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

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1 More fundamentally , however , because the suggested analogy at once breaks down when it is recognised that the public interest immunity presently in question is not , or at least not principally , confidentiality-based .
2 Even in narrow legal terms , possession and use can not be separated absolutely ; but the notion of mere ‘ possession ’ breaks down when it is considered in its military and political context .
3 I ca n't afford to turn it down when it 's offered . ’
4 Gen. Francisco Sánchez González , the Chief of Police , was named as Bernal 's replacement but was forced to step down when it was revealed shortly afterwards that the police payroll had been inflated by the inclusion of " phantom " policemen .
5 The " correct " way of constructing a building could never be such that it would immediately fall down when it was completed .
6 One presumes this was to help him keep the short ball down when it was bowled at the line of middle to leg stump .
7 That was not impossible , for there had been six months between the X-rays , in which case The tumour could have already been on the way down when it was spotted .
8 The new rule , which should have come into effect on 1 April , will now be brought in when it is felt that more companies can afford the 5,000 koruny ( US$160 ) needed to fit the device .
9 She was brought in when it was discovered that the largest of the two rings , in Penzance , had contact with other rings throughout the country and many of the perpetrators had been in prison .
10 ‘ And , as I said , Rob and I took the chest over when it was finished .
11 The partnership had opened a new phosphorus plant in Oldbury in Worcestershire in 1851 , which Albright took over when it was dissolved at the end of 1854 .
12 Sitting back on her seat , she relaxed as the engine started and the long , low open canal boat passed under the first of the very low bridges which spanned the narrow waterways , and tuned in her ear to the English commentary being given by the boat 's guide , mentally turning off when it was followed in French and German to engage in a desultory conversation with a fellow countryman who had chanced to take the place beside her , a pleasant young man attending his first seminar in Denmark .
13 I was really pissed off when it was called off at 5.20
14 But the alert was called off when it was identified as a dummy empty shell .
15 The cheer that went up when it was realized that everyone was safely back almost made Grimma forget that they were safely back to a very unsafe place .
16 They could let down extra wires to hold the branch and winch it up when it was cut free .
17 Sleek , swift and sophisticated ; the Jaguar supercar was snapped up when it was unveiled in 1989. 1,500 applications for a production run of just 350 .
18 Market traders were put out when it was announced they would be losing their pitches to accommodate the big top .
19 I only found that one out by mistake because there were two dates on the will check it out when it was done .
20 Two years ago , another resident of the same building did get her money back when it was shown her solicitor had been negligent .
21 But spreading the work out though actually extended the administration costs and not giving start and finish times that were fairly tight , so the people doing the work allowed them to make their own judgments on when it was going to be done .
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