Example sentences of "it when [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do it when we 've done this . |
| 2 | Yeah , okay but we 'll have to do it when we 've got time |
| 3 | But we definitely became aware of it when we started seeing graffiti saying ‘ Clapton Is God ’ in a lot of places — I 'm sure it was n't one guy painting it all over London . ’ |
| 4 | Was it when we started dating our Our Wife/Husband and concluded that a bag of chips and a spring roll was probably short of the mark for romance ? |
| 5 | Was it when we started to feel just a little grown-up , and asked people Round To Dinner ? |
| 6 | ‘ Is it when we are going to die , Angel , or is it when we have committed a crime ? ’ |
| 7 | They hate it when they 've lost their dog . |
| 8 | So , I shall do it when they 've gone home and then I 'll , at least I 'll know , that it wo n't it wo n't be being undone . |
| 9 | She was Gaston de Rochefort 's daughter , and Rohan knew this — had known it when he became her lover ; had known it when they began to plan their lives together . |
| 10 | If they needed further proof of their belief that they were on the right track , they were given it when they went to arrest Griffiths and were met by a hail of bullets ; after a chase in which Griffiths killed one man and wounded others , he was shot dead while resisting arrest . |
| 11 | I hate it when they try to add bits , I just like to subtract . ’ |
| 12 | He puzzled about it when they had left . |
| 13 | ‘ And wo n't they all feel terrible about it when they stop to think what they 're doing to you ? ’ she asked in a fair imitation of an Irish brogue . |
| 14 | I love it when they start talking , in the street , they have to sort of , adapt to it , do n't they ? |
| 15 | The trouble is , ’ she went on , ‘ Mr Simkin would n't believe it when they tried to tell him — as you said yourself , you 're his right hand man . |
| 16 | He seemed to have meant it when he had told her he would leave her on her own until she was in a more reasonable frame of mind . |
| 17 | Was it when he had forbidden her to rehearse aloud while he was writing ? |
| 18 | She had done it when he had failed his eleven-plus , when her sister had become an alcoholic — maybe when his father had died , for all he knew . |
| 19 | Forced to devote his attention to the problem , he found he had succeeded in locking it when he had thought he was unlocking it , the reason being that it had been open all the time . |
| 20 | Marcus had n't given me any since I threw up in the hall and he stepped in it when he came to see what the matter was . |
| 21 | The district judge was undoubtedly aware of it , since it features in his lengthy rehearsal of the arguments , but he did not refer to it when he came to give reasons for his ruling , which was based exclusively on an examination of the merits . |
| 22 | In better days , however , it merely served to guarantee the privacy of the sovereigns and as a diversion for the Prince Imperial who enjoyed running up and down it when he came to play with his parents . |
| 23 | Certainly , while he is alive , Shaposhnikov the cappy man refuses to be parted from his headgear ; he grabs it when he determines to leave , and he drops it when he is persuaded to stay . |
| 24 | It had tried to snow over Christmas , but in London on the evening of the 27th , it was raining when Jack Carter turned into a small mews near Portman Square not far from SOE Headquarters ; which was why he had chosen it when he 'd received a phone call from Vargas . |
| 25 | He had known where to look for it when he 'd left the bell tower after finding her corpse . |
| 26 | Does n't like it when he loses does he ? |
| 27 | To a roomful of shoulders raised in perplexity , he warms to his theme : ‘ Is it when he has done something once ? |
| 28 | he he 's he , he 's a he 's a user and he ca n't take it when he 's dumped and he ca n't take being told the truth , like he 's an idiot . |
| 29 | I wish he had n't of got it cos Sue wants it when he 's finished with it . |
| 30 | There was a tumble-drier in the kitchen ; she had seen it when she 'd gone in there to call Anne . |