Example sentences of "[verb] when [pron] [vb -s] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Now that 's what you want when someone rings you up is n't it ? |
| 3 | Your body is supplied with the oxygen it needs when it needs it to burn in its fuel mixture . |
| 4 | But then , I 'll hand it to Guy — he 's mega -successful at getting what he wants when he wants it ? ’ |
| 5 | Unfortunately it does not seem to carry much weight these days , people only want to trust when it suits them |
| 6 | His voice did n't sound at all unfriendly though , not like that tone he uses when he catches me up on the table eating the butter . |
| 7 | Although schools are becoming more accessible to more and more Semai communities , children often attend only sporadically , simply refusing when it suits them . |
| 8 | ‘ Mummy said the Spittler blows smoke when it chases you . |
| 9 | What does that do when someone tells you who they are by name ? |
| 10 | So , wrote Harsnet , there is continuity as well as discontinuity , but that does not mean , he wrote , that there exists what is called character , personality , character , Goldberg wrote in the margin , personality , as they seem to think , wrote Harsnet ( and Goldberg went on typing ) , when they say you have such a generous character if you would only recognize it , or you have so much to offer , or it is not for myself I speak but for you , not for myself I mourn but for the waste of all that generosity , when they pour those words over you , character , generosity , warmth , looking sad , shedding tears , putting on a brave face , saying do n't pay any attention to me , or , it 's nothing , forget it , I 'm crying for the waste , meaning waste if it 's not directed towards them , but you have only to see what happens when one lets oneself be persuaded by that sort of thing , wrote Harsnet , you have only to see what happened to Hutchinson , MacMahon , Rollins and Goldberg . |
| 11 | which often looks quite nice so that even if what you 've found does n't quite match up with what they 've found you can say well look you know these theories , ideas are need enriching , they 're a bit inadequate as they stand because what happens when somebody tells you this , what happens when somebody says this erm you know we can , we can revise them in the following way |
| 12 | So far we have looked at what happens when someone loses something significant . |
| 13 | Mr Coats awaits figures for his plan from the Treasury , which will collectively blanch when it sees them . |
| 14 | To dance , it seems , is not by choice : you dance when the drums call you and you stop when whatever moves you to dance ceases . |
| 15 | ‘ I said I wondered how she would feel when she knows her own sister is having a relationship with the man who left her … |
| 16 | ‘ How do you think she 'll feel when she knows you helped brand her father a murderer ? ’ |
| 17 | The creature is seen chasing two teenage boys — but all is saved when one tosses him a can of Pepsi . |
| 18 | Ackroyd 's truest prose occurs when he applies himself to the imitation of ancient and recent writers — a repertoire of others . |
| 19 | Yes , but it hurts when he turns his head . |
| 20 | It is true to say that Tamburlaine sets himself very few limits , and this is shown when he makes his aspirations clear by telling his friends that he wants ‘ to become immortal like the Gods ’ . |
| 21 | He has no intention of following Esau to Seir , as he reveals when he leaves his brother and travels on towards the west . |
| 22 | And I thought Grandson Richard was some special person and he turned out to be a human who sings when he wets himself — ‘ |
| 23 | Compare it to the way a bobby pounds his beat or to the leisurely stroll Prince Philip adopts when he follows his wife on a walkabout . |
| 24 | I believe firmly that John McEnroe is not lying when he says he sees the small print on a tennis ball , and Jackie himself has often referred to his vision as a paramount essential in driving . |
| 25 | Like all wild animals , rabbits can swim if they have to : and some even swim when it suits them . |
| 26 | Every time an angler casts and curses when he loses his line , I , too , now curse as I think of some wild creature getting enmeshed in the deadly snare he has inadvertently set . |
| 27 | ‘ God , Nurse , ’ Ted exclaimed virtuously , ‘ There 's nothing for a hot-blooded sinner like me to do when he sees you coming , except close his eyes and pray for continence . ’ |
| 28 | But what am I to do when someone asks me for everything I know on Lake Malawi Cichlids ( as happens fairly often ) . |
| 29 | It 'll all stop when she gets her grant through . |
| 30 | Some people do n't stop when she asks them for money , but most people think for a bit and then dig in their pockets and give her summat . |