Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun sg] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women who ask if you 'll respect them in the morning when you do n't even respect them now . |
| 2 | Her disenchantment with the Foreign Office , already evident over Rhodesia and the EEC , came to a head during the Falklands War and she brought in Sir Anthony Parsons ( who had impressed her during the war when he was ambassador to the United Nations ) to advise on foreign affairs and appointed Roger Jackling to advise on defence . |
| 3 | He looked up from the desk , caught her at a moment when , against her will , tears had filled her eyes . |
| 4 | One commentator described it as the moment when de Gaulle 's spell was broken . |
| 5 | Their views are readily recognizable in a world where the fuss about the Turin Shroud has reminded us of a time when high hopes and claims of miracle were commonly attached to pieces of the true cross or heads of John the Baptist , where much Christian literature promises believers great success in life if only they have enough faith in God , and where men and women of political power still try to have God and his Church on their side , and to use their authority to enhance their own . |
| 6 | Sally-Anne was by now in full flow , and when she paused for breath Dr Neil said , as drily as he could , ‘ I will only say to you what I told you on the day when you arrived here : it is useless to take the world 's burdens on your shoulders . |
| 7 | Why could n't they do it in the summer when it 's warm ? |
| 8 | You may see them during the summer when they rest in Britain . |
| 9 | But I had bought mine at a time when I 'd luckily accumulated some nice big fees , and she is just what I need , in every way . |
| 10 | You 'll see it in a minute when you get back to the end again . |
| 11 | Er and when it progressed to automatic tools , all these tools were kept in a store at night , and you collected them in the morning when you went back onto the job . |
| 12 | We regret having to disturb you at a time when you are busy , but the matter is important . ’ |
| 13 | if possible you want to avoid that , so you do n't want to , and , and you certainly do n't want to leave it until a time when you have been taken sick and you ca n't do anything about it . |
| 14 | If it did not exist , would anyone trouble to invent it at a time when , from the Atlantic to the Urals , socialism in all its manifestations is losing the argument to liberal capitalism ? |
| 15 | It was n't difficult ; I lost you for a moment when you covered your hair , but I know you too well for you to be able to hide from me . ’ |
| 16 | It is of little use to remember the answer to an examination question as you leave the room , or to say later with head in hands , " But I knew it so well " , surprised at your ability to remember it now but your inability to recall it at the time when you most needed it . |
| 17 | No cos I did n't have it at the time when I did that . |
| 18 | Section 11(2) states : [ i ] t is immaterial … that the public access to a building is limited to a particular period or particular occasion , but where anything removed from a building or its grounds is there otherwise than as forming part of , or being on loan for exhibition with , a collection intended for permanent exhibition to the public , the person removing it does not thereby commit an offence under this section unless he removes it on a day when the public have access to the building as mentioned in sub-section ( 1 ) above . |
| 19 | I 'll try it in the morning when yous are all in bed . |
| 20 | You want to see her in the morning when she bloody get up . |
| 21 | And and at the same time ask them for a date when they want the stone . |
| 22 | No that 's what I 'm say I 'll tell you in a minute when I 've finished this . |
| 23 | He also ignores her during the day when he is busy with his mathematics . |
| 24 | To , to make contingency plans to hold it on a day when we do n't need the cooperation of the employers in terms of time off |
| 25 | It would have been foolhardy to risk weakening it at a time when the Cold War was about to turn hot in Korea . |
| 26 | Far from reducing taxation , as we had been elected to do , we would have to raise it — and raise it at a time when local councils were already pushing up rates . |
| 27 | Will my hon. Friend pass to the National Audit Office the thanks of Parliament for its series of reports and ask whether it would be possible for us to have them at a time when Parliament is likely to be sitting rather than at one minute to midnight for the benefit of the press ? |
| 28 | Part of the answer must be that the element of risk in a PRP scheme reduces its attractiveness to employees , hence the advantages of introducing it at a time when the alternative ( no pay rise ) is even worse . |
| 29 | This land of little more than 2m people and 24m sheep , enclosed between China and Russia in an area three times the size of France , had already appealed for emergency food aid to get it through the winter when the worst snows for 50 years hit three provinces in the south-west . |
| 30 | Yes , we can wri , I 'll put it in a minute when this tape 's finished . |