Example sentences of "but when it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stand in the queue for one of the new-fangled ticket machines clutching my one pound coin , but when it 's my turn , the dot matrix display has changed suddenly from CHANGE GIVEN to EXACT MONEY ONLY . |
| 2 | Costs a shade more now , but when it 's time to cash in you 'll be glad you did , believe you me . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It 's very traumatic and difficult , but when it 's over , it 's very rewarding , you can stand back and say , I did that , it 's mine . ’ |
| 4 | When it 's bad , it 's dire , but when it 's good ie , the visceral guitar madness of ‘ The Ancient ’ or the percussive fury of ‘ Ritual ’ , it 's actually pretty amiable . |
| 5 | But when it 's a valued ally of the West who resorts to high-tech barbarism against defenceless people , hardly anybody pays a blind bit of attention . |
| 6 | But when it 's selective |
| 7 | But it 's alright just you know knowing about that , but when it 's actually going to happen to you , it 's something totally different . |
| 8 | But when it 's just their bodies , they seem to want to do good , and close up , with maximum risk to the self . |
| 9 | At the globetrotting stage described above , the Certificate will open many doors ; but when it 's time to come home and settle down a Diploma is needed . |
| 10 | ‘ I know that the National Health has n't got the money it would like but when it 's so important , I think it should be done . |
| 11 | Absolutely , I mean I feel more so about my phone number and address , my phone number particularly erm you know money 's money and so what , but when it 's when it 's your personal safety I think I think it 's appalling . |
| 12 | But when it 's dark and the moon glints on the Peter and Paul fortress , and two out of every three street lights are extinguished for economy so that the puddles and newly fallen snow are discovered only by an errant foot , then it is once again St Petersburg , and Dostoevsky is hump-backed in a slum behind Sennaya Square , and Pushkin is dying after his duel and saying ‘ Good-bye , my friends ’ to his rows of books . |
| 13 | But when it 's |
| 14 | if it was seventeen per cent , oh I can do that it 's point one seven , but when it 's seventeen point five , and where does the point go ? |
| 15 | It 's not big enough for any high speed runs , but when it 's windy , it 's good enough for training . |
| 16 | But when it 's down mostly to wiggling around a stage in clattering heels there is no time for deep analysis of the psyche of folk who engage in such events and despite a doughty effort , director Ian Kellgren simply does not have enough suitable material to mesh this into any shape worthy of the tag theatre . |
| 17 | ‘ The cast is used to keep the leg immobile but when it 's removed , the unexercised muscles will already have started to waste . |
| 18 | ‘ When it 's individual racism it 's bad , but when it 's organised that 's the real threat , ’ said Huma . |
| 19 | She said ooh , you know can I invite a couple of friends , can I invite sort of you know , people back to lunch but when it 's sort of the list I mean , cos I I 'm not |
| 20 | Yeah but when it 's |
| 21 | But when it 's not your birthday and you go to somebody 's |
| 22 | Well I do n't mind , well I mean this is a horrible thing to say but I do n't necessarily mind people robbing from the rich but when it 's poor people robbing from the poor , it 's a really wank off , really wanky thing to do , you know , I just think it 's disgusting . |
| 23 | but when it 's dead , it might only have six on it , six volts . |
| 24 | Ah , but when it 's actually done it 'll be connected wo n't it ? |
| 25 | Oh I 'm gon na start going , I have n't been swimming for that long and I 've been saying off and on oh I must go , I must go , but when it 's so cold outside you do n't feel like coming out with all wet hair and all that |
| 26 | Yeah but when it 's the other one that 's slow they go by the other one . |
| 27 | It 's not moving but when it 's papers and pencils and stuff like that |
| 28 | But when it is discovered that a substance harms women 's reproductive health , women of childbearing age are usually kept from jobs that might expose them to it . |
| 29 | We are unfree , not when our strongest desire is displaced by an even stronger one , but when it is thwarted by external circumstances and becomes impossible of realization . |
| 30 | establish the principle that when your office door is open you are willing to accept ‘ drop in callers ’ but when it is shut you can not be disturbed except for a real emergency |