Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] when it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 And the Journal 's not exactly a reliable record of what happened to him — or even when it happened .
2 When the War Altar charges into combat ( and only when it charges ) the sounding of the Horn strikes terror into the charged enemy unit .
3 Never mind that this is very seldom what happens when a bullet strikes a forehead and especially when it comes out at the back of the head .
4 Crossley had to move quickly to save a glancing header from Sharp and just when it looked as if Forest might be more grateful for a replay Chapman won the tie .
5 I noticed that she was very modest in front of me , going through mild contortions putting on her undies beneath her dressing-gown , and once when it fell off , revealing her shabbily but quite decently clad in a mauve rayon slip , she snatched it up with a quick " Sorry dear " .
6 And now when it comes in a miracle , you wonder at me for looking twice , thrice , four times , to see if it comes through ivory or horn .
7 Repeated official and unofficial enquiries have suggested that the foreign exporting sector buys very little that is of Irish manufacture , and even when it does buy locally it tends to buy low value-added goods , like packaging materials and industrial consumables .
8 And even when it became clearer — in a purely physical sense — as far as understanding it went she was as far from clarity as ever .
9 Not until the second half did Saints show any of their best style and even when it came it was never sustained .
10 And even when it succeeds , there is still a chance that after pursuing it for some way another gazelle passing in front will impede it and its first , tiring target will be able to escape .
11 And even when it appears to be so , the level of sales is in itself a quite complex measure .
12 In Lobophytum species , the process is not particularly dramatic ; the polyps withdraw , the body of the animal will deflate , looking as though it has collapsed , and then when it takes in fresh water to stiffen up again , a thin , transparent layer of mucus can be seen detaching itself from the surface of the coral , to be swept away by water currents , the whole process usually taking a few hours .
13 and that then I thought , and then when it finished I did n't realize it was two parts , you see , and I thought well that 's a funny way
14 Well I think it was I mean that erm we when you dredge from the Causeway I 'd say near the Harbourmaster 's office and we dredged all the way to Botterman 's Bay just below Pinmill and that Botterman 's Bay was that 's a place where they had and that 's where the big ships used to moor then and they used to get .. be lightened , like all grain goods and that used to be loaded into barges by hand and then when it goes so light they used to the fish with about three thousand grain in 'em and then they used to fill them up in the dock , on the same method .
15 and then when it does that when the solenoid comes back
16 it 's , it 's parted , the , the , the , the metal fang comes along and then when it gets to the end ere it 's split , it 's split
17 A few minutes later it emerged and flew off and then when it returned it looked at the wall and saw the marks and went inside .
18 He 'd play a couple of quiet rounds and then when it got hectic and everyone else wanted to be playing , he 'd stay away from the course and just hit a few balls in practice .
19 and then when it got over to the Clerks ' Department they used to stick it on another piece of paper so that they could put it on the file
20 When the radio began to grate , I turned it off and spread myself out on the bed , using the knapsack as a pillow , and then when it got too sharp , making dents in the back of my head , I took it away and lay flat .
21 But er they would maybe lay it by for two or three weeks and then forget for two or three weeks , and then when it came to the end of the quarter they were a whole lot of weeks behind , you know , they could n't pay it then .
22 She got up and then when it came round to singing Jerusalem and Edie was put out at not singing Jerusalem , this is another one off the psychiatric list and Pat goes
23 David , you said that last week , and then when it came to the time
24 They have a lot of united services , and then when it comes to communion they segregate and then join again .
25 and then when it 's got that and it 's got end on the bottom here , at the end of the stopping zone , you 've got to know that on a motorway
26 me two weeks to do it I 'm gon na do it and then when it 's finished it 's done right .
27 And then when it 's been our turn to come , we broke down .
28 And then when it finishes you 've got all the guys coming out shouting and screaming and running about through the flats , the music never bothered me , it was just the you know the guys coming out after that bothered you .
29 People 's priorities are pretty hot when it comes to holidays and to vacations , and indeed when it comes to business travel , and I think we can expect to see people coming back pretty quickly .
30 Liberation does not mean slaying the dragon , but rising above it , growing beyond it , seeing through its tricks and laughing gently and lovingly when it snorts fire at us .
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