Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb pp] when it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no tax invoice because the firm was not registered when it billed for the work . |
| 2 | Sunlight reflected from a window among the palm trees to lance a sliver of dazzling light at our cockpit , then the reflection was gone and we were at sea level , engines screaming , and I fumbled for the camera , prayed it had not broken when it fell from the ceiling , and took another picture just before Maggot lifted the aircraft 's nose so that we swooped up and over the palm trees that edged the beach . |
| 3 | The issue of selecting an NSF candidate for the ( as yet unannounced ) presidential elections was not resolved when it emerged that any candidate would be required to endorse Roman 's programme . |
| 4 | The first note was not paid when it fell due . |
| 5 | He got his PhD through animal experimentation , but he was n't qualified when it came to recombinant DNA technique . |