Example sentences of "when on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crispin , when on leave from his demanding routine , craved for peace and open spaces . |
| 2 | A certain Lieutenant-Colonel Driant , the Deputy ( parliamentary representative ) for Nancy , who in 1916 was serving in the Verdun sector , took the opportunity , when on leave in Paris , to inform the Army Commission and his brothel deputies of the true state of affairs . |
| 3 | Nine laps later , he was thirteenth ; at the halfway mark , eighth ; seventh came when Niki Lauda went off spectacularly ; sixth when he overtook a faltering Mike Hailwood ; fifth when on lap fifty-five he overtook Reutemann after many laps of cat and mouse with the Argentine , never an easy man to get by ; fourth , his finishing position , when his team-mate François Cevert gallantly waved him by . |
| 4 | But the greatest drawback was the impossibility , when on night duty , of sleeping by day in our landlady 's busy kitchen . |
| 5 | Hired by the voyage , and at the mercy of the shipowners , they had no opportunity for combination at sea short of mutiny and only rare opportunity when on shore , and then only by petition and demonstration . |
| 6 | We dash abroad at least twice a year ( we dashed over to California last November ) and we dash down South to my daughter 's in Hampshire umpteen times a year and we dash seemingly everywhere in the wake of our grandchildren when on school holidays or visiting but I ( if not so much Bett ) also spend a heck of a lot of time just watching ( I prefer to call it scientifically observing ) the world around me and contemplating . |
| 7 | Students were matched to schools by subject and timetable availability , and each school nominated a ‘ Link Teacher ’ to be the first point of contact for the student when on school premises . |
| 8 | Of course people need places to stay when on holiday and I 'm all for economical breaks such as caravanning , but I have a few suggestions which might help to improve the look of unsightly caravan parks . |
| 9 | They have both been occasional golfers , which they still enjoy when on holiday in Spain or Portugal . |
| 10 | Subject matter can often be fleeting — never more so than when on holiday . |
| 11 | Food hygiene is just as important when on holiday as at home — if not more so . |
| 12 | ( 4 ) The limiting words ‘ in his capacity as an officer or servant of the Crown ’ leave the court free to order a witness to give evidence notwithstanding that at the relevant time he was an officer or servant of the Crown , if the matters in respect of which he is to give evidence did not come to his notice in that capacity , for example , the civil servant who , when on holiday or at home , happens to witness a road traffic accident . |
| 13 | How can I safely protect my young children 's skin from the sun when on holiday ? |
| 14 | Tempted to buy marine souvenirs when on holiday ? |
| 15 | He was drowned when on board H.M.S. Hampshire , in 1916 , when it was sunk . |
| 16 | Even when on top of his game the intensity of his desire often makes him appear downcast as he strides down the fairways — in direct contrast to his compatriot Seve Ballesteros , who has every emotion etched on his face . |
| 17 | Clearly people , particularly children and the elderly , are vulnerable when on foot . |
| 18 | When on tour the band confess to being ‘ more mellow than normal ’ . |
| 19 | Dr. John Whitcomb , professor of Theology and Old Testament at Grace Theological Seminary in Winona Lake , Indiana , summed it up very well when on page 52 of his book ‘ The Early Earth ’ , he wrote , ‘ the testimony of an honest evolutionist could be expressed in terms of Hebrews 11:3 as follows , ‘ By faith , I , an evolutionist , understand that the worlds were not framed by the word of any god , so that what is seen has indeed been made out of previously existing and less complex visible things , by purely natural processes through billions of years ’ . ’ |
| 20 | China went one stage further when on signature it ‘ reserve[d] its right to reconsider these obligations if other nuclear weapon states or the contracting parties to the Treaty take any action in gross violation of the Treaty ’ . |
| 21 | When on Bank duty , Marjorie works as Administration Manager at Edinburgh Chesser Branch . |
| 22 | Elaine Fifield did not always keep her feet fully pointed nor knees stretched , even when on pointe . |
| 23 | At Christmas we went around houses singing carols but the best thing of all was when on Christmas eve we went to the local old peoples home to sing carols . |
| 24 | Brief site visits are not sufficient to supervise work effectively and the surveyor must ensure that adequate time is set aside when on site to look closely at the work executed since the last inspection . |
| 25 | Ernest had been killed in 1940 in an aircraft accident when on duty as a Drogue Operator . |
| 26 | It is here , in what is technically the Soviet Sector , that civilians run the risk of being arrested by East German soldiers who can easily cross the Wall ( when on duty ) through one of several camouflaged doors . |
| 27 | So until further notice from me , you are to consider yourself confined to the Battalion area — that means the Officers ' Mess and your company billet — except when on duty of course . |
| 28 | For example , in the context of complex and time-consuming workloads team members were beginning to feel that when on duty at night or at weekends ( what is called out-of-hours work ) they were as busy as when they were on duty between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m . |
| 29 | The crystal set could be pulled into a ventilator by pulleys to avoid the sergeant knowing he was listening when on duty in the station . |
| 30 | There is a compromise on the way on the question of admitting gays into the military , which goes by the nickname ‘ do n't ask , do n't tell ’ : recruiting officers will not screen candidates for homosexual tendencies , and homosexuals will be expected to keep their preferences to themselves when on duty , as heterosexuals are supposed to . |