Example sentences of "[noun] when [pron] be be " in BNC.
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| 1 | On follow-up , when these subjects were sleeping only 6 hours but not feeling sleepy any more during the day , the proportions of sleep stages were no different from the period in the experiment when they were being restricted to 6 hours ' sleep ( when this restriction did mace them feel sleepy ) . |
| 2 | You do n't want a bit of sedimentation and then a gap when nothing was being laid down and then a bit more being sedimented , because , you know , you do n't know then whether the jumps you see in the record are simply there because there was a gap in deposition , or whether they really reflect the sudden change in the population . |
| 3 | The paper 's job was to warn its readers when they were being conned by ‘ governments , opposition parties , vested interests , food manufacturers , sporting authorities , the media , powerful individuals and so on ’ . |
| 4 | Or if the horse has been jabbed in the mouth when it is being mounted , it goes on expecting pain in the mouth whenever it is mounted . |
| 5 | ‘ I do my best work when I 'm being underestimated . ’ |
| 6 | Although some horses will travel in horse trailers as if it is second nature to them , even without having any previous related experience ; and some horses will stand perfectly and quietly for the farrier when they are being shod for the first time ; many will not ! |
| 7 | The snags they sort out can be as simple as making sure a contractor understands plans properly to having to re-design equipment found to need modification when it is being installed . |
| 8 | One policewoman said that , while the men disappear when a rape victim is brought in , they all want ‘ to gawp at the girl when she 's being examined and read her statement ’ ( FN 17/2/87 , p. 19 ) . |
| 9 | Traces of radioactive contamination were found on the flask when it was being washed after arrival . |
| 10 | any motor vehicle when it is being used for fire brigade , ambulance or police purposes or for defence purposes ( including civil defence purposes ) if compliance with this Regulation would hinder or be likely to hinder the use of the vehicle for the purpose for which it is being used on that occasion |
| 11 | This format makes it easy to fit the words to the ( edited ) pictures and to cue them to the start of each section so that they all come at the right place when they are being recorded onto the video sound track . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , but neither is the actor when he 's being brilliant . ’ |
| 13 | We have already seen that there were times when the High Anglican interest , supposedly the natural allies of strong monarchy , sought to challenge the powers of the Crown in order to protect the interests of the established Church ; we have also seen that Nonconformist and Whig politicians , who during the Exclusion Crisis became the champions of Parliamentarianism , had at times shown themselves prepared to defend the royal prerogative against Parliamentary limitation when it was being used to protect the interests of the Dissenters . |
| 14 | Bonnie Prince Charlie had a price of thirty thousand pounds on his head when he was being ferried hither and yon across many isles and sea-lochs of the Hebrides , and yet , and yet — the people of the west , such as Flora Macdonald and Malcolm Macleod of Raasay , risked their lives for a man they must have known in their hearts was a lost cause . |
| 15 | ‘ That was the first High Queen 's instruction when it was being raised from the rock . |
| 16 | I got a porthole from the Fulforn when it was being sent off for being scrapped . |
| 17 | Store unused gas cartridges or fuel bottles well away from the stove when it is being used . |
| 18 | It is still much more common than not for teachers to do their teaching behind closed doors , unobserved by another adult , and to feel somewhat threatened on the odd occasion when they are being watched . |
| 19 | She recalled an occasion when she was being taken for a walk in the park . |
| 20 | All too often they are accused of exploiting cats to satisfy the competitive urges of the exhibitors , and it might be imagined that they would favour the de-clawing operation to facilitate the handling of cats when they are being judged at shows . |
| 21 | Your car will still have the full protection of this policy when it is being serviced or repaired . |
| 22 | Your car will still have the full protection of this policy when it is being serviced or repaired . |
| 23 | Your car will still have the full protection of this policy when it is being serviced or repaired . |
| 24 | Your car will still have the full protection of this policy when it is being serviced or repaired . |
| 25 | The pilot thought the size of the gray-green boxes , ‘ seven metres long and one meter wide ’ was familiar , somehow ; but ‘ as long as you do n't open the boxes , you do n't know what you have … it is blessed by the government when it is being loaded , so I could n't care less what it is . ’ |
| 26 | Brigadier , life is er hard enough in the Army when you 're being toughened up for the sort of rigours you have to face on the streets of Belfast for example |
| 27 | So anything you do n't want me to take into account when it 's being marked , put a line through it , otherwise I will . |
| 28 | ‘ It is customary to beat children when they are being taught . ’ |
| 29 | The cottage was found to be an early eighteenth century timber framed building when it was being demolished at Withern . |
| 30 | ‘ Guy is not a yuppie , ’ Charles remonstrated , in the voice he reserved for humouring his little sister when she was being most irritating , ‘ He just happens to be a very successful … ’ her brother hesitated a fraction as if searching for the most appropriate description ‘ … entrepreneur . ’ |