Example sentences of "but when [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only were the boys patient in explaining fishing techniques to their obviously ignorant librarian , but when they questioned each other 's accuracy , they presented an argument and facts to support it in a calm and friendly manner . |
| 2 | He says ; When it comes down to it people may be able to afford a mortgage but when they need ancillary finance many of the banks and buildings societies are not interested . |
| 3 | But when they want last games of cards |
| 4 | But when we had these things through for the chassis and the cleaning of the caravan , it was all optional . |
| 5 | Staff at Middlesbrough General Hospital at first tried to induce labour on January 31 but when it became clear Mrs Busuttil , now of West Drayton , London , was not in labour they discontinued their efforts . |
| 6 | It may be argued that there is nothing too morally reprehensible about this in many areas of our public life : but when it affects life-and-death issues , such as Northern Ireland , the idea of making legislation on internment , for example , subject to back-room bargains struck at Westminster , is one which would stick in the throats of many voters . |
| 7 | Rubin , the designers of all Soviet nuclear submarines , says leakage of plutonium from corroded nuclear torpedoes is not expected to start until 1995 or 1996 , but when it starts strong currents could disperse the contamination over distances of up to 100 kilometres . |
| 8 | He dispatched a police patrol car , but when it arrived 16 minutes later the telephone was swinging on the end of its cord . |
| 9 | I am quite sure that the Moderator and his colleagues will be able to withstand any theological attack directed by the Rev. Ian Paisley , but when it approaches physical violence this is another matter . |
| 10 | Yes , but when I put some back , back packed . |
| 11 | I have heard of considerably larger numbers being taken by other people but when I hear such tales I am inclined to wonder how it is that so many can become so jammed together without suffocating in such a small hole . |
| 12 | But when I play that kind of match in Germany , it is great . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ But when I see those stones here , and ponder — as I was doing when I so nearly precipitated myself upon you — ’ he laughed , gently , at his own folly and again rapiered a look to Miss D'Arcy who , in control now , returned to him the dreamy interest of the truly hooked — ‘ it was Egypt I thought on . |
| 14 | They do not form as dense a fog as measured by the Fog Index , but when you use cloudy phrases a mist gathers . |
| 15 | ‘ I thought we played some good stuff against Oldham but when you concede three goals you obviously have problems — if you score three at home you should run out winners . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ But when you sell enough records you can say f— off , f— off ! |
| 17 | But when you delegate that task is there anything that you retain ? |
| 18 | But when you increase technical expertise , you also increase the risks . |
| 19 | I 've learnt a lot of things — how to bath a baby , feed a baby , it sounds dead simple but when you get that baby in your hands you 're shaking . |
| 20 | But when you reach this age you should be able to control it ! |
| 21 | ‘ I wanted to write , but when you study English literature it paralyses you from being a creative writer , because what you read is so wonderful all the time , you feel you ca n't possibly pit yourself against them and try yourself . ’ |
| 22 | But when you see that divide sign , it 's not always halving is is it ? |
| 23 | But when you see older people who are addicted , I think it looks double sad ’ |
| 24 | ‘ But when you see older people who are addicted , I think it looks double sad . |
| 25 | You could make them the same overall diameter , you could even get the tensions to be the same , but when you play those strings they 're going to feel completely different because a string with a thin core and a heavy wrap is going to move more freely than one with a heavy core and a thin wrap . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's one thing to hear Italian or Portuguese spoken in the street , ’ says Cummins , ‘ but when you give those languages status within the school system and pay for promoting them , that rankles . ’ |
| 27 | But when you have young children and are tied by school holidays , needs must . |
| 28 | But when he claimed another wicket the entire Notts team fled in all directions and left him — arms outspread — to celebrate embarrassingly alone in the middle of the pitch . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , but when he gave those orders , he did n't know what we know — about something stopping you from going in . |
| 30 | She could n't really afford it and when she needed a new cylinder it had to be humped up three flights of stairs , always a nuisance for which she had to enlist the help of one of her boyfriends , but when she got cold Theresa 's fingers turned numb , white , bloodless lumps that no longer seemed to belong to her hands . |