Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | While grass allows the foot to swivel when a player changes direction , feet often stick to plastic . |
| 2 | It appears to be contrary to what the Criminal Law Revision Committee and Parliament intended when they established " dishonesty " in the 1968 Act . |
| 3 | At last her opportunity arose when Collin Brooks , a friend of both Eliot and her own family , suggested that she apply for the post of Eliot 's secretary which had fallen vacant . |
| 4 | The opportunity arose when Michael Barry , the BBC 's longstanding Head of Drama , resigned in 1961 to join the new Irish television network , Telefis Eireann in Dublin . |
| 5 | A small opportunity arose when Lizzie came knocking at the door for the ceremonial delivery of two silver-bound shoulder sprays , one , a gardenia , the other an orchid , and a card which said : From Robert . |
| 6 | The Russian law on citizenship , adopted in November 1991 , extended that privilege not only to the population of the Russian Federation but also to those living in other republics who requested it , and the Russian defence minister , Pavel Grachev , made it clear that fellow nationals would be defended ‘ wherever they live ’ ; Vice-President Rutskoi called more directly for recognition of the Dnestr republic , and the Foreign Ministry intervened when it appeared that the civil rights of Russian speakers in the newly independent Baltic republics were being infringed . |
| 7 | His chest crushed when it smashed into the steering wheel . ’ |
| 8 | In that case , the opportunity to earn remuneration arose when the appellant obtained the grant of a tenancy of a public house owned by and tied to a large brewery company . |
| 9 | Time to remember why she was here , she decided firmly , as she banished any crazy light-headed notion that Ven might be responsible for the way her heart fluttered when , looking at him , she found that his eyes were still on her . |
| 10 | Is a promise to give a wedding present binding when the marriage takes place ? |
| 11 | There seemed to be no consideration given as to how a management strategy would serve the processes desired , little attempt to anticipate possible outcomes or to arrange for specific progress points when reviews could be undertaken , nor to establish criteria against which a programme 's effectiveness would ultimately be evaluated . |
| 12 | Difficulty arose when Pecham in attempting to enforce reforming measures required sheriffs and others to act against the king 's own servants and clerks , but it should be remembered that , overwhelmingly , cooperation characterized this procedure in Edward 's reign . |
| 13 | It is seen in The Facts to belong to the times in which the writer lived when he wrote the novel , when opposition to the Vietnam War , and to a President Johnson perceived as monstrous , took to the street-wisdom of a farcical obscenity . |
| 14 | Who does the heart hurt when it sees the unattended pair of shoes ? |
| 15 | Nitrogen dioxide , a reddish-brown and highly reactive gas , is mainly produced in the atmosphere from the oxidation of nitric oxide formed when fuel is burned at high temperatures . |
| 16 | A partly-exempt business with branches outside the UK has not been allowed to include the value of overseas branch supplies when calculating its proportion of recoverable input tax . |
| 17 | It was the same when her Mum got when it happened to her they got her a load of new clothes and she was trying them on and grandad said hey get in here now . |
| 18 | Similarly , why waste time and money phoning when the only way you have been able to get your money in the past has been to call in person . |
| 19 | Like this : ‘ Try and make the house look occupied when it 's left unattended … |
| 20 | Bean 's ( 1980 ) typology of doctor — patient interaction showed that , under the 1959 Act , voluntary admission occurred when there was agreement between doctor and patient on the patient 's sick role or where , although agreement did not exist , the patient acquiesced and accepted this role . |
| 21 | The difficulty starts when one tries to say exactly what is the relationship between everyday life and the structure of society . |
| 22 | The EOC found that direct discrimination occurred when managers described the mobility requirement differently to men and women and made it more onerous for women to comply with it . |
| 23 | The uniform group of objects that the programmer has when using an object-oriented model , also reduces the sting of the ‘ elegance and simplicity ’ argument used against the proponents of semantic data modelling . |
| 24 | Traffic misery … chaos expected when bridge is rebuilt |
| 25 | All the same , I must tell you that my heart sank when I thought of you getting ready to serve a life sentence of accounting in that ghastly tower block at London Bridge station . |
| 26 | My heart sank when I first viewed them , since huge paths marching across wild hills usually signal the coming of insensitive forestry . |
| 27 | Corbett 's heart sank when he noticed this . |
| 28 | ‘ My heart sank when I saw the hill . ’ |
| 29 | We had heard that the paths ahead were precarious and exposed , but my heart sank when I noticed that even the horses were being blindfolded . |
| 30 | For a brief moment , she actually thought he would defy the old man , but then her heart sank when he sheepishly replied , ‘ Perhaps it would be for the best , dear . ’ |