Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [prep] the [noun] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | Irritated , she looked away and was about to tackle him about the apartment when her eyes fell on a party of very young children in fairy-tale costumes being shepherded past Quadri 's caffè by doting parents and grandparents . |
| 2 | After confirming that I was n't taking any medication , she gave me two small white pills with a glass of water and sat me down , explaining that my Mother had been seriously burned and the pills were to help me with the shock when I saw her . |
| 3 | I sometimes did little unexpected kid things out of my tenderness for her , and was always glad to be the one to take up tea for her if she was unwell , and so on , or to help her with the housework when she was servantless . |
| 4 | Well I said it , told you to get some just to put them in the garage when it 's hot . |
| 5 | Jackline in the , you have to do something with the comb when it 's not showing so you 've , what 's happened to the white ? |
| 6 | You ca n't really ask the government to do something about the logging when it 's owned by themselves , I mean , or rather it 's controlled by the powers of the country and the only way to do something there is to boycott their timber , not to pressure the government , and we 're back to , you know , back to square one . |
| 7 | Why did everyone want to put her in the wrong when she had done nothing to deserve it ? |
| 8 | I think it is immoral to put it in the water when you do n't know how much water people drink . ’ |
| 9 | It is much easier to advocate such a policy ( i.e. to avoid making hasty decisions ) on the ground than it is to execute it in the air when presented with an unusual emergency . |
| 10 | It angers me that an insurance company attempted to kick us in the teeth when all we were trying to do was protect ourselves . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Shirley says the Gresham 's buyer likes to see it on the wall when he visits . |
| 12 | It administers the 1958 and 1967 Public Records Acts which oblige government departments to maintain and select public records for permanent preservation and to transfer them to the PRO when they are 30 years old . |
| 13 | As it is , I 'm saving like mad to have something in the kitty when next rent day comes round . |
| 14 | ‘ You 'll have to get it on the loudspeaker when it 's Jazz 's turn to go , ’ Uncle Bean said . |
| 15 | The chief groom stood close by , the halter in his hand , ready to offer it to the prince when he was ready . |
| 16 | ‘ John was away a great deal , Laura and I travelled to join him in the constituency when we could and inevitably there was uncertainty and strain in the air . ’ |
| 17 | I was just going to take it into the smoking-room when Giffen stopped me . |
| 18 | Tell me something ; were you always prepared to sleep with me to get the jade , or was that a ploy to throw me off the scent when I was getting too close ? ’ |
| 19 | God had n't fully maintained His help to keep condescension from her tone or to prepare her for the answer when it came : ‘ Yes , I went to school , ma'am . |
| 20 | Outside the hotel he had fought down misgivings at the idea of allowing an old man to drag him through the streets when he could easily have walked , and he began to wonder if he should dismount . |
| 21 | I used to make it for the girls when they were little |
| 22 | I lifted a broken placard that was lying in the centre of the road to throw it into the side when two policemen pounced on me . |