Example sentences of "[adj] when [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I wish you could have talked about this when we had more time , Adam . ’ |
| 2 | Old when they say old antiquarian books |
| 3 | the female hormones and predisposition to cellulite becomes even clearer when you consider that oestrogen is also instrumental in controlling fluid retention and this in itself is the crux of the cellulite problem . |
| 4 | And regulators , investors and customers will quickly learn to be cautious when they interpret volatile asset values . |
| 5 | Jim'£s chances of winning are tremendous when he plays each point as though it was match point . ’ |
| 6 | Whilst projects were delighted when they got pump-priming money they also had to draw on a range of local resources . |
| 7 | I was slightly alarmed when we got that copy of the Tipton Times , and there was a fire inside it , begging people to come forward for the er |
| 8 | It looks as though Cnut was already mortally ill when he made this grant . |
| 9 | At the other extreme , ‘ I dislike it ’ turns out to be highly questionable when it implies diminished awareness : |
| 10 | The need for such a sketch is obvious when one recalls that ritual and ritualistic ideas can make sense only when taken in reference to a total structure of thought and system of social and historical reality ( most of which I shall , of course , be able only to touch on here ) . |
| 11 | It 's very hard when you know this novel |
| 12 | And I 'm sure when we do these blood tests we 'll find that things are not altogether normal , now sometimes it 's actually the way you respond to treatment that gives it away rather than |
| 13 | He had been Prime Minister for nearly seven years in all when he produced that judgement . |
| 14 | Now I have already criticized recall and memory as a guide to advertising effectiveness , so I am clearly vulnerable when I adduce this sort of thing as evidence for long-term effects of advertising . |
| 15 | ‘ And he would n't be the first man to become deeply jealous when he sees another man apparently usurping his role as a father . ’ |
| 16 | that 's not fat it 's fat when you see all grease on the top |
| 17 | ‘ Still getting angry when someone throws some truth in your face ? ’ he jeered . |
| 18 | The committees therefore discriminate in favour of candidates under the age of 35 at the expense of those who have taken longer to reach senior registrar level because they have had to start again after moving from another country , were older when they entered medical school , or have had time off for sick leave or maternity leave . |
| 19 | Indeed the hard and fast distinction between firms becomes very blurred when we find some supplier companies located within the plant of the parent firm , when the smaller company is managed by ex employees of the larger one or when the bulk of the small firm machinery is handed down in second-hand sales from their principal buyer . |
| 20 | While I came to the Arctic when I realized that climbing , my first love , was losing its appeal , Tony was born to the area , loving it , one might believe , even before he saw his first photograph of it . |
| 21 | Fibre-Filler does contain a generous quantity of cellulose , so you will be feeling considerably less hungry when you start each meal ; you will be able to eat more slowly and be very satisfied with a diet-restricted quantity of food . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm showing it tonight to an audience of businessmen , and I always get red-hot when I watch this kind of thing . |
| 23 | He was cock-a-hoop when he recounted this part of the conversation to Lily . |
| 24 | Totally competent in his mind and lucid when he made that decision ? |
| 25 | Cor it 's a lot slower when you want another network in n it ? |
| 26 | Kenneth Clark was enthusiastic when he saw some hanging in Epstein 's home . |
| 27 | I thought that she looked very pale when I arrived this afternoon . |
| 28 | Blood , sexual and body fluids from a person with HIV infection are infectious when they enter another person 's body . |
| 29 | This rather negative view of later life is especially common when we consider mental health and , specifically , dementia . |
| 30 | ‘ It was the same when he got that job on a building site and was sacked after a few days , although they said there was nothing wrong with his work . |