Example sentences of "[coord] when [indef pn] is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A chases B. When B is caught , s/he freezes , eyes closed , counts to 5 , then chases A. The game continues for as long as you want — or to a pre-set time limit , or when somebody is caught three times , for example . |
| 2 | The facilities are here , they have an important role and when one is looking open-mindedly — and systematically at a teaching problem one can not possibly ignore them . |
| 3 | you have all heard rumours about who is using clenbuteriol and when someone is caught farmers will say : ‘ It 's about time the Department caught up with him ’ . |
| 4 | The black and white feeds in a narrow range of tree species and when none is fruiting it eats leaves . |
| 5 | But when one is dealing with associative use , we have to do with a binary distinction ; the adjective is introduced solely to indicate that its property , even though applicable to some other entity , is associated with the entity of its noun phrase , and here there are only two possible states — either the property is associated , in the view of the speaker , or it is not ( and of course by a slightly curious consequence of the communicational process , the state must always be the positive one , since if the property were not felt to be associated with that entity and needed for identification , then the adjective which designates that property would simply not appear ) . |
| 6 | I can accept a wrong note from an orchestra but when everything is getting faster or slower , that I can not accept . |
| 7 | But when anyone is beset by such evil power as this , nothing can save him but Jesus Christ : this I firmly believe . ’ |