Example sentences of "[adj] when [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His grandfather , Bo Min Yaung , had fought as a guerrilla against the British when they occupied Upper Burma . |
| 2 | He looked very doubtful when I asked certain questions and laughed me to scorn when I gave my verdict . |
| 3 | Old when they say old antiquarian books |
| 4 | Self-confidence had not been part of her education so , despite her brief period of employment at de Levantiére 's , she felt insecure and nervous when she met new people . |
| 5 | And regulators , investors and customers will quickly learn to be cautious when they interpret volatile asset values . |
| 6 | Whilst projects were delighted when they got pump-priming money they also had to draw on a range of local resources . |
| 7 | Be careful that the words sound the way they do normally , because it 's very easy when you pronounce individual words to make them sound odd . |
| 8 | At the other extreme , ‘ I dislike it ’ turns out to be highly questionable when it implies diminished awareness : |
| 9 | She was sick when she ate certain foods , notably fish . |
| 10 | But while most of us are fiercely protective when we shepherd young children across the road , we ignore many of the risks in the home . |
| 11 | It 's hurtful when you see good actors out of work and the way in which their confidence is corroded by the system . |
| 12 | We are the artists , and if our life is a dark , jagged abstract when we prefer Impressionist pastels which dance with light , we should ask ourselves why we painted it that way . |
| 13 | It is least successful when it makes stereotypical assumptions about women : that they behave in certain ways because they are mothers , or because they do n't work outside the home , for example . |
| 14 | Mia was stunned when she found nude photos of 21-year-old Soon-Yi taken in Woody 's apartment . |
| 15 | This rather negative view of later life is especially common when we consider mental health and , specifically , dementia . |
| 16 | While Corinne had to steel herself to be ruthless when she axed key characters , she was also having to cope with a sense of loss . |
| 17 | There is a tendency to get annoyed when you meet over-noisy kids in the countryside but hopefully after reading your letter people will think twice before condemning their behaviour . |
| 18 | The rows may be triggered by a seemingly trivial incident , but it is not felt as trivial when it symbolizes past conflicts and needs . |
| 19 | They can be especially powerful when used in conjunction with genetic manipulation , and the two techniques are at their most convincing when they yield similar results . |
| 20 | FORMER world champion Wayne Gardner , though refusing to confirm his retirement , admitted the chances of his returning to racing following his crash in Japan two weeks ago were remote when he visited Eastern Creek during qualifying for tomorrow 's Australian Grand Prix . |
| 21 | The House was , as I recollect it , in a rather more highly charged mood than is usual when it discusses European matters . |
| 22 | She is a different filly when the going is in her favour and everything was just right when she beat Brief Truce in France . ’ |
| 23 | He is untrustworthy , pretending to be something pleasant when he has harmful designs . |
| 24 | But in , let's Heathrow show without any more do n't be surprised when they support extra capacity at Stansted to make Stansted . |
| 25 | ‘ In fact , I 'm always surprised when I see Sonic Youth . |
| 26 | It has been suggested that Crohn 's disease gives rise to a relatively enhanced production of IgG2 compared with IgG1 , but this did not hold true when we compared immunohistochemical data from our present and previous study with controls . |
| 27 | It 's perfect because it 's very sweet when you play individual strings but the minute you strum it you get the noise , the power . |