Example sentences of "[to-vb] when a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I suppose some are more susceptible than others , and there 's no reason these days to suffer when a simple injection will cure it . ’ |
| 2 | I was prompted to write when a customer sat on checkout ten following a dizzy spell . |
| 3 | At Highlander , workshops of this sort of cultural exchange play a critical role in reaching across the natural human barriers which we can expect to find when a number of different people from widely different communities , cultural backgrounds , and economic and social circumstances are thrown together for a weekend to discuss their common problems in an attempt to find solutions . |
| 4 | During filming in Spain , there had already been a hint of what was to come when a journalist heard about this ‘ controversial ’ picture being made and managed to steal a script from the set , escaping by throwing beer glasses at cast and crew . |
| 5 | An investor who gives his broker an order to sell when a stock falls to a certain figure is setting UP just such a system . |
| 6 | No but again it does but but but when the but when the local community rises up like this and and expresses such a a heart felt opinion on something elected representatives or not surely they ought to listen when a specific issue like this is is obviously causing such concern ? |
| 7 | Some insects , snakes and other preyed-upon creatures — most famously the opossum — have perfected the useful trick of feigning death if captured in order to escape when a predator relaxes his grip . |
| 8 | SOCCER ace Pat Nevin pitched in to help when a mugger tried to steal a fan 's camera . |
| 9 | The chief minister of Maharashtra recently had to resign when a court indicted him for using his powers to speed up cement deliveries to people who gave money to his private foundation . |
| 10 | The French practice of artistic directors having to resign when a new government comes to power is not admired in Britain . |
| 11 | The extent to which , in informal care , it is acceptable for men to care for women in relation to more intimate tasks is variable and seems that gender taboos are less likely to apply when a man is caring for his wife , than , say , a son for his mother . |
| 12 | All members of the company ( though not its secretary ) must be qualified solicitors , and there are special provisions to apply when a member dies or is struck off the roll or otherwise loses his qualification to practise , which in essence provide that such member 's shares become non-voting so long as they remain registered in unqualified hands , and only qualified solicitors will be able to vote as proxies . |
| 13 | Another symptom is writing numbers or letters backwards — again a common enough thing to do when a child is learning to write , particularly if he or she is left-handed , or perhaps dyslexic ; and probably most absurd of all , children who refer to television characters as real people are showing signs of abuse . |
| 14 | He knew he was drinking too much but , damn it all , what else was there to do when a man was off duty and his wife was hundreds of miles away ? |
| 15 | It would make sense to design studies that accommodate human forgetfulness and error and , in particular , to provide instructions that tell the patient what to do when a day is missed . |
| 16 | WHAT to do when a bomb goes off : |
| 17 | Elisa was about to make her second attempt to leave when a bell was heard — the front-door bell . |
| 18 | The meeting broke up and I was about to leave when a still , quiet voice said to Harold : ‘ Harold , I would much like to talk to you and Arnold by yourselves . ’ |
| 19 | I was about to leave when a thought struck me . |
| 20 | Deciding she was crazy , she made her way back to her room , collected her things and was just about to leave when a man carrying a young boy walked up to the doors . |
| 21 | Anyway , the stranger was about to leave when a slattern dropped a tankard . |
| 22 | Have you ever been tempted to swear when a sauce refuses to thicken , your home makes wine taste awful , or the joint is impossible to carve ? |
| 23 | All those cups of tea do add up and the fridge is always there ready to beckon when a hunger pang lingers . |
| 24 | How should we counsel young people to respond when a parent seems unreasonable in a particular demand or request ? |
| 25 | In late June the New York State Assembly passed a bill requiring auctioneers to disclose when a bid was offered by the auction house itself , a practice referred to variously as ‘ consecutive bidding ’ , ‘ chandelier bidding ’ , or , in the proposed legislation , ‘ sham bidding ’ . |
| 26 | Cynthia Sludgebucket — The major 's daughter , and the second person to die when a piano decides to commit suicide . |
| 27 | Battered and windblown as we were , we had to laugh when a coachload of tourists spilled out and hurried to the cliff-top . |
| 28 | Meanwhile the ethereal life of Ranveer , Bubbles and Socks , an unworldly trio who react in a childlike way to every sling and arrow as if permanently looking for Nanny , starts to unravel when a new administrator takes over the game park with thinly veiled hostility towards his country 's nobility . |
| 29 | But things started to change when a friend mentioned that since I had lost a little weight whilst being away on a beach holiday with my boyfriend ( not deliberately , just through not eating much in the heat of Spain ) several people had said how I looked better . |
| 30 | It may be extremely difficult to discern when a decision-maker has ‘ commenced ’ his inquiry , and to prevent the courts from ever looking beyond the formal invocation of the finding ‘ furnished tenancy ’ is too limited . |