Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for the [noun] when " in BNC.

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1 I lived only for the day when I would come into my own .
2 We 'll plot and plan together for the day when it 's opportune to strike ! ’
3 Watch out for the day when the daisies in the grass show their flowers close enough together for you to feel that spring is really here .
4 Robbie and the dog had just returned from their stroll and she was about to lock up and go below for the night when a sound from the towpath caught her attention .
5 I fret often for the days when I lived and worked in the countryside , but one sad sight used to be that of herds of demented idiots vandalising the scenery and terrorising nature in their delirious lust for an innocent animal 's life .
6 Each area is reviewed separately for the period when the adults were children , life today and how that same area of life will be when the children of the village become adults .
7 Investors have been expecting its publication for the last two weeks but are fearful it will be kept back for the week when Parliament goes into the Christmas recess .
8 The event , which is set for Sunday May 6th has extra significance this year , as it coincides with the 20th anniversary of the United States ' twentieth tactical fighter wing being based in Oxfordshire , and master sergeant Bill Fonten is predicting even more crowds will turn up for the day when the U S base throws open its doors .
9 That might help undo memories of living in or around Lucca in a displaced persons ' camp when they left Trieste ; a little cosseted security makes up for the times when there were seventeen families in one room .
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