Example sentences of "when [pers pn] be [verb] to [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew an empty beer keg when I was tied to one , and the last time I 'd seen that particular one there had been a young punk called Emma sitting on it nostrilling certain noxious and probably illegal substances . |
| 2 | Just when you are alerted to one con trick , it seems someone else is waiting around the corner with another devious way of getting you to part with your money . |
| 3 | Even though I put a lot of work into the gigs , I was not foolish enough to believe they were important when we were playing to 40 people in London . |
| 4 | I mean biologists , when they 're talking to one another , are , by and large , talking about Darwin and that 's what I 've been trying to do . |
| 5 | Both speakers and writers find this useful when they are referring to two things , one animate , one inanimate . |
| 6 | The children not adopted stayed in the original creche until they reached the age of 6 , when they were transferred to two other institutions for boys and girls respectively . |
| 7 | Dollar interest rates cracked the price of gold down a dozen years ago when they were hoisted to 20 per cent . |
| 8 | Millmead battled away and did the best they could , but their cause was blighted further during the second half when they were reduced to eight men due to injury . |
| 9 | This is maintained until lowering full ( forty ) flap on short final , when it is reduced to 120 with a further increase of power to hold it there . |