Example sentences of "[vb infin] when [pron] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , what do you always do when somebody says that — look down . |
| 2 | But what would she do when she realized that , with things as they were , she was on a life sentence , not just a temporary suspension of essential pleasure ? |
| 3 | She wondered what Norman would do when he saw that the car had gone . |
| 4 | The advantage of the service , Mr Lickiss points out , is that the subscribers can choose when they want or have the time to study . |
| 5 | Her mood did n't improve when she saw that Julius had got there before her . |
| 6 | We 've trying showing her that we do n't mind when we lose but it does n't seem to work work . |
| 7 | so , I must confess when I say that we 've had bad , like that time when Did you give er Lucy back her English ? |
| 8 | So you ca n't con you can control when it comes but you ai n't gon na ch you 're not gon na control how much you pay for , for , for almost anything , I 'm afraid . |
| 9 | And what 'll happen when you pass when you pass a current through hydrochloric acid ? |
| 10 | ‘ Did you mention when you wrote that he is in with some Cockney riff-raff ? ’ |
| 11 | You do n't dawdle when you suspect that a plutonium bomb has been planted in the centre of a city of ten million inhabitants . |
| 12 | Jimmy was silent for a moment , then he said , ‘ What sort of thing did you mean when you asked if I was suffering any after-effects ? ’ |
| 13 | Yes , All do tour a lot and still manage to put out records regularly , but what does he mean when he says that they ‘ have just two songs : a fast one and a slightly slower one ’ ? |
| 14 | Yes , All do tour a lot and still manage to put out records regularly , but what does he mean when he says that they ‘ have just two songs : a fast one and a slightly slower one ’ ? |
| 15 | On the other hand , did she wish to end up a spinster — like poor , dried-up Madame Duvalle , whose very raison d'être would end when she retired and no longer had her position at the salon to sustain her ? |
| 16 | She 's , she 's let go when she knew that she ought to let go . |
| 17 | The second impression is less tangible — the curious feeling you get when you realize that those books on the shelves are Manzoni 's books , the ones he read or consulted . |
| 18 | It strikes me as a great idea , and it 's hard to see how they can lose when you consider that 2000AD magazine sells 300,000 copies a week . |
| 19 | Solicitor Janna Neale sold her partnership in the law firm she had helped establish when she realised that her anxious and perfectionist nature made her unable to leave work any evening before ten , and even then she 'd carry clients ' cases and cash-flow worries home . |
| 20 | He did not complain when he found that his sleeping place had been claimed by another player ; nor when Garvey told him to wash the mud off the wagon wheelrims , and forbad him or Izzie ever to speak a word to Gabriel . |
| 21 | It was ghastly' frightening enough in its unreality , but the real terror would strike when she accepted that it was true . |
| 22 | What did the delegates think when they composed that Gogolian policy of assessment in which results are first faked and then suppressed ? |
| 23 | Moreover , the incentive to the departmental manager will completely disappear when he/she realises that there is no virement : Thus , even if he can reduce his capital charge by £500 per month , this will not give him an extra £300 to spend on other items . |
| 24 | But I did argue when she insisted that we remain separated while on the planet . |
| 25 | I ca n't revise when I know that Geoff 's in . |