Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [be] [v-ing] for the " in BNC.

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1 I actually first realised this at the second year , that when I was looking for the , the previous year , I noticed that in July the business went and I thought , because everybody 's gone on holiday .
2 That was how close it was , and as Emerson once said to me , he learned that weekend , sweating out the last half-hour before the start , that when you 're running for the championship , you simply ca n't give anything away : give Stewart an inch and he would have taken a yard .
3 When you 're preparing for the interview make sure that you test yourself and have good answers to basic questions like :
4 The closest analogy I can think of is that it is very much like fishing , you never know what you are going to catch , you have to pull in the small ones when you are hoping for the big one , but occasionally a big one comes along when you least expect it .
5 An extension microphone ( c ) can also be worth considering when you are packing for the trip .
6 When you are connected , be clear and confident in your manner when you are asking for the person you want to speak to and in announcing yourself : ‘ Good afternoon , this is Kate Farmer from Witcombe & Co .
7 Mrs Darling , what was going through your mind when you were waiting for the verdict ?
8 ‘ I was here when you was collecting for the Foundling Hospital yesterday , and I wondered if a shilling would help .
9 It kept her going , especially when she was angling for the notice of the one man who , after giving her dinner on the way back from Bovington , had treated her with only a lighthearted pleasant banter whenever they met .
10 ‘ If we 're acting for the smaller firm it invariably happens , and if and when we 're acting for the larger firm we always identify the key partners in the smaller firm and bring them into the new management team , ’ Mr Llambias reveals .
11 What we have done to ourselves is to destroy the adventure of life by rooting ourselves to one spot in the physical sense , and demoralising ourselves by forcing the mind to spend its time on nuts and bolts and the rest of our shoddy interests , when it is thirsting for the trackless regions of the nomads .
12 Those issues were raised by the Secretary of State for the Environment , especially when he was running for the leadership of the Conservative party .
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