Example sentences of "that when [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 We suppose that when somebody says something to us , it is meant to be informative , has some warrant in fact and is not a deliberate obfuscation or falsehood ( for further detail and discussion see Grice 1975 ; Levinson 1983 ; Sperber and Wilson 1986 ) .
2 He almost had me going , but my Rule of Life No. 14 is that when somebody offers you the chance of a lifetime , they usually mean theirs , not yours .
3 Its use emphasised that when we write we do n't mean to state that X equals X+4 — it ca n't be , but rather " let X become equal to what it was plus 4 . "
4 What we 're trying to do is to write cricket bats , so that when we throw up an idea and give it a little knock , it might … travel …
5 I suspect that when we inquire into the matter , we shall find that the general practitioner had doubts about the treatment 's clinical appropriateness .
6 It is important to ensure , therefore , that when we evaluate support teaching , the full complexity of what we are trying to achieve is properly appreciated , and is reflected both in the criteria we adopt and the methods we use to apply them .
7 However , it is important for him and the Opposition Front-Bench team to understand that when we replaced the old supplementary benefit scheme we sought to target help on the people who needed it most .
8 We did n't definitely know that when we had the meeting , but he is coming and I will write to him when he arrives in the country .
9 Is not it a pity that when we had the chance we did not finish the job ?
10 Does the Minister acknowledge that when we had a domestic rating system almost every citizen in the land made sure that he or she registered to vote ?
11 Point six means that wh just to remind you that when we had the sales conference we did promise these
12 Well we realized that when we had the windows changed .
13 It is important never to fall into routine ; and it is important that when we make music the audience sees that we enjoy playing well .
14 unnamed that is not true and I do agree with Mr that when we make a decision to close some homes that they should be named to avoid the terrible indecision which exists at the moment .
15 ‘ I think we all realized that when we met him , ’ Kolchinsky said , glancing at Whitlock .
16 Erm , I seem to remember that when we met earlier in the year and you were looking forward to , to , to this year as a whole , I think you er , indicated that it was going to be a good year and I think you also suggested , if I remember right , that you thought the better part of that improvement would be seen in the second half rather than the first .
17 Which is I think where we finished up last time that when we 've got the stuff on computer we can
18 And compact I would like to think that when we 've looked at the kids and what 's required in the I A P that we can have an industry day with them I 'm trying , I 'm suggesting er , in January .
19 I think that the point , has to be made that when we 've had a transport supplementary grant decision and settlement as poor as this one , then it really is about trying to protect and enhance the people of Lincolnshire and the road network , rather than just for once , party politics , because I ca n't honestly believe that the conservatives would actually , feel that this is a fair , reasonable settlement .
20 In short , it 's not the use of language that distinguishes being told the truth from other ways of finding it out : it 's the fact that when we tell people the truth , we do so by getting them to believe what we believe .
21 I lay down in my boat , sure that when we reached the rough , open water , that would be the end for me .
22 We knew in 1985 that when we made our preliminary announcement of our results for the previous financial year that we would become technically insolvent .
23 I know I have to pluck up my courage and tell him that when we made love in Sintra he sired a son .
24 Altogether , then , we can say the tune is predictable , not in the sense that without knowing it we are sure exactly what is coming next but in the sense that when we hear the next phrase , our reaction is , ‘ yes , I thought something like that was coming ’ .
25 Is n't it wonderful to realize that when we hear that noise now it 's because people are either flying for pleasure or business purposes .
26 But surely such intuitive resemblance must be based on some underlying implicit common themes our difficulty is that when we try to spell these out we arrive at the various problems experienced in our earlier attempts at definition .
27 Do we find that when we sit in worship , often the language that preachers use , especially when they use some of the so called theological language .
28 I realize now that I should have fired him right then but I thought at the time that when we got him on the set he would be OK .
29 But while we were there they had several meetings because of course we were going to be demobbed anyway , and the Colonel er of the regiment he had us together and so did the officers , and warned us that when we got back to civilian life we must er beware of these agitators who tried to er create suspicion amongst the troops who were coming back , and telling them that they ought to join er these revolutionary parties .
30 I think we had something like eight and a half months without rain and there 's the feeling , quite often , that when we get a good summer in this country , people assume that the next summer will be just as good .
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