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

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1 The BBC was forced to drop an independently produced film for Arena on lorry drivers when it emerged that it was partly funded by a hauliers ' association .
2 She jumped violently , swinging round , glad of the darkness that hid the shock in her eyes when she saw that Terry Lewis had followed her and was standing just a few feet away .
3 It was just something in his eyes when he smiled and his voice when he talked to a woman .
4 Sandy , a visitor , told us : " It brought tears to my eyes when I heard that the house would be closed for renovation .
5 ‘ No , this he threw back into the bushes when it snapped and turned in his hand .
6 A significant minority of men aged 17–24 take risks when they drive because they feel confident in their ability behind the wheel .
7 The most important marketer for the school could be the secretary who snarls at parents when they call or phone .
8 Another thing : not enough men would be in the middle waiting for crosses when they came and like I said before the crosses were mostly aiming for heads — or for Deano 's head .
9 Indeed these figures made even sorrier reading for the Conservatives when one realised that demographic shifts were working in the Government 's favour .
10 But there was laughter at his response to a question about a reported split among the directors when he said that the board was ‘ united and happy ’ with the direction the club was taking .
11 But there was laughter at his response to a question about a reported split among the directors when he said that the board was ‘ united and happy ’ with the direction the club was taking .
12 The Commission has many allies when it argues that enlarging the Community will provide the impetus necessary for closer Political integration .
13 The rock was in just three pieces when it arrived and needed to be hammered into the correct sizes for the set-up .
14 It is not surprising , therefore , that it is very stressful for CAB advice workers when they find that there are times when they are unable to help certain clients .
15 So it 's all about sharing things out and it gets into this sort of fractions when we get when there 's not enough to go round and we have to start cutting things up cutting the pizza up .
16 Voting will not be announced until this morning — but gay campaigners were cheered by delegates when they protested that the party 's policy review had replaced a commitment to ‘ full equality ’ for gays with ‘ greater equality ’ .
17 The census of 1930 revealed the the state of affairs when it showed that more than twenty-two per cent of the population were ethnic and linguistic Germans .
18 There is no way of monitoring arms once they are sold , although I believe Contraves when it says that it would have to fit the latest equipment to any ship , and would not fit Argentinian ships .
19 The project ran into difficulties when we discovered that the forms of ‘ collaboration ’ being developed in the classrooms observed were more all pervasive yet apparently less structured and organised than had been anticipated .
20 Many of those trainees go to smaller firms , perhaps taking over positions of responsibility or even taking over from the owners when they die and thus continuing the industry 's good work .
21 Most occupational schemes pay a proportion of your earnings when you retire and are called final earnings schemes .
22 The Proceedings of the Royal Society completely overlooked Lear 's beautiful Parrots when it decided that , ‘ The so-called Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains ’ was ‘ by far the most accurately illustrated work on foreign ornithology that had been issued up to that period . ’
23 Patterson trained her subjects to ask questions when they found that they could not choose between competing referents .
24 I should perhaps explain in the context of your various questions when I say that erm we do want to become involved in these things , that , at this stage , and we 've only held two meetings , we have just identified themes and general areas in which we want to work , and not precise projects or activities .
25 But also the ability to borrow stock provides a means whereby GEMMs can choose to take short positions when they think that prices will fall .
26 We just got away , ’ he was repeating loudly to his neighbours when he realised that the noise of conversation had ceased and people were all sitting down .
27 Yeah so the big thing about this is is getting up to date getting yourself understanding the terms when he says cos squared when he says simple har when he says S H M you think yeah .
28 The Government could also authorise local authorities to remit payments when they know that people can not afford to pay .
29 The second reason was that , even were she to have a successful pregnancy and birth , she was terrified that she might one day be carrying her child in her arms when she fainted and might then drop or hurt the child in some way .
30 ‘ Imagine our anger , and the anger of all lesbians and gays when we heard that the NEC , led by Roy Hattersley , had voted to exclude the commitment for an equal age of consent of 16 for gay men , ’ she said .
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