Example sentences of "[adj] when they [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Even an optimist like Alix found people depressing when they revealed themselves in this manner . |
| 3 | The thin , pitiful cries were somehow unearthly when they waked him in the dark small hours . |
| 4 | JIM LEIGHTON ( above ) , the goalkeeper Manchester United once dropped from an FA Cup final , was yesterday put on Wembley alert by semi-finalists Sheffield United when they signed him on loan from Dundee . |
| 5 | Ultimately , the fragmentary nature of the Habsburg empire led to its fall , leaving the Spanish in control of Italy , a position they would maintain until the early part of the eighteenth-century when they lost it with the War of the Spanish Succession . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't blame them for trying to make a bit of cash , but it gets ridiculous when they insult you for refusing to pay for something you did n't want doing , ’ fumes Mel , 39 . |
| 7 | And the crew were much pleased when they found it to be |
| 8 | Some Western reports claimed that Iraqi troops had been told that they were invading Israel and were deeply distressed when they found themselves in another Arab state . |
| 9 | She was frightened and depressed when they took her into hospital for the operation on December 22 , but she was fit enough to go home on Christmas Day . |