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

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1 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 .
2 However , on Oct. 24 Democrats in the House appeared willing to compromise when they abandoned their demands for the inclusion of surtax , in favour of phasing out personal tax exemptions for those with incomes in excess of $100,000 .
3 They are discharged when they reach their target weight .
4 They are given a company car to get from A to B , and their main work starts when they get there is n't it ?
5 My boots and feet were smouldering when they found me .
6 They began to scream when they saw me , and their mother fainted .
7 This occurred when they had their children baptised or mothers came into contact with other Christian young mums through the play group organised by the church .
8 They stopped when they saw him , then dived right and left , but at fifty yards the rifle was lethal and Sharpe saw his bullet lift a man clean off the ground .
9 The others pushed on past him in the doorway , but they too stopped when they saw what was revealed on the other side of the windows .
10 Sinqe , who holds his country 's national record of 2hr 8min 4sec , was due to run his first marathon outside the republic in the NutraSweet-sponsored event on 18 April but London organisers were left fuming when they discovered he had run a marathon in Japan a fortnight ago in defiance of his contract which stipulated that he should not run a competitive marathon within 90 days of the big race .
11 The news might well be outdated by the time it reached the curia , messengers and even legates might be seized , as Cardinal Leo was by King Imre of Hungary , and the curial instructions might well be outdated when they reached their target .
12 He says when they started they had to improvise and some of the lights on the stage were just tin boxes .
13 I hated rugby but I always played when they wanted me to because I was really fast .
14 Stich and Ferreira failed in their bid to take the doubles title when they lost their quarter-final , suspended from last night , 5–7 , 6–4 , 6–3 to Australian top seeds Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde .
15 Do you actually stay to listen when they tell you ?
16 That is the information on which the police were acting when they decided it was reasonable to take this action .
17 The British secret service came up with a a stroke of some genius when the stopped having our operatives shot when they caught them and simply turned them into double agents . ’
18 And this did not stop with the Reformation for , ‘ by virtue of the very generous pensions they were granted when they surrendered their houses to the Crown , ex-abbots possessed ample means to found chantries … or to make bequests for soul-masses after death ’ .
19 Hodge and those around him believed Syngman Rhee should be encouraged and believed he could be controlled ; they were later to regret having aided Rhee 's ambitions to the extent that they had done when they found themselves exposed to Rhee 's mordant censure .
20 Always a footballing footballer , even when under pressure in defence , Derek 's quality was there for all to see and the appreciation of the Palace fans was shown when they elected him as our Player of the Year in 1975 .
21 Some men feel easily humiliated when they discover they are impotent in middle age .
22 ‘ You do realise you 're going to get the Press really going when they see you this evening , do n't you ?
23 And a lot of talking points for Jimmy Greaves and Tony back in the studio at half time to discuss when they rejoin us after the break with the score here at Filbert Street Leicester City one Nottingham Forest nil .
24 The teacher takes on the role of an alien , who says that the crew of the Starship must be lying when they say their leader is a man .
25 Do n't think that releasing it through your local record shop is the answer — just ask DNA what happened when they tried it with their version of Tom 's Diner shortly before the A&M rep visited the shop .
26 Well when , yes where they rented when they sold theirs
27 He says they have 2 kinds of bite : a ’ go away ’ bite and the bite they give when they think you 're food .
28 Iakov Solov'ev calculated that of the thirty-nine appointees only thirteen could be called opponents of reform , and three of those withdrew when they realized their helplessness .
29 He caught sight of a few others , but they turned tail and vanished when they saw him through the mist .
30 How foreign their names sounded when they heard them called .
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