Example sentences of "when it be [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think he favours an intimate setting , but , ’ and Simone laughed , ‘ I told him that engaged women only favour intimate settings when it 's with their fiancé . |
| 2 | One of the most disgusting traits exhibited by the liberal is his inability to smell shit when it 's under his nose . |
| 3 | ‘ When it 's to their advantage men use the same ploy . ’ |
| 4 | He says you can still go out and enjoy yourself in the sun but it 's important to wear a hat and protective clothing — and to avoid the sun altogether when it 's at its height . |
| 5 | Actually , providing your timing is reasonable , this is not too dangerous , because you will be interrupting the attacking technique close to its source , when it is at its weakest . |
| 6 | The Lewisian thing about the first of his space stories is precisely its blend of literary originality and religious truth ; it is not ‘ theology ’ dressed up as ‘ literature ’ ; rather it makes its best literary effects when it is at its most religious because the religious matter is what most engages the author 's imagination . |
| 7 | Because of the priority given to these ‘ fixed costs ’ , mothers typically draw on the household income when it is at its most depleted . |
| 8 | If , however , thermal diffusion occurs , without a corresponding concentration diffusion , the particle will be cooled when it is above its equilibrium position and thus surrounded by cooler fluid . |
| 9 | These frustrations will pass when we adopt a very positive approach and with practice become more and more adept at using the ball when it is in our possession . |
| 10 | Even when it is near its best , the call to faith in modern preaching can often border on idealism . |
| 11 | As someone who worked in the BMC when it was at its height , and who has very long acquaintance with both protagonists , I can vouch for the veracity of Dennis 's story as told here , and can only lament the nit-picking which has continued even after its publication in this book . |
| 12 | The struggles in the West Indies in the 1690s were probably less devastating than those of the 1660s , and the French missed a chance to press home an attack on Jamaica when it was at its most vulnerable , just after the great earthquake of 1692 had destroyed the original capital of Port Royal . |
| 13 | The present inflation rate is , of course , precisely one half of the inflation rate when it was at its very lowest — just briefly — under the previous Labour Government . |
| 14 | North listened to this impassively ; when it was over his eyes filled with tears , but these were not necessarily tears of compunction . |
| 15 | He knew that it had been a joke , because when it was over his father laughed so much that the laughter was still echoing around them as they started back towards the light . |
| 16 | They had a row in my presence and when it was over my father gave my mother five hundred pounds . ’ |
| 17 | My parents were from a long line of good people with a strong sense of duty , living at peace with their neighbours , quick to be helpful when it was in their power , understandably a little feudal in their outlook , with a cautious eye on the squire for whom they worked , liking a glass of beer or homemade parsnip wine , and not above a bit of rabbit poaching . |