Example sentences of "but when [pers pn] [verb] [det] [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 | But when we had these things through for the chassis and the cleaning of the caravan , it was all optional . |
| 3 | Yes , but when I put some back , back packed . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But when I play that kind of match in Germany , it is great . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ But when you sell enough records you can say f— off , f— off ! |
| 8 | But when you delegate that task is there anything that you retain ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But when you reach this age you should be able to control it ! |
| 11 | But when you see that divide sign , it 's not always halving is is it ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , but when he gave those orders , he did n't know what we know — about something stopping you from going in . |
| 16 | But when she saw these things written they seemed , and were , stale , deja-vu , derivative . |
| 17 | Mildred closed her eyes again , hoping that perhaps it was only a nightmare , but when she sneaked another look , the apparition was still there , and now it began patting gently at Mildred with its gigantic paws . |