Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] [pron] in [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Later in that passage he wrote : ‘ It was n't until thirty years later when I saw her in another woman [ Elizabeth Taylor ] that I realised I had been searching for her all my life . ’
2 Reinforcement occurs when I help you in some way and you reciprocate by helping me .
3 When I wrote it in 1971 there was a postal strike , so I took it up to the BBC personally .
4 This is the particular issue for debate at this meeting , and I do not presume here either to pre-empt discussion or anticipate what I will say later when I consider it in greater detail .
5 I wo n't deny that there are quite a few ‘ Martini ’ moments in a freestyler 's life , when you find yourself in breathtaking surroundings , thinking ‘ it 's a hard day at the office ’ .
6 When she left him in 1983 he was devastated .
7 JEREMY Irons says his wife does n't worry when she sees him in sexy scenes on the big screen because she knows he 's not that good .
8 The flat seemed cold and empty when she let herself in several hours later , and discovering a message from Kelly on the answering-machine brought no respite from the depression which had settled over her like a heavy black cloud .
9 and when we put it in that toy machine , we could mix it like that would n't need you to do it would it ?
10 Now , are we sticking with the allocation that we had in the past , peoples responsibility , or when we change them in this sort of way are we mucking them about ? 'Cos I like to know what I am responsible for and what I 'm not .
11 No er when we get somebody in that
12 Mainly , I think , because he finally established the explanatory power of functionalism ; he showed more clearly than any of his predecessors how much more profoundly we understand man 's social life when we see it in all its functional complexity .
13 As I have never been in the habit of working at my easel every morning from 8 am , I only feel inclined to work when something stirs me in some way .
14 She was only thirteen stone when they took her in that last time , she was massive , she must of only been about five foot
15 Even an optimist like Alix found people depressing when they revealed themselves in this manner .
16 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 .
17 There only 3 places off the bottom and the drop into the non-league world and there was just one minute to go when they saved themselves in this match .
18 We listen and pay attention when it says something in such a way as to attract our attention .
19 And had she not felt elated when he praised her in that soft , beguiling voice ?
20 He acknowledged this when he told me in fluent English that he wanted to do a post-graduate degree in biology in the States .
21 The Scotsman , when he bought it in 1954 , was the first significant British daily ( Fleet Street included ) to go into international ownership .
22 Ironically , it was the motor car which saved Huntercombe — not just as a means of travel but because the wealth of car maker William Morris , later Viscount Nuffield , secured its future when he bought it in 1925 .
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