Example sentences of "[conj] when [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the young couples moving into the area were those who had dropped out of church life when they had left home to go to university , or when they got married . |
| 2 | Clearly the counsellor will come across both attitudes , with retiring people requiring counselling support both when they have to continue working when they would wish to retire , or when they have to stop working when they wish to continue . |
| 3 | Erm so if they do come down , or when they do come down , I think it it will benefit the area , as long as something better is repl is there to replace them . |
| 4 | Or when they refuse to face unpleasant truths , like good and evil . |
| 5 | And they do n't mean when we can afford a bigger house or when we 've had the big-deal holiday , but when I 've risen high enough on the corporate ladder to be able to take six months off without everyone forgetting who the hell I am . |
| 6 | Oh , he said , two o'clock or when we get done . |
| 7 | In one week I listened to the English boy singing the praises of my dark colouring and frizzy hair , felt him kiss me on the cheek with obvious pleasure whenever I cooked a meal and when I came in from work , or when we sat watching television together , and found him waiting for me at the end of the road when I was late back for some reason . |
| 8 | Yes beginning , you know , we , we know what we 're trying to do obviously we do n't necessarily know every , every node in the network erm Cos obviously once you start doing that , or when we start doing tr the , the journey run things erm we 're going to need to know what we 're wanting . |
| 9 | driving along , keep to the left except when road signals or markings indicate otherwise or when you intend to overtake , or turn right , or when you have to pass stationery vehicles or pedestrians in the road , allow others to overtake you if they want you , you must not drive on by the side of the road . |
| 10 | The accusation which expresses the righteous moral indignation of the accuser immediately puts the accused in the wrong ; and that is especially satisfying when you want a scapegoat to blame , or when you wish to gain an advantage over an enemy . |
| 11 | There might be times when we let you do the whole lot or when you have to have more than one go at it . |
| 12 | Fishing for predatory bream with imitation or real fish should be regarded as an opportunist method to be employed when you happen to see bream chasing fry , or when you have tried all conventional methods and failed ; or simply when you fancy your chances with a fish bait . |
| 13 | driving along , keep to the left except when road signals or markings indicate otherwise or when you intend to overtake , or turn right , or when you have to pass stationery vehicles or pedestrians in the road , allow others to overtake you if they want you , you must not drive on by the side of the road . |
| 14 | or when it proposes to distribute to its members its one remaining asset . |
| 15 | He did n't know where or when it had happened . |
| 16 | Now can you write out either now or just before I or when I 've gone what you 're going to do |
| 17 | I often go there when I 'm unhappy , or when I want to think . |
| 18 | ‘ But I do listen to it when I ‘ m in the mood , or when I want to wind down . ’ |
| 19 | And you sign them up or when I say sign them up they 're er an account is opened |
| 20 | I only remembered it when I leaned forward or when I tried to sleep at night . |
| 21 | Rather , like insects , they are annoyances except when they seem to possess such overwhelming numbers . |
| 22 | Some lessees we hardly saw except when they arrived to pick up their keys and left to return them . |
| 23 | Except when he had to go to sea . |
| 24 | Perhaps no player has ever been quite as competitive as Botham , and if his combativeness has led him into trouble off the field it has generally worked in his favour on it — except when he has refused to part with the ball despite not bowling well , or when he has holed out in the deep when a more circumspect approach was required . |
| 25 | Maxim swamped his eyes with water time and again dulling the pain except when he tried to see . |
| 26 | There 's a touch of elegance about many of the costumes , except when you try to sit down . |
| 27 | He does n't seem to be embarrassed by anything , except when you try to provoke him by telling him that surely he must thump his desk once in a while , or that although he says that a record company exists ‘ to guide your artists ’ most of them must hate him at some point . |
| 28 | This will be a more flexible list because prices tend to creep upwards ( except when you want to sell anything ) and your tastes and finances might well change a little or a lot along the way |
| 29 | road and the line nearer to you is solid , you must not cross or straddle it , except when you need to get in and out of the premises on side road . |
| 30 | Except when she 's got the cars out |