Example sentences of "[adj] when [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Labour Party , or its thinking wing , is polishing its credentials so remarkably that Mr Smith 's team will look quite different when they get to meet us all again in the polling booth . |
| 2 | IT 'S ALL DIFFERENT WHEN YOU 'VE GOT KIDS … |
| 3 | He was usually OK when he came to work . ’ |
| 4 | The possibilities become more interesting when we begin to ask questions such as ‘ What objects in this database are similar in shape to this one ? ’ . |
| 5 | Certainly I do n't think that the DTI 's ministers and officials will find their jobs any less interesting when they begin to take up our cause in this way . |
| 6 | And I suspect that you 're as resilient in your own way as she is , so things could get interesting when she does realise that you 're out to steal her man . ’ |
| 7 | This method was not popular when she had to employ an auditor ! ) |
| 8 | Richard Baxter had already made his position clear when he stopped preaching the previous May soon after the Act had received royal assent . |
| 9 | Well you did n't think it was funny when we went to see |
| 10 | Jasper 's sometimes funny when he has had a disappointment . " |
| 11 | He would think it funny when she had said she had to hurry if she just went on sitting there , so she got up to go . |
| 12 | Yet a certain Scottish poet was not far wrong when he described finishing one of that author 's novels as being like emerging from a thin shower of dandruff , unenlivened by even the slightest flash of mediocrity . |
| 13 | Dot had been right all along and Mrs Parvis wrong when she 'd insisted that it was all over bar the shouting . |
| 14 | So a friend was embarrassed when I wanted to examine every object his family had made : the weathered pitchforks crafted from branching joints of trees ; strong rope twisted from straw ; bundles of sesame-seed stalks used as firewood after the seeds had been eaten ; hand-woven winnowing baskets , and heavy clay pots for keeping water cool in hot summers . |
| 15 | Lothar 's supporters implicitly recognised this when they tried to postpone the battle 's political impact by spreading rumours that Charles had been killed and Louis wounded . |
| 16 | We discover this when we try to walk towards the cliffs , our progress hindered by the occasional disappearing foot and accompanying staccato shout of Shit ! |
| 17 | Oh right , yes yes the Sweeney it 's quite good it ba , ba , ba with Dennis Waterman , ba , ba , do , ba , ba , ba , ba , ba , ba quick mow that jogger over got him , now we 've got time turn this when we 've done this , erm , put the plants in and everything till I gave it at table tennis |
| 18 | Oh sorry have I okeydoke , Mary Ann can I borrow this when you 've finished ? |
| 19 | It does n't matter what sort as long as it 's regular and brisk enough to stimulate your circulation — you 'll know this when you start to sweat and your cheeks develop a tingling glow . |
| 20 | I had n't felt like this when I 'd seen him firing the shotgun . |
| 21 | I 'm sorry about Antonio 's behaviour , but he 's always like this when he 's had a couple of drinks . ’ |
| 22 | She certainly had n't expected anything like this when she had got up this morning . |
| 23 | Diana recognised this when she tried to get rid of Charles 's old advisers whom she felt were working against her . |
| 24 | Cheryl asked , her mouth remaining half-open when she finished speaking . |
| 25 | So er Body Shop do have a ran they 've bought a new range of aromatherapy out , so I can talk about Body Shop 's it 's easier when I 've got it with me here . |
| 26 | And life was even tougher when I had to give up my job to care for Gran — ’ |
| 27 | Then the man put his hand on the horse 's shoulder and began to scratch , as one horse nuzzles another when they have decided to be friends . |
| 28 | Sarella smiled happily , pushing her other feelings aside and admitting , ‘ I 'm superstitious when it comes to work . |
| 29 | It has had considerable benefits , it 's had one or two drawbacks and er I think the biggest lesson that we have probably learned so far from the Eurofighter programme , is that we have to be very careful when we make work sharing agreements in future , that er we do n't try to drive the work sharing requirement down to too low a level . |
| 30 | Shapes began to form as the colours settled into patterns , but the shapes were still indistinct when they started to move violently . |