Example sentences of "the [noun] it [verb] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities ' education committee opted not to continue the support it gave when the Government withdrew funding for Scotland 's only adult residential college in 1988 . |
| 2 | One of the qualities of jade that contributed most to social harmony was the musical nature of the notes it emitted when struck . |
| 3 | It 's pretty good fun — I like the noise it makes when it breaks . |
| 4 | The price you pay for your lawnmower does not reflect the cost to your neighbours of the noise it makes when you use it . |
| 5 | Your body is supplied with the oxygen it needs when it needs it to burn in its fuel mixture . |
| 6 | It is believed , as already mentioned , that one of the greatest pleasures for a child comes from the security it feels when it knows that it is loved , and it is the ability to withhold manifestations of that love for a little while , or threaten so to do , that provides a non-violent means of securing acquiescence when it is required . |
| 7 | Think of the difference it makes when you can look at programmes like that in the classroom on a video player : you can stop the programme at any point , you can go back and look at something again , you can choose to break it up into as many short sections as you want to and you can come back to it another day to refresh students ' memories . |
| 8 | Colleagues , in moving this motion I am seeking the C E C to give this union the credit it deserves when achieving victory for its members throughout with a wider publicity campaign through the media , although if is on the television again tonight I think he 's gon na have a higher rating than Coronation Street this week . |
| 9 | It was all so sudden that the universe had no time to lose the smoothness it had when it was the size of an atom . |
| 10 | Deconstruction is the form it takes when it turns its attention to specific texts . |
| 11 | No — I 've had it cut short before and I did n't like the way it feels when you wake up in the mornings — really weird . |
| 12 | The wonderful thing about the human mind , Adam thought , is the way it copes when the worst happens . |
| 13 | They may write is for his , or Inglish for English , because that 's the way it sounds when people say it . |
| 14 | There is nothing more frustrating than finding that you ca n't make your hair look the way it did when you left the salon . ’ |
| 15 | She smiled trustingly at him and his heart melted the way it did when his small nieces slipped their hands into his when he took them out . |