Example sentences of "[adj] when [pers pn] [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jim'£s chances of winning are tremendous when he plays each point as though it was match point . ’ |
| 2 | At the other extreme , ‘ I dislike it ’ turns out to be highly questionable when it implies diminished awareness : |
| 3 | In some respects this is good when it means such topics as non-aqueous solvents are covered , but bad when the reader searches this chapter in vain for information about new solvents . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 5 | It is least successful when it makes stereotypical assumptions about women : that they behave in certain ways because they are mothers , or because they do n't work outside the home , for example . |
| 6 | Huntington is shrewd when he reveals many implications in Wells 's prose , and ends by making useful distinctions between utopia and dystopia , which he reviews as related , and anti-utopia , which he views as opposed to the other two . |
| 7 | The rows may be triggered by a seemingly trivial incident , but it is not felt as trivial when it symbolizes past conflicts and needs . |
| 8 | The House was , as I recollect it , in a rather more highly charged mood than is usual when it discusses European matters . |
| 9 | He is untrustworthy , pretending to be something pleasant when he has harmful designs . |
| 10 | ‘ Mr Bishop 'll go mad when he sees this lot . ’ |