Example sentences of "[noun pl] when [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The acquirer 's solicitor should reserve the right to incorporate additional warranties when he has received all the information about the target , read the accountants ' report and read the draft disclosure letter . |
| 2 | Children of both sexes went to Sunday School ( one of my informants when I asked her about this said , " Oh yes , everyone went to Sunday School " ) . |
| 3 | ‘ Needless to say , there were plenty of takers when I offered a small wager — but a few worried expressions when I scored five in the first seven games ! |
| 4 | We only have one bathroom so it will be showers rather than baths when everyone is here or the tank wo n't cope ! |
| 5 | If Anne reminded me of a gazelle , then Mrs. Constantine was like a snake : supple and seemingly without bones , smooth , lustrous , with wicked black eyes like stones and shining black hair twisted up into a knot on top of her head and a wide , wide mouth with disturbingly red lips and a flickering tongue that darted out to lick the crimson lips when she was concentrating on the cards . |
| 6 | He had begun it , but she was an active participant now , her breast voluptuously offered to the sensual onslaught of his parted lips when she knew she should be shrinking from them . |
| 7 | She pursed her lips when she looked at him . |
| 8 | I 'm gon na give it the big lips when I get in those bars . |
| 9 | It has hardly passed my lips when I find it prospecting the inside of my head . |
| 10 | Not one word on the environment passed the Prime Minister 's lips when he welcomed the Queen 's Speech at the start of this Session . |
| 11 | • Marlon Brando became a star to underwear manufacturers when he greatly boosted their sales by appearing in a vest in the film ‘ A Streetcar Named Desire ’ . |
| 12 | They did it laughingly , but they did it ; so that cut out forever the grace that says , what we are about to receive , so he only gives thanks when he 's got it down . ’ |
| 13 | This made me shudder but I was brought back to my own worries when I heard Mum demand that she gave the lump of coal back . |
| 14 | That had been one of the biggest worries when she had first fled to France : what was everyone going to say ? |
| 15 | He 'd heard their shrill voices when he made a routine call and seen Eileen Ryan sitting up in her big bed looking strained and miserable . |
| 16 | Only heard their voices when I woke , all trussed up . |
| 17 | Sir Keith Joseph echoed the view of his predecessors and successors when he declared in 1984 , " History , properly taught , justifies its place in the curriculum by what it does to prepare all pupils for the responsibilities of citizenship . " |
| 18 | Since the England manager acted as one of Ward 's referees when he applied for the York job , it was no surprise when Taylor turned to one of his trusted lieutenants to take charge of England 's Under-21 squad for the end-of-season international tournament in Toulon . |
| 19 | I can not recall seeing any other walkers when I climbed the Ben by the route I have described some thirty-odd years ago although the day was fine and the month May . |
| 20 | Rosie cringed and showed the whites of her eyes when she looked up at her master . |
| 21 | Thanks to the operation of Murphy 's Law relating to parents , they were coming downstairs hand-in-hand just as Jo 's mother walked in the door ; nobody in the whole room could have missed the flash of alarm in Lorna Lewis 's huge , upswept , blue eyes when she saw her elder daughter coming downstairs with a boy . |
| 22 | Then she thought of Miss Clinton , and of her daddy and his white face as he ran to the car to chase Miss Clinton — and of poor Aunt Nellie and her scared eyes when she realised what she 'd done . |
| 23 | Unlike the adults , who are used to seeing people looking at them through the underwater viewing window , the baby could n't believe her eyes when she saw people under the water and kept going back down to have another look . |
| 24 | She could not believe her eyes when she saw the Tillers being marched off in the crocodile line to the English Girls ' Club after rehearsals . |
| 25 | The simplest test for a squint , apart from observation , is to shine a bright light in the child 's eyes when she 's looking straight ahead . |
| 26 | Her grey eyes when she looked at me made me tremble . |
| 27 | MARGARET WINDSOR , a mathematical modeller in Harwell 's Combustion Centre could n't believe her eyes when she arrived for work . |
| 28 | The boldness of her eyes when she had greeted him had spoken of no social fear . |
| 29 | Marie gets changed behind the wardrobe door , and anyway , I always shut my eyes when I know Marie 's getting undressed . |
| 30 | It opened my eyes when I first went there . |