Example sentences of "[adv prt] when [pron] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We would n't see it coming , we could n't shoot it down when we did and we could n't even chase the fucking thing home after it had hit us . |
| 2 | We were there illegally we broke in when they find that out they 'll … ’ |
| 3 | It helps explain what they believe in when they believe that a person has authority . |
| 4 | He reined in when he saw that Alexei was in the garden , watched for a time , and then spat expressively to left and to right and rode on . |
| 5 | In fact , she was on the point of reining in when she saw that Beador had come to rest on the top of the trunk ; he stood there , poised like a trick rider in a circus . |
| 6 | She looked young and pretty and relaxed for the first part of the evening until a ghastly sense of anti-climax set in when she realized that many of the young English guests had arrived well watered and rowdy after their coach trip , soon to become hideously drunk on the Ashley 's generous provision of champagne and wine , with a few dainty canapés and other elegant nibbles . |
| 7 | She only gave in when she learned that the vicar 's niece would be going to the dance and that the Air Force would be providing transport . |
| 8 | But frustration can often set in when you discover that the furniture so suited to your modern townhouse looks completely out of place in your Victorian terrace . |
| 9 | yep , and we developed theo that business here in fact in Suffolk , we were the very first Fire Brigade to , to do it in the seventies , er our own workshops made them erm the units and are now still making them , and the ideas were original ideas on , on , on the equipment and we made about three or four in , in when I retired and I think they made several others now like canteen vans , and erm breathing apparatus , er and so on . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , Frank will come over when you like and tell you how he found out . |
| 11 | But no , it 's only because he reminds me a bit of him , that gloomy bit , that deep bit , that bit that dominated when his head sank into his shoulders and his mouth turned down and the light went from his eyes , that bit that took over when he resisted and turned inwards and moped . |
| 12 | Well they just sort of drop off when they die and then grow some new ones but they do n't drop them all off like all some of the other trees do in the Autumn . |
| 13 | LINCOLN Turbine Service Ltd in Lincoln was pleased that hard work had finally paid off when they heard that Daran Blatherwick had been awarded ‘ Best Trainee — City and Guilds 201 ’ . |
| 14 | The customer who ignores you and moves off when you ask if you can help her . |
| 15 | Her thoughts broke off when she found that Vendelin Gajdusek 's glance was still on her — as though he had enjoyed the sound of her light laugh . |
| 16 | Mopped up when it mattered and linked effectively with wide men . |
| 17 | He was picking the letter up when he noticed that it was in Elinor 's own handwriting . |
| 18 | I get up when he leaves and follow him . |
| 19 | ‘ A stop has to be put to it , once and for all : To crown everything , not only were we already packing up when he arrived but today 's not men , it 's women . |
| 20 | She 'd give that up when she pleased or die an old maid . |
| 21 | John fills in a gardening diary every day and often refers back to it to find out when they mulched or did other jobs . |
| 22 | Yeah , it 's just keeps dropping out when you try and turn it ! |
| 23 | And it can all fall through because theirs is falling through or they ca n't get out when you want and that can go on for Can it not ? |
| 24 | I smuggled a copy out when I left because I thought it was so funny . |
| 25 | I 'll find out when I ring and she 'll . |
| 26 | Our porn challenges the received myths about our love-making , as Gillian Rodgerson pointed out when she argued that lesbians need to produce their own because ‘ then the myth that all lesbian sex is two women lounging around waiting for a man to join them , might finally be exploded . ’ |
| 27 | Throughout his career he seemed to be around when it happened but the finger of accusation rarely pointed in his direction . |
| 28 | Zen had told them he 'd been involved in a traffic accident , which had got a good laugh all round when it emerged that he was from Venice . |
| 29 | All he had to do was to come round when you called and sign the death certificate with all particulars correct . |
| 30 | Hereford got a goal back with one of the best moves of the game … they can turn it on when they want and it 's affective … |