltd some weeks ago when it emerged that debts of about £1.7 million had accrued . |
| 15 | Indeed , there was a period about three years ago when it looked as though even 35mm slides might have found a match with the introduction of devices like the VideoShow system which project the image on the computer 's screen directly onto a conventional viewing screen . |
| 16 | The Methodists first established a chapel for worship in 1828 , in a small building later converted into the Oddfellows Hall , and so named until a couple of years ago when it became a private residence . |
| 17 | ACT was a computer bureau and systems house until five years ago when it started selling an American machine called the ADDS . |
| 18 | So it 's it appeals to the right brain that visual aspect it can take attention it can actually make the presenter move around when it switches attention what does that do for the audience then ? |
| 19 | She dialled her mother 's number and nearly put the phone down when it started ringing . |
| 20 | The UK government will issue health warnings about low-level ozone pollution only when it reaches 200 parts per billion — more than twice the safety threshold of 75 parts per billion set by the World Health Organization ( WHO ) . |
| 21 | I wonder if the good old English press will stick the boot in when it happens ? |
| 22 | General Sherman … has raised up an army on the four sides of Joseph just when it seemed most probable that he was about to escape … |
| 23 | Another Saturday came round with no prospect of a night off when it began to rain in the afternoon . |
| 24 | In November 1984 the UKCC addressed the professions directly when it published and circulated the second edition of the Code . |
| 25 | AS YOU might expect of a nation that has devoted the past three and a half centuries to failed attempts at independence , Ukrainian leaders have a propensity for messing things up when it matters most . |
| 26 | They often help each other out when it comes to time off and holidays . ’ |
| 27 | Her frantic anxiety gave Marie extra strength : it was only her brute force that dragged the drum back when it skidded off the path and began to slither over the grass down towards the channel . |
| 28 | But it did not , at any rate for the peasantry , which on the whole refused to turn itself into a flourishing class of commercial farmers even when it had the chance to do so . |
| 29 | The United States was unable to restrain Israel even when it felt it was necessary to do so against Syria in June 1967 and against Lebanon in 1982 . |
| 30 | Such a policy was first suggested over a decade ago when it seemed that a Polytechnics Central Council on Admissions , styled PCCA and doubtless pronounced ‘ Pukka ’ , would not be inappropriate . |