Example sentences of "[vb infin] when [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which of the following did you buy when you bought your bed ? ( please tick all that apply ) |
| 2 | She had her back to the door and was standing at a filing-cabinet taking out more information she would need when she heard her assistant come back . |
| 3 | The old lady made me jump when she told me not to stare but to sit down and not be nervous . |
| 4 | tax paid and everything , and I know it 's gon na be in there I said now that to me is worth a lot I ai n't got ta worry whether there 's gon na be cheque from out on my doormat in the morning or if it 's gon na bounce when I put it in so I sa |
| 5 | that never did anything , that we inherited , and when we moved all that stuff that was on there , all that junk , erm , when we first moved , I thought it might flourish when it sorted it , but it 's kind of spindly so , that 's gone , no , no , another bush , over this side |
| 6 | ‘ So what do we do when we find it ? ’ |
| 7 | What does that do when someone tells you who they are by name ? |
| 8 | ‘ She was afraid of what he might do when she told him she was n't going to keep up the pretence any longer and everything she did in future was to be sold as her own work . ’ |
| 9 | I 'm just trying to think where you what you 're gon na do when I have my , have my hair cut ? |
| 10 | She 'd be very antagonistic when I was putting the jesses on , so the first thing she would do when I picked her up was pull at her feet and try to work herself loose . |
| 11 | The least I could do when you told me … |
| 12 | So the first thing an owl will do when you release it is to scout out the land . |
| 13 | That reminds me , I 've got that box and all , the you know when you took that bo that box of Twix back that time what do you do when you take them back ? |
| 14 | There 's a good few people around this quarter afraid of you and of what you can do when you open your mouth . |
| 15 | What should you do when you find you have made a mistake like that ? |
| 16 | She did not wait to see what he would do when he reached her . |
| 17 | Mr Coats awaits figures for his plan from the Treasury , which will collectively blanch when it sees them . |
| 18 | These are sensuous pleasures at their most enjoyable when we ritualise them , but how do we feel when we desire them ? |
| 19 | How do I feel when I read it — elated , stretched , sad , longing … ? |
| 20 | How did you feel when you saw me with my beautiful Oriental mistress ? ’ |
| 21 | How do you feel when you read it ? |
| 22 | She wondered how she would feel when she saw him again . |
| 23 | ‘ I said I wondered how she would feel when she knows her own sister is having a relationship with the man who left her … |
| 24 | ‘ How do you think she 'll feel when she knows you helped brand her father a murderer ? ’ |
| 25 | She did not speak when he raised his eyebrows the second time , so in went onions , mustard and ketchup . |
| 26 | However , by its very nature , the scheme is complex , and we can not guarantee that minor difficulties may not emerge when we put it into practice . |
| 27 | It wo n't work when you go one nil up , or you 're one nil down , you have to hold something in reserve ; mid-field players have to come back , the forwards have to come back and hold tight , you do n't just go charging up looking to get another goal , or trying to equalize , but that 's the basic error . |
| 28 | Er , I missed the train , the video thing would n't work when I showed my film lunchtime and er , the book that had to read , er , unfortunately , is not in the library , so er , the le let me explain the background to this . |
| 29 | ‘ Make one sound when I release you and I 'll break your neck , ’ he growled in her ear . |
| 30 | I remember the stepmother , yes — did n't like when I saw her comin' t'the door . |