Example sentences of "[verb] when [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 He said he had only offered to use the truncheon as a sex aid but desisted when she shook her head .
2 However , when he is transferred to a strange yard with different handlers , even if it is a good establishment , his natural nervous temperament will reappear , explaining why so many new owners think their horse may have been drugged when they bought it .
3 Which of the following did you buy when you bought your bed ? ( please tick all that apply )
4 As I have never been in the habit of working at my easel every morning from 8 am , I only feel inclined to work when something stirs me in some way .
5 Wickham had been proud of her , and was devastated when she said they should separate .
6 I was rather devastated when she told me she was moving to Crieff , as she made major contributions to the work of the Library here ; she had a long-term future , and her personality made many friends for the Library among our users .
7 The woman had become suicidally depressed while pregnant with her previous two children and was devastated when she found herself accidentally pregnant again .
8 I was devastated when he said he fancied me but we 've started a relationship .
9 He was devastated when he discovered his premises had been attacked for the second time .
10 Cable TV will offer a wide choice of channels and the possibility of calling up what we want when we want it .
11 ‘ As a customer ourselves , we 're finding that the specification of raw material requirements , defining what we want when we want it , plays an increasingly important part in our whole quality approach . ’
12 ‘ As a customer ourselves , we 're finding that the specification of raw material requirements , defining what we want when we want it , plays an increasingly important part in our whole quality approach . ’
13 Now that 's what you want when someone rings you up is n't it ?
14 Your own notes are personal to you and ordered by you so that it is relatively easy to find the material you want when you want it .
15 Combining the benefits of a budget account with a borrowing facility , the Revolving Budget Account helps to tackle unexpected bills and allows you to buy what you want when you want it without having to set up further loan arrangements .
16 Your body is supplied with the oxygen it needs when it needs it to burn in its fuel mixture .
17 Eva admits she " may have been a bit impetuous in those early days " , but she was always willing to learn , and apologise when she realised she had overstepped the mark .
18 ‘ Yes , I nearly choked laughing when I heard you were doing a breakfast show .
19 She were laughing when I showed her that letter I got , cos she got one the same morning , , she said , and it said , and you can go round and talk to him .
20 Harry Burrows rode round his house on Midsummer Eve in a white sheet pretending to be a ghost , we nearly died laughing when he told us — ’
21 He was laughing when he said it .
22 He presented the music box , which was received with every expression of pleasure by Isobel , and the monkey to Dorothy , who could not help laughing when she saw it , because it was so typical of a craze for stuffed animals amongst the girls she had met in Tollemarche .
23 it grips when you push it on
24 God knows I tried when I realised what was happening to us , although it was like a starving man walking away from food for me .
25 But why did people snigger when I told them what my father did ?
26 ‘ That will get stolen , ’ the minister of health exclaims when I show him the picture of the pressure cooker that is meant to be used as a steriliser in the dispensaries .
27 We were applauded when we reported our record , and one of the newly recruited flying students opened a few bottles of root beer by way of celebration .
28 Earlier , Alex Aitken , of the Conservative Collegiate Forum , was loudly applauded when he said it was ‘ intolerable ’ that taxpayers should have to fund the left-wing propaganda of the NUS .
29 She had her back to the door and was standing at a filing-cabinet taking out more information she would need when she heard her assistant come back .
30 He made toys that parodied her innocent amusements and those of her brothers and she trembled when he raised his leonine voice .
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