Example sentences of "when people [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say that when people get into formation dancing in clubs , then the avant garde starts to improvise , and vice-versa . |
| 2 | When people get into a stress-induced panic about their workload they may ( a ) begin to load more and more on to their own shoulders , and ( b ) feel so overwhelmed that they ca n't seem to get started . |
| 3 | Usually with people , when people get to about sixteen or eighteen , it 's it 's not called child sex abuse any more . |
| 4 | When people listen to these thoughts and avoid or escape , this serves to reduce anxiety . |
| 5 | We now sell Book Tokens only when people ask for them . |
| 6 | As they prepared to fly out to Greece on honeymoon , Kirsty , 20 , said : ‘ We reckon there will be a lot of empty seats on the plane when people hear about this . |
| 7 | There 's never anyone there within 20 years of 50 and when people stare at me they 're either thinking I 'm a pervert who 's going to come over and feel their bottom when the band are on or I 'm ‘ that bloke ’ from the radio . ’ |
| 8 | There 's never anyone there within 20 years of 50 and when people stare at me they 're either thinking I 'm a pervert who 's going to come over and feel their bottom when the band are on or I 'm ‘ that bloke ’ from the radio . ’ |
| 9 | When people hover for a tip , it 's excruciating , says Jon , 34 ‘ I do n't see why people working in certain industries should be singled out for special treatment . |
| 10 | He says that when people return to work after a holiday there is a lot of disruption and decreased productivity as a result of ‘ holiday infection that contaminates everyone around the person who has been away ’ . |
| 11 | Most of these courses are too short , merely providing the beginnings of a new competence or a new viewpoint that is often swept away when people return to their hectic routines . |
| 12 | When people cough in the movies , it is usually a sure sign they are going to die . |
| 13 | When people fall in love they develop this sudden resilience , have you noticed ? |
| 14 | When people walk into an auditorium , one thing ought to happen and another ought not : their attention should be grabbed and held but at the same time they should n't fall flat on their faces because you 've failed to gaffer down a loose wire . |
| 15 | What when people walk in dirt ? |
| 16 | When people speak of doubt , sooner or later medical images pop up as doubt becomes seen as a sickness of faith . |
| 17 | When people speak of ‘ science ’ , they usually mean the sciences of nature , especially physics , chemistry , and biology , in line of descent from the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries . |
| 18 | When people speak of conceptual clustering , they often mean more than just a clustering process . |
| 19 | I am not alleging that they are mechanically unsafe , but when people go to parties or dances they find that some of the buses are not clean and up to the standard that they had come to expect when buses were under local authority control . |
| 20 | ‘ E gives people a heightened sense of well-being , ’ she says , ‘ but when people go to nightclubs they ca n't actually dance all night , so they take amphetamines to overcome tiredness . ’ |
| 21 | It 's strange when people go through life lost to each other . |
| 22 | She says she 's most nervous when people come to her door in the evening — salespeople for instance — night-time calls can be very disturbing . |
| 23 | When people meet in a social situation , they assess each other visually . |
| 24 | When people look at photos of models , the might see something sexy and they might not . |
| 25 | ‘ When people vote on the day , they are looking at the party who will form the government , and in this part of the country they do not want socialism , ’ said Mr Peter Hodgson , the Conservatives ' Western Area chairman , who was confident the Conservatives would retain all their seats . |
| 26 | when people vote in this democracy , what should they be doing ? |
| 27 | But all that is way below the surface when people talk about her . |
| 28 | Now there has been a discussion about integration and segregation but I do n't think that when people talk about integration they mean geriatric , psychogeriatric and young chronic sick all under the one roof . |
| 29 | ‘ I hate it when people talk about me rather than to me . |
| 30 | It 's bad when people talk about you — but it 's much worse when they do n't talk about you . ’ |