Example sentences of "[adv] when it [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A crack the size of the Grand Canyon streaked up the drive , stopping only when it reached the garage doors . |
| 2 | He said that the government would consider developing community radio only when it knows the outcome of the 1984 conference . |
| 3 | Because of the nature of scientific work , much of the earlier " practical " work has to be carefully structured and supervised , especially when it involves the possibility of dangerous accident . |
| 4 | It never surprises me when black folks respond to the critique of essentialism , especially when it denies the validity of identity politics , by saying ‘ Yeah , it 's easy to give up identity when you got one ’ . |
| 5 | If two or more crewmen are slain then the remaining crew will be unable to cope , so when it shoots the cannon must miss a whole turn before it can shoot again . |
| 6 | So when it seemed the conversation was nearly over and , for the first time since he had known her , she appeared to have called for no reason , he was almost relieved to hear her ask , ‘ Now then , David , have you heard from him ? ’ |
| 7 | Even when , as we show later , Brazil had an opportunity to do so when it invited the multinationals to establish its automobile industry , it chose not to exercise its power for fear of discouraging potential entrants . |
| 8 | But just when it seemed the writing was about to be put back up on the wall , Kendall found an unlikely saviour . |
| 9 | The Scottish Trades Union Congress general secretary , Campbell Christie , appealed to parents of new Timex recruits to persuade their families not to cross picket lines with the warning that they would be sacked quickly when it suited the company . |
| 10 | Despite the restyling , underneath the RV8 is still an MGB ; the car the company killed off when it closed the MG factory at Abingdon 11 years ago . |
| 11 | LIFESPAN will always fill in the other field with the correct information later when it retrieves the details for that item . |
| 12 | Casein was nearly foolproof in application , of excellent strength both wet and dry , but rotted catastrophically when it got the chance . |
| 13 | But it did not , at any rate for the peasantry , which on the whole refused to turn itself into a flourishing class of commercial farmers even when it had the chance to do so . |
| 14 | RISC watcher Andrew Allison remembered FRISC as a merchant chip attempt and says he laughed at Micron months ago when it announced the subsidiary because it did n't have the resources or market presence to pull off a new proprietary architecture . |
| 15 | There is a limit to the exercise of power , particularly when it takes the form of affliction and distress . |
| 16 | Finally , it is not entirely true that the wave is the independent variable and the beach the dependent one , because the form of the wave , at least when it nears the coast , is to some extent dictated by the form of the beach and the immediate offshore bottom . |
| 17 | Most of the grass had already been worn away by cheering trampling spectators but it was still pleasant to sit there when it caught the sun . |
| 18 | Then when it appeared the problem had been solved , Morgan alleges he hid outside Docherty 's and overheard him ringing the journalist again to apologise for his outburst claiming it was only done to fool the player . |
| 19 | A stream ends either when it reaches the edge of the grid or when it joins another stream . |
| 20 | Is it not a fact that on 3 July last year the Minister of State told my hon. Friend the Member for East Lothian ( Mr. Home Robertson ) that the recruitment figures for individual battalions in Scotland would not be released on the ground of security , yet when it suited the Secretary of State 's purpose , he was prepared to release figures showing 67 per cent . |