Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] when it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Individual fibres change their thickness but not their length with moisture changes , and it is the helical geometry of ropes and textile yarns which causes rope and cloth to get shorter when it gets wet . |
2 | I mean , it 's bound to get easier when it 's all been fully computerised . |
3 | But it can be said that enjoyment of pornography , at any level , only becomes deviant when it replaces normal sexual activity or when the latter becomes totally dependent upon pornography for initial excitation/maintenance of stimulus . |
4 | Payton could have completed a hat-trick a minute later but shot wide when it looked easier to score . |
5 | I exhibited at the exhibition for several years but abandoned this when it became clear that I could not compete with the accuracy of the machine-made product . |