Example sentences of "[vb base] a [noun] when [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The innocent might imagine that something will flow from that , but I smell a rat when I hear the word ’ commitment ’ . |
| 2 | So if , for example , you always smoke a cigarette when you have a cup of coffee , avoid drinking coffee . |
| 3 | Section 15 of the 1968 Theft Act says that if you issue a cheque when you know you have no money in your bank you are committing a criminal offence . |
| 4 | ‘ I always catch a lady when she falls , ’ he said softly , his strong hands steadying her . |
| 5 | ‘ I never wear a swimsuit when I go to St Tropez , ’ she said a little petulantly . |
| 6 | ‘ I always wear a helmet when I go out on a bike , but I think we might have to make helmets a fashion accessory to get more children to wear them . ’ |
| 7 | Protruding parking bump sensors that sound a warning when they nudge another car have been launched as an accessory to help drivers squeeze into tight parking spaces . |
| 8 | I also vividly recall an occasion when I suddenly heard a loud crash ’ and Ed Chambers , the bombardier , reeled back shouting ‘ I 'm hit — I 'm hit ’ . |
| 9 | And I mean a point when I was with her , right ? |
| 10 | I know a whore when I see one . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ But I know a friend when I see one . ’ |
| 12 | Beth thought it was something to do with the heat haze but I know a centaur when I see one . |
| 13 | I know a racket when I smell one . |
| 14 | With 300 people each day dying from tobacco-related illness insurance firms know a risk when they see one . |
| 15 | Besides , they will not be put off because they know a bargain when they see one . |
| 16 | If you hear a beep when you press one of these arrow keys then there are no more records to be found . |
| 17 | She used to write a word or draw a picture when she wanted something , and we tried to discover what she meant . |
| 18 | Dusk gathers about you like a coat when you climb a fence and reach a road . |
| 19 | And would Father get a surprise when he opened his box of cigars , and Mama her perfume ? |
| 20 | Yeah , but you get a cup when you win it . |
| 21 | Well get a job when she gets over there , yeah . |
| 22 | It was okay painting window frames , but it was n't going to help me get a job when I got outside . |
| 23 | I do think players get a fee when they renew contracts … but not in the same league as a big signing on fee . |
| 24 | I mean , none of us get a hard-on when it comes on . |
| 25 | The stroll in through open ventilators , and doors , or hitch a lift when you move plants from the garden into the greenhouse . |
| 26 | I can ay tell a voice when I hear one , ’ said Jock , quaffing his drink with a gulp . |
| 27 | The story had been taken up in yesterday 's paper by another lady , old-age pensioner Miss Judith Kennedy , a retired teacher who told a local reporter that ‘ I know an eagle when I see one because I lived in Cyprus for twenty years and there are many eagles there . |
| 28 | That does n't seem to me to be a very satisfactory way of detecting that these systems were n't working and with such complex systems as we 've got such as the system , it would take one person quite a number of minutes , if not hours , to check all the lights so I very much recommend this system and I should I suppose declare an interest when you start to talk about bulbs |
| 29 | Self-select P E Ps are a little bit different , is that when you , you the managers give you a choice of shares and it 's rather like pulling the handle on the one-armed bandit , you say right , I 'll start with er er I C I and I 'll back that up with B A T , and , and you leave them in for as long as you want , and you pay a charge when you move the shares , so you can actually control the P E P . |
| 30 | If you roll a misfire when you roll the first dice the cannon has literally misfired and may explode . |