Example sentences of "[noun] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | The referee stopped the contest when Molina was hitting a badly battered Lopez at will , prompting supporters to pelt the ring with beer cups . |
| 2 | When a politician took a stand on the question of the collectorship , a successful election was essentially a reaffirmation of the strength of the political interest which was then in control of the parliamentary seat , while a defeat in this apparently local question was usually the harbinger of a severe electoral contest when Parliament should be dissolved . |
| 3 | ‘ We hope to organise another contest when the next ship comes in — but plan to get a bit of practice in first . ’ |
| 4 | He was probably feeling the effects of that gruelling contest when a below-par third at Sandown three days later . |
| 5 | On the undercard on Thursday Darlington welterweight Charlie Moore will have his third professional contest when he meets Alfreton 's Joe Corcoran . |
| 6 | The tie looked over as a contest when Paatelainen got his 15th goal of the season eight minutes later . |
| 7 | In fact , it came as a complete surprise to the hoteliers of Ramsey when they were given notice to quit their premises within six days , leaving behind ‘ all furniture , bedding , linen , cutlery , crockery and utensils ’ . |
| 8 | He had kept lurchers when they were children , and used to take Francis lamping for rabbits . |
| 9 | ‘ It is unnatural , ’ said the Sheikha when we met some months later . |
| 10 | A rapid winch launch will tend to pitch the glider back on to the tail , making a larger forward movement necessary to get the tail off the ground and so ensure a margin of speed when the aircraft takes off . |
| 11 | With a rope break , the climb out is at the normal towing speed when the rope breaks , whereas when engine problems occur the tow is usually slow and the climb is far worse than normal . |
| 12 | Diving to me has never seemed particularly energetic , and certainly one does n't swim at speed when sports diving . |
| 13 | The auto gearbox refuses to take the revcounter needle anywhere near the red line ( and that 's set only at 4500rpm ) , which means the chances of kicking down into a lower gear are limited , making A-road overtaking manoeuvres more ponderous than they should be and knocking a substantial hole in the cruising speed when you meet a hill . |
| 14 | All cold-blooded creatures move at a leisurely pace , but are capable , as we have seen , of sudden flights of speed when necessary . |
| 15 | Also , the turnaround found in bars 13–16 is a little tricky so , if you have any problems , break it down into small parts and practise it slowly , only building up the speed when you 're feeling more comfortable . |
| 16 | A device for raising the engine speed when the throttle/pitch stick is in the ‘ low ’ position ( ‘ Idle Up ’ switch ) ( Fig. 2.1 ) . |
| 17 | This function is more fully described elsewhere but the idea is to raise artificially the idle speed when the throttle stick is pulled right back . |
| 18 | The S2 provides high torque throughout the rev range , allowing you to apply confident bursts of speed when overtaking , its ‘ ground effect ’ technology tightening the car 's grip on the road as you 're accelerating . |
| 19 | Specifically built for two handed cruising , this 43 still retains a powerful turn of speed when passage making . |
| 20 | They were looking for food , of course , and would suddenly plunge downwards at lightning speed when they spotted something . |
| 21 | He had been driving at high speed when me helicopter flew past him . |
| 22 | He referred particularly to the need , under judicial review procedure , to obtain leave to apply on the basis of sworn evidence , on the court 's discretionary control of both discovery of documents and cross-examination , on the capacity of the court to act with the utmost speed when necessary and on the court 's avoiding the temptation to substitute its own decision of fact for that of the housing authority . |
| 23 | For a big man , he could move with surprising speed when he wanted to . |
| 24 | So he jumped astride a tractor and was being driven at maximum speed when he was told by somebody landing one of his aircraft alongside " You are not so far in advance of Rommel 's recce tanks " . |
| 25 | Notice how some of the words when repeated are better spoken than at other times , according to the level of passion in the delivery . |
| 26 | Now I was conscious of Aisha 's words when we stood together in the storeroom and she tried to dissuade me from going to London : ‘ Go alone to London without an aunt or a husband or your mother and they 'll say you 've sold your soul . |
| 27 | Obviously another trick question and I was still fumbling with words when Swartz said ‘ Baghetti ’ . |
| 28 | Blake noticed that people used more than words when they communicated with each other , and realised that horses did the same . |
| 29 | His words when we met at the start of the Championship kept coming back : ‘ Willie , I 'm going to win the Open for you this week . |
| 30 | I heard a man at the Bristol Cancer Help Centre say the very same words when we were discussing ‘ Who am I ? ’ |