Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mayson was denied his hat-trick by good ‘ keeping and twice Smyth was through , only to go for the unselfish option when perhaps a shot would have been better . |
| 2 | Rolls Royce Motors was able to continue as a successful company when the parent company went bankrupt ( restructuring had to take place at this point with government help ) . |
| 3 | We are unanimously of the opinion that the settlement was a sham on the facts in the sense that it was made to appear as a genuine gift when it was not . |
| 4 | Tranmere looked most likely to earn the draw their approach was designed to secure as a bottom line when defender Richard Smith put his first foot wrong of the afternoon in the 82nd minute . |
| 5 | This mixing increases the tail rotor pitch to compensate for the increased torque when collective pitch is added , but in an autorotation landing there is no torque at all so the yaw effect is even more pronounced . |
| 6 | With out-of-sorts Tony Jones his first-round opponent over 19 frames on Monday , Wattana 's moment of truth is likely to come in the second round when he will almost certainly face favourite Stephen Hendry , the world No 1 , over 25 frames . |
| 7 | The closest analogy I can think of is that it is very much like fishing , you never know what you are going to catch , you have to pull in the small ones when you are hoping for the big one , but occasionally a big one comes along when you least expect it . |
| 8 | How do you bring a group of people together to work on an equal basis when half the members of the group are experienced non-disabled professionals who are used to taking control ? |
| 9 | As a screen Englishman , he felt it his duty to volunteer for the Royal Navy when war broke out and was amused to find that his newly-developed persona automatically promoted him to officer class . |
| 10 | People come in all shapes and sizes and rucksack makers often have to aim for the middle ground when deciding on specifications . |
| 11 | One important factor seems to be the tendency of the cat to ‘ jump up unexpectedly ’ and to behave in an unpredictable way when at close quarters . |
| 12 | The were about to select from the sweet trolley when , at a nod from his mother , the proprietor dimmed the houselights and a young waitress brought in a surprise birthday cake , the reflection from the candles throwing her face into warm relief . |
| 13 | She was about to veer in a different direction when she felt an arm like steel round her waist . |
| 14 | Can you manage to stick to a weight-loss programme when you have defined a time period , i.e. the three weeks until your holiday , or if you have to fit into certain clothes for a special occasion which is soon to be upon you , and do you generally find it difficult to stick to a diet for a longer period |
| 15 | Windsurf intermediates or novices will enjoy themselves immensely if they 're to stick to the sheltered area when the winds are stronger . |
| 16 | The union movement is still new in the country , and members at Tsumeb and at mines in Kombat and Otjihase ( also run by TCL in Namibia ) , were the first to embark on a major strike when they walked out in July 1987 . |
| 17 | SALLY Gunnell reckons she now knows what it feels like to be a marked woman but Britain 's golden girl insists she will be able to cope with the new-found pressure when she launches her world championship campaign in earnest in Rome tonight . |
| 18 | He had to leave after the first rehearsals when the only line he could remember was the one he 'd tried on the leading lady the night before . |
| 19 | ‘ Then I tell you , Mr. Chambers , I tell you most particularly , the money crisis of 1836 is going to seem like a high feast when people look back on 1845 — and ‘ 46 , and ‘ 47 … and more for aught I know . ’ |
| 20 | We 've already seen how carefully planned customer flow can encourage the shopper to leave with a loaded basket when she had only popped in for a loaf of bread or a pint of milk . |
| 21 | They also have broad noses and sideways facing nostrils , and tend to sit in a hunched position when at rest . |
| 22 | Any intelligent man , once he has been given the opportunity to voice his feelings , will understand just what he has done and be able to see that it makes no sense at all to build upon an isolated failure when he has a lifetime of ‘ successes ’ about which he could think . |
| 23 | ‘ Only a rose — ’ I began as I held out my offering to my husband and I was just about to start on the second line when a Yorkshire pudding with onion gravy flew past my head and stuck with a plop on the ceiling . |
| 24 | There are different ways to control for a third factor when investigating a relationship between two variables . |
| 25 | As we saw in chapter 12 , there is another quite different intellectual reason for wanting to control for a third factor when assessing the relationship between two variables . |
| 26 | The judge , asked to decide as a preliminary point when the cause of action accrued for the purposes of section 9(1) of the Limitation Act 1980 held that it arose on completion of the works required by the notices . |
| 27 | Their amorous activity attracted the attention of two passing couples and the two males in this group were beginning to respond in an ugly way when the police arrived . |
| 28 | TV 's Bill star Nula Conwell had to call in the real police when she woke up to find her home burgled . |
| 29 | Why should I have to live in a one-bedroom flat when others have spacious houses ? |
| 30 | Its most famous leader , Franz Josef Strauss , used to lean on the Christian Democrats when he wanted something by threatening to go national . |