Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] when " in BNC.

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1 The first , and most general , is the willingness of companies to pay over the odds when they acquire other companies .
2 One of the very special things Christine did for her was to write notes to leave for the tradesmen when Miss Miggs was going to be out when they called — like NO MILK TODAY , THANK YOU , or ONE SMALL LOAF , PLEASE .
3 Optional cording sets with overlap arm are available which enable the curtains to overlap at the centre when closed .
4 Not that ‘ feeders do not tempt big barbel , but they are extremely cumbersome objects to have on the line when playing these powerful fish in weedy or otherwise snaggy areas .
5 Most families in a village like this expect their children to work on the farm when they get older , but in this case it was different .
6 It seems that other young men came to stay too — I suppose it must have been a very welcome extra source of income — and I understand that Great-Grandmother Tallentire was criticized for allowing young men to stay in the house when she had daughters .
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