Example sentences of "[vb base] when a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We cheer when a meerkat eats up a scorpion or a rattlesnake just for the hell of it . |
| 2 | Rita was on target to capture the singles title when a recurring leg injury regrettably ended her bid . |
| 3 | Tom closed the door and was about speak when a further rally of knocks was hammered on it and Charlie Ruddles , the warden , strode angrily in . |
| 4 | Five hundred homes had their power supplies cut when a hot air balloon collided with high voltage cables . |
| 5 | Most accidents happen when a cable break occurs close to the ground . |
| 6 | As for upgrades via dealers , they usually happen when a competitive upgrade offer is on . |
| 7 | Within the parameters set when a contract is won there may be considerable scope for controlling costs during construction . |
| 8 | Like when a love affair breaks up and every song on the radio seems pertinent . |
| 9 | Like when a drunken Richard Burton nodded off in the middle of a question ; the time Warren Beatty kept him waiting for an hour-and-a-half … and the day Robert Raging Bull De Niro looked as if he was about to punch him on the nose . |
| 10 | Like when a woman slowly unbuttoned her yellow clothes , let them fall down around her waist . |
| 11 | One policewoman said that , while the men disappear when a rape victim is brought in , they all want ‘ to gawp at the girl when she 's being examined and read her statement ’ ( FN 17/2/87 , p. 19 ) . |
| 12 | Beware of feedback , the dreadful shriek or whistle when a microphone is in front of a loudspeaker ( the inanimate , not the human kind ) . |
| 13 | I suppose when a very young infant is adopted , the temptation to the parents to pretend that the child was born to them must be very great . |
| 14 | How does a husband or wife , or fiance , feel when a stranger is depended upon to a greater extent than he or she may be ? |
| 15 | There is especially favourable treatment for partnerships in their first few years of trading and , similarly , special rules apply when a ‘ cessation ’ occurs . |
| 16 | One , that we ca that we only go when a clear brief from Brussels officers can not be established , and not a trip just for the lads which was reminiscent of the last hastily organised trips . |
| 17 | He had almost reached that turn when a police car came around another corner three hundred yards ahead . |
| 18 | The young midfielder was an unknown Chelsea reserve when a gang set upon him as he played in a park five-a-side in West London last summer . |
| 19 | Mostly , crises arise when a guest pulls out at the last minute and we 're urgently looking for a replacement — sometimes we 've had just a matter of hours . |
| 20 | The booklet took the form of a discussion document , examining the rationale behind curriculum planning , discussing methods of resolving the problems which often arise when a reshaping of the curriculum is attempted within a school , and identifying ways of monitoring progress and of assessing what has been achieved . |
| 21 | Problems of this kind arise when a partner is not so doing — or when our own conception of our own sexual needs is inappropriate . |
| 22 | Such a need will arise when a paradigm is threatened by a rival . |
| 23 | Answer guide : This point should be used to illustrate the problems that arise when a trading cycle does not fit neatly into one year . |
| 24 | Disputes that arise when a sale is not completed often centre around allegations by the vendor that it has incurred costs such as commissioning an accountant 's report on the express understanding that the purchaser would reimburse the cost if the transaction failed . |
| 25 | For another two and a half years I survived the mosquitoes and grew to love the people and was just looking forward to my first home leave when a letter from the Superior General appointed me to Vocations Director in the South of England ! |
| 26 | March when a laird 's son gives an order ? |
| 27 | These deals usually start when a banker persuades an investor to take a certain punt , a gamble on the oil market , for example . |
| 28 | Here the subject of farce was an English public school and the problems that follow when a beautiful female French teacher arrives and causes a sensation . |
| 29 | These are still early days in which , it might be argued , the professional choirs and vocal consorts in England are engaged in a quest to discover how much ‘ interpretation ’ the various early-music repertories actually require when a high level of accuracy in tuning and ensemble is guaranteed them . |
| 30 | Things change when a different mode of knowledge based on purposive-rational action reaches a certain stage of development . |