Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] when [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A light brown Mk II Cortina is believed to have broken down when used by the IRA unit and a black E registration Nissan Micra was seen near the barracks the night before the bombing . |
| 2 | Short hair stands out when gelled at the roots . |
| 3 | The marathon four mile trip brought out the best in Keep Talking and he rallied well when challenged by the useful Irish raider High Peak to win by four lengths . |
| 4 | A pilaf may be prepared in advance and heated through when required in the oven or microwave . |
| 5 | The question is difficult to answer especially when complicated by the possibility of re-use . |
| 6 | Then she thought of the Brownie Promise and the Brownie Law and the Brownie Motto , all of which she knew by heart and had often said aloud when riding along the country lanes , so that she would be able to say them if the wonderful day should come for her to join a Brownie Pack . |
| 7 | This was the reason for the comments in Evans , but there was nothing said in Evans against making a second order on a later occasion which would take the total above 240 hours when added to the original order , but would not do so when added to the hours yet to be worked under it . |
| 8 | A well-reared puppy should have a fair amount of bone and a strong , straight front , that is the forelegs should appear parallel when viewed from the front , the feet turning neither in nor out ( a certain allowance may be made for puppyish softness ) . |
| 9 | These strategies are now incorporated into weapons design in the form of ‘ logic bombs ’ — computer viruses built into weapons systems sold for export , which are programmed to go off when targeted on the system 's country of origin . |
| 10 | Chain mail was an eastern technology , and the crude Western version made from bands or rings fared badly when compared to the light , skilfully-made mail of the oriental cavalry during the crusading period . |
| 11 | Arpeggios sound best when placed in the middle and upper reaches of the instrument ( but not right at the very top ) . |
| 12 | What I shall be arguing is that this is not simply because the kids are so difficult , nor because teachers are intrinsically powder-kegs of suppressed rage , but because the way most decent people view the world — their implicit personal philosophy if you like — breaks down when pushed to the limit and delivers misguided answers to difficult questions . |
| 13 | Conversations flow easily when travelling in the Islands and there is never a need to be lonely for those willing to take part . |
| 14 | In addition , as the efficacy of a drug can only be assessed accurately when viewed within the context of the associated placebo response , we also calculated the difference between the estimated proportion of patients who had relapsed on each treatment at 26 , 38 , 51 , and 55 weeks , together with the 95% confidence interval for this difference . |
| 15 | Consider , for instance , the ability of the male praying mantis to continue copulating whilst the female steadily devours him from the head end downwards , or for the head end of a wasp to continue eating even when severed from the abdomen . |
| 16 | It should be damp enough to hold together when squeezed in the hand , but not so wet that water still runs out through the fingers . |
| 17 | On the historical tip , disco has an unsevered umbilical cord which still , even in the current phase of Caucasian robot tribalism , connects straight back to African-American Holiness churches within which preaching was delivered in searing , heavenly voices and the flock lifted up their own voices , spoke in strange tongues , rolled in holy fervour and fell backwards when smitten by the presence of the Lord . |
| 18 | The sporadic model was definitely ruled out when compared with the multifactorial model ( χ 2 =17.05 ) . |
| 19 | A typical Peto story tells how when dispatched by The Observer to photograph a major rail disaster , he came back with a picture of an exhausted rescue worker drinking tea , man 's ability to fight disaster and overcome it having inspired this warm-hearted humanist photographer . |
| 20 | On numerous other occasions I saw attempts to mobilize band-wide agreement or co-operation fail utterly when faced with the passive but intractable opposition of individuals to yielding their freedom of action to group consensus . |
| 21 | However , a realisation of the required changes is perhaps the biggest hurdle to overcome particularly when faced with the considerable barrage of recent legislation and the tight time-scale in which it has had to be implemented . |
| 22 | The frost continuing more and more severe , the Thames before London was still planted with booths in formal streets , all sorts of trades and shops furnished and full of commodities , even to a printing press , where the people and ladies took a fancy to have their names printed , and the day and year set down when printed on the Thames . |
| 23 | Trained in Ireland at the Cullinane yard for his first run of the 1984–5 season , he was then moved to Paddy Mullins , winning a handicap hurdle at Limerick Junction on his second outing for his new stable before his mood let him down again in the 1985 Gold Cup : he tried to pull himself up after a circuit and was tailed off when refusing at the last fence . |
| 24 | With the stable now returning to form after a lean spell , Afton Express should go close but I slightly prefer the more experienced RIVER HOUSE ( 1.15 ) , who jumped well when scoring over the course recently . |