Example sentences of "[adj] when [pron] [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Because it looks more proper when I am looking after a patient . ’ |
| 2 | It had seemed quite clear when I was talking to Aunt Kit . |
| 3 | But to bring out questions , things that you felt in your groups that you would like to perhaps ask the others about , or came back and ask me , any particular points that you to read on or were n't clear when you were talking in a group , or things that you felt the others might you know , to talk about . |
| 4 | I was very interested when you were talking about gardening this morning . |
| 5 | There is also a suggestion that the Council of Ministers meet in public when it is acting as a legislative body , a suggestion which some parliamentarians first attribute to Mr Tony Benn in his days as Energy Secretary . |
| 6 | Have to be careful when you 're talking about that cos |
| 7 | But it was agreed was it not that er there ought to be coupled with that , it seems appropriate when you 're talking about water supplies . |
| 8 | One headmistress gives a pungent summary of the prevailing philosophy : ‘ Market forces are very dangerous when you are messing with children 's brains . ’ |
| 9 | But these ‘ less-eligibility ’ arguments are surely at their weakest when applied to food , and virtually untenable when one is talking about people incarcerated for fourteen years or more . |
| 10 | It 's actually called a perfect octave but they never worry about the perfect when you 're talking about an octave . |
| 11 | And it was er , it was quite amazing when we were going on the motorway we saw these cars with erm er er there was like Pakistani erm and Turkish flags flying and when we got , er when we was going at the night time to Blackpool it was crammed ! |
| 12 | I remember my first-ever game , it was at a place called The Golden Sands Holiday Camp , and they had one snooker table , right next to the miniature railway — it used to be very off-putting when you were playing in the holiday camp competition . |
| 13 | We 're with the plays , with going to the festival of course , you ca n't , you must be serious when you 're practising for something like that . |
| 14 | easy when you 're working with figures that are going up in regular steps and they all go up in regular steps and they all go up in regular steps and the next one does n't . |
| 15 | The trouble is you can make , there 's a lot of people , it 's very easy when you 're concentrating on what you 're going to do next , you forget the colour you 're playing . |
| 16 | " It 's difficult to be patient when you 're dying of hypothermia . " |
| 17 | Often , he says , ecosystems are at their most diverse when they are shifting from one state to another , as the dominant types are temporarily swept aside , and many other , perhaps more specialist species , take over the vacant niches . |
| 18 | That is inevitable when we are dealing with official bodies , but please be assured that a lot of work will be going on behind the scenes . |
| 19 | Another disadvantage of the Building Notice procedure is that if your work is to be financed by a bank or building society , then you may be required to produce some form of documentary proof that your proposal is satisfactory when you are negotiating for your loan . |
| 20 | Oh well you will have a little when you 're dealing with little items you do get a difference . |
| 21 | Not every seller welcomes such a detailed investigation of their home , but it is imperative when you are acting for a client who is proposing to purchase an old farmhouse , for example . |
| 22 | Pete says that on one flight recently he was up in the air for nine hours so you have to take food and drink with you to keep going … in this country survival is not a problem but it can be hard when you 're flying across deserts and things like that |
| 23 | Yes , all that rhythm , one day you have it the next you do n't , and er Lawrence has certainly got it today , you can tell by just looking at a bowler running in , if he 's easy and relaxed , Lawrence I suppose never really looks relaxed when he 's belting into bowl , but he 's clicked he 's , he 's right at the crease . |
| 24 | Expert advice from a local gym or sports centre can be very helpful when you are starting with weights . |
| 25 | ‘ However , if you 're not sure when she 's going to be back … ’ |
| 26 | I 'm not quite sure when I 'm going on mine that 's the problem |
| 27 | Both speakers and writers find this useful when they are referring to two things , one animate , one inanimate . |
| 28 | forms and are particularly useful when you are applying for jobs ‘ on spec. ’ as you can get all the relevant information on one neat form which looks efficient and will not overwhelm the recipient . |
| 29 | Classification is also useful when you are working with a text which has not been extensively discussed , but which relates to classifications which have been discussed . |
| 30 | ‘ Look there 's Hoddle — he 's good when he 's playing for Tottenham but look at him now . ’ |