Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I 've made up a lie I can believe in , ’ came the reply . |
| 2 | I was thinking about life , the universe and how much I liked Kim Carnes 's voice ( a voice that makes you regret moving to filter cigarettes ) on the tape-deck when I began to conjure up a mental picture of Billy Tuckett . |
| 3 | I only think of myself as a housewife when I have to fill up a form . |
| 4 | When you 've saved up a card , I do n't know how many there are in it you got a pound worth of gifts at |
| 5 | And er when you 'd got on a bit you delivered the baby but the midwife was there to see you did n't make any mistakes and , and really to t teach you to do it . |
| 6 | If you have difficult or embarrassing questions to ask — about an unfavourable response to a reference , for example — leave it until the latter part of the interview when you have built up a reasonable rapport with the interviewee . |
| 7 | At first the language helper repeats each phrase for you as it is played back and you write it down , but your aim should be that when you have worked out a phonemic script for the language you teach the language helper to transcribe texts for you . |
| 8 | When she when she does get up a few octaves , I cringe . |
| 9 | When she first begins to talk , she uses two different types of speech : egocentric speech , a kind of monologue , when she chatters on without bothering to know whom she is speaking to or even whether they are listening ; and socialized speech , a sign of growing maturity and decentring , when she tries to carry on a conversation , reacting to what the other person says . |
| 10 | Observe now what happens when we attempt to set up an equation like 6 using a portion of a sentence which is clearly not a semantic constituent . |
| 11 | Goodman , and a combination of luck and good defending/ goalkeeping was sufficient to keep out Leeds when we managed to build up a head of steam . |
| 12 | Up ahead Neil Coles was putting together a 66 , which eventually saw him tie with Johnny , but by the fifth or sixth , when we 'd picked up a couple of birdies to Johnny 's pars or bogey , I thought , ‘ This is our Open . ’ |
| 13 | This is a proof ( never to be too often proved ) that when one has thought out a story nothing remains but the labour . |
| 14 | In Brussels yesterday , EC transport ministers took a step towards allowing the European Commission to negotiate transport accords on behalf of EC states , when they agreed to set up a working party to see when and how the Commission could negotiate . |
| 15 | In Brussels yesterday , EC transport ministers took a step towards allowing the executive European Commission to negotiate transport accords on behalf of EC states , when they agreed to set up a working party to see when and how the Commission could negotiate . |
| 16 | When they 've cooled down a bit you can put them in your bed , warm it up nice . |
| 17 | THERE was a tremendous stushie 20 years ago when they wanted to put up an office block tower by Haymarket . |
| 18 | Well then when they start looking about a bit more , that is when it costs you because anything that Les has to get involved in , cos they go back to Les and say well why did he do this and why did you do that ? |
| 19 | THE body of a 26-year-old man who was apparently buried alive while trying to rescue one of his terriers when it became trapped down a hole , has been found on a Welsh mountainside . |
| 20 | When he had wolfed down a few chapattis and an onion bhaji , Amiss took a slurp of lager and then leaned back . |
| 21 | My father did n't know that because he was hardly ever around but when he did put in an appearance , the aunt behaved differently . ’ |
| 22 | But after nationalization , it was obvious , when he did put in an appearance or and that was very rare , there was n't the same palaver for his visit . |
| 23 | Part of his stock-in-trade when he wants to take over an organization . |
| 24 | In the 1860s the first policeman ever sent to the fen village of Wicken was killed when he tried to break up a Saturday night brawl . |