Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] when they [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ These big international companies recognise borders only when they want to use them to set one workforce against another , ’ says one . |
| 2 | Ungar placed rats in a start box which opened onto a lighted arena with a dark compartment in one corner , and shocked the animals electrically when they attempted to enter the dark compartment ; this punishment rapidly resulted in the animals refusing to enter the dark box . |
| 3 | David Speedy 's goal enough to get all three points for Leicester and I think on the balance of play they just about edged it but Forest put up a marvellous performance in the second half especially when they had to make er changes and things did n't go well for them . |
| 4 | It 's claimed the pair then escaped to Streetshome at Lexton House in Middleton Cheney , but both were found out two days later when they attempted to buy antiques and jewellery with used notes which had been marked . |
| 5 | There are 800 professionals round the world now compared with the days 20 years ago when they struggled to find enough pros to compete for the world championship . |
| 6 | THERE was a tremendous stushie 20 years ago when they wanted to put up an office block tower by Haymarket . |
| 7 | It was four hours later when they woke to find him at the foot of the bed saying : ‘ I 've got a gun and I 'm going to shoot you . ’ |
| 8 | Clearly the counsellor will come across both attitudes , with retiring people requiring counselling support both when they have to continue working when they would wish to retire , or when they have to stop working when they wish to continue . |
| 9 | It was a good ten minutes later when they seemed to come to the last of The Courts , for the houses dropped down to two-storey , then one-storey ; and then they were confronted by an iron open-work gate set in a brick wall all of seven feet high . |
| 10 | Scientists , economically linked to their enterprise and preoccupied with patents , can not be trusted to protect the public interest even when they seem to try . |