Example sentences of "it when [pron] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even more dangerous is it when we insist that a man of two thousand years ago meant what we mean in so contentiously abstract a sphere as religious faith . |
| 2 | We do it when we decide that someone is unable to attend a school we have already described as ‘ comprehensive ’ . |
| 3 | We do it when we decide that the sibling rule — that a child can attend the same school as a brother or sister — does not apply ( the assumption here must surely be that siblings can belong to different species ) . |
| 4 | Do they really mean it when they say that a proposal is ‘ not negotiable ’ or conditional upon your acceptance within a very strict time limit ? |
| 5 | Newham council says that its residents are in favour of the scheme , but will they still support it when they learn that 1,000 homes in Stratford will be at risk from settlement when the railway line goes into a shallow tunnel because of the geological conditions in the area ? |
| 6 | She had not wanted to talk to Finn but she could not help it when he came and sat on the counter . |
| 7 | He 'd got all the er information about it when he came and he said it was the best type of covering if you 've got dogs or cats . |
| 8 | H. L. Gee knew it when he said that Edinburgh is ‘ perhaps never seen to greater advantage than late on a midsummer evening , the stones crimson in the setting sun , western windows ablaze with fire ’ . |
| 9 | Our Tom do n't like it when he flies and yet , they 're not bothered about him , that one , that 's the one that bites . |
| 10 | Slightly surprised at a mess sergeant who did n't know all about every officer , Maxim was about to deny it when he realised that , by chance , he had found a great cover story . |
| 11 | I like it when someone spots that a record being reviewed has been played by me on Radio 1 |
| 12 | her parents , but they , they do n't have their friends , in fact I 'm not sure that they did very much at all , I think that Myrie meant it when she said that what they wanted was the most peaceful sort of Christmas that you could possibly imagine , with no big teas , big meals or anything |
| 13 | She was about to replace it when she noticed that the satin lining in the bottom of the case had been torn away from one edge , and stitched back into place with large clumsy stitches . |
| 14 | Maureen told Joe about it when she wrote and he wrote back that he agreed with Chris . |
| 15 | This one just flung the door open and she 'd either been standing behind it when I knocked or , more likely , she 'd seen me coming . |
| 16 | I meant it when I said that I would do anything . |
| 17 | ‘ I meant it when I said that Claire no longer figured in my life . ’ |
| 18 | Or , so he can see it when I go and see him . |
| 19 | I measured it when it died and confirmed it was the correct species by carrying out various ichthyological classification data , such as scale counts and rin ray counts . |
| 20 | I like it when you come and we sort of can not in a rush . |
| 21 | So you 'll not know it when you come cos it 's all fenced off . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , ’ they continue , ‘ we 've been reading your columns and we 're just a little bit worried that you might mean it when you say that the European Community is a fraudulent delusion ; the German economy is kaput ; the French are morally bankrupt ; racism is becoming endemic ; America 's had it ; Britain 's in for five years of total chaos and the middle-classes will soon be taking to the streets . |
| 23 | They , they do n't like it when you stand and laugh and you know , joke with them and that . |