Example sentences of "[adj] when [pers pn] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the New Forest Hunt master admitted it was wrong when he spoke at a rival press conference . |
| 2 | You have to be careful when you walk under a ladder or |
| 3 | Be careful when she swats at a fly or a spider , she may swat you by mistake . |
| 4 | The Minister for Health sought to defend the indefensible when she wrote in a recent letter to The Guardian about the abolition of the tests . |
| 5 | It struck me as incongruous when I heard of a parish church , in a commuter town south of London , which was to enact a nativity play . |
| 6 | Do you it 's amazing when he stops at a Happy Eater to have a fry-up , that there happens to be television cameras and the world 's press there . |
| 7 | Business literature is therefore vital for understanding business , which is one of the major forces in modern culture , but it is more limited when it comes to a study of the consumer and his or her relation to the object . |
| 8 | He became quite frightening when he got in a rage trying to explain his last minute ideas : |
| 9 | There was thirteen years difference between my elder sister and youngest brother — two girls and then three boys , of whom Basil was the eldest — and though this arrangement was not ideal when we came of an age to meet husbands among our brothers ' friends , it did mean that we all got along very well together and as sisters were not looked down upon by older and superior male beings as I often saw happen in other families . |
| 10 | The knowledge which research provides is most useful when it goes beyond a description of events to provide a basis for future action . |
| 11 | Ms Sultana told the judge that she believed that she would only be truly married when she went through a religious ceremony in a mosque according to her faith . |
| 12 | The fact that he had been given the Elphberg name of Rudolf by a Royalist father was of small importance to him , nor was he at first more than casually intrigued when he woke from a strangely prophetic dream in the forest of Zenda to hear two men discussing the remarkable resemblance between him and the King . |
| 13 | The effect was even more dramatic when she swept into a meeting . |
| 14 | No one could have predicted then that the unrest in the West Bank and Gaza Strip would still be going on two years later , so Mr Rabin was playing fairly safe when he said in a brief interview at the end of Wednesday 's programme that the uprising would probably continue well into 1990 . |
| 15 | No one could have predicted then that the unrest in the West Bank and Gaza Strip would still be going on two years later , so Mr Rabin was playing fairly safe when he said in a brief interview at the end of Wednesday 's programme that the uprising would probably continue well into 1990 . |
| 16 | In the primary school , drama is most successful when it emerges as a natural development from children 's play . |
| 17 | Foulds hit an early 60 break in the fourth but Doherty 's reply was immediate when he knocked in a 55 clearance to move into a two frame lead at the interval . |
| 18 | Now , now it gets difficult when you come to a number like six . |
| 19 | Many people were outraged when I lined up a side with ten forwards in our cup game with Hatton Matadors , but remember we came back from 7–0 down . |
| 20 | I find it tragic when I hear of a couple where one knows the other is dying , but neither can bear to talk about it . |
| 21 | ‘ For some reason people think they 're invincible when they climb into a car . |
| 22 | He used to long for his holidays and grow deeply depressed when they drew to an end . |
| 23 | ‘ I do get depressed when I think about a career based in England . |
| 24 | And again there was the quiver of amusement , because had Dierdriu ever been discreet when she went to a lover 's bed ? |
| 25 | And the Chief said that does n't compare he said that does not concur with a visit I had last night in Glasgow whilst asleep when he awoke to a gleaming light at his bedroom and he said who are you and this figure said I am God and the Chief Fire Officer said well God , all I want to know is one thing , will I get my southern fire station ? |
| 26 | The Old Testament prophet Jeremiah was right when he said of an unlikely event that you might as well expect a leopard to change its spots . |
| 27 | Deborah Gould was eight-and-a-half months pregnant when she smashed into a car which swerved into her path as she was out driving last month . |
| 28 | This makes it easier to lean your weight into the turn and it is even more exaggerated when you turn on a wave face . |
| 29 | The guiding principle is that our minds are more active when we view with a purpose . |
| 30 | She was even more surprised when they landed in a field near what looked from the air to be an L-shaped farmhouse with a great stone barn dominating one side of the farmyard . |