Example sentences of "[adj] when [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She does n't have a job , of course , so she does n't understand that things are different when you do them for a living . |
| 2 | ‘ When we dragged Cpl Edwards out of his seat the back of his head had been blown off — but I still thought he would be OK when we got him to hospital . |
| 3 | ‘ It is interesting when I bring someone like Rodney Marsh here for the first time to see his reaction . |
| 4 | West Ham look a good outfit , they pass the ball around well in the midfield but are crap when they get it in the box . |
| 5 | She was very calm when she rang me from the hospital asking for her mourning clothes . |
| 6 | ‘ I was doubtful when you told me about sharing your house with two young vets , but now I think you were right . |
| 7 | Well she go Hilda got a baby boy about eighteen month old when I knew her like you know , and er she lived by I think it was I think it was you know and er what happened to her I be I think she had to go in a home or er you see and er baby boy was adopted like , the baby boy that 's about all I know about her that 's about all . |
| 8 | A vet who checked family records discovered he was 17 to 18 years old when he examined him at the Halewood RSPCA shelter yesterday evening . |
| 9 | The flat seemed cold and empty when she let herself in several hours later , and discovering a message from Kelly on the answering-machine brought no respite from the depression which had settled over her like a heavy black cloud . |
| 10 | Well it sounded so simple when he said it over the telephone about two months ago . |
| 11 | I was experiencing something very like despair , which was not altogether relieved when he turned me towards him and said , " I 'd love you if you were as bald as a coot . |
| 12 | He has worked hard on it , and perhaps he is at his most content when he has something in his game on which to work . |
| 13 | The Warwickshire nature trust is tiny when you compare it to the total amount of woodland managed for sports use . |
| 14 | The Warwickshire nature trust is tiny when you compare it to the total amount of woodland managed for sports use . |
| 15 | I never went there to stay , but I was always glad when he visited us at Canonmills . |
| 16 | Medau Blue featured large when we quizzed you on your views and the National Display Team wore Medau Blue at the last Reunion . |
| 17 | ‘ It sounds pretty cold-hearted when you put it like that , but I love that little girl . |
| 18 | An average rate is probably somewhere in the order of ten to fifteen millimetres per hundred years , which probably does n't seem very fast when you say it in terms of a hundred years , but when you think in terms of the length of time that landscapes have been involving , then erm you 've got to multiply it by centuries and indeed millions of years , and erm you can see that quite erm dramatic changes can occur . |
| 19 | Her eyes were cold when she lifted them to Piper 's face . |
| 20 | It does n't sound quite so good when you put it at that sort of level , cause it puts a school at risk , but of course there 's no reason why a county council should n't borrow considerably more than this council does , looked at on accounting principle , unless I 'm wrong , and Mr I 'm going to call in a minute , will correct me if I am . |
| 21 | ‘ It must have been terrible when she told you about Nicola 's affair with Parkin . |
| 22 | ‘ It looks kind of more graceful when you see it from the ground . ’ |
| 23 | Pumice deposits , in fact , are usually much better preserved and more informative when one sees them at points some way from the vent . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm only happy when I see you in the theatre , ’ she said . |
| 25 | She was happy when she starved herself of new clothes and expensive hairdressers , her bun gone , her blonde hair cut short , strict and styleless , by a merciless local hairdresser . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't suppose it ever occurred to you that I was jealous when I saw you with him last night ? ’ he said softly . |
| 27 | Even an optimist like Alix found people depressing when they revealed themselves in this manner . |
| 28 | He is evil when you say it like that . |
| 29 | ‘ Was he always alone when you saw him at the house ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ He telephoned to tell me about it … he was very angry when he saw you with that book and I could tell that he had said things he should not have said . ’ |