Example sentences of "when [indef pn] [vb -s] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | So a horse that is roughly bridled may become ‘ head shy ’ and always throw its head when someone tries to put a bit in its mouth ; or a horse that is galled by the saddle when it is initially broken in may always have a ‘ cold back ’ and buck ; and a horse that has its girths thoughtlessly tightened immediately to the top hole may become ‘ girth shy ’ . |
2 | I mean she said it 's an instant thing when someone 's got a handbag you realise afterwards . |
3 | ‘ Why ? ’ is a useful question when someone has made an error but you want them to diagnose it . |
4 | In a new age of philistinism , when everything has to wear a price tag , the beauty and wonder of the world of nature have low value in the market place . |
5 | It seems unlikely that , all other things being equal , two students will find an item equally difficult when one has studied the topic that the item tests and the other has not . |
6 | It is perhaps asking too much to exact sympathy when one has killed a king and bedded his queen but he deserved all the accolades he received . |
7 | Many would also say that real life is only possible when one has accepted the finiteness of life on earth as something that God uses to draw people into a closer union with himself . |
8 | When one has told a friend about a stage performance or some media utterance that one feels he should go to see , one has performed that work to the friend and partly negated his need to see the work for himself . |
9 | When one attempts to judge the solidity of a poet 's reputation on the basis of occasional references in published sources , it is well to note that not all references are of equal value . |
10 | For instance , when one tries to wean a patient from a ventilator , the patient can not be sedated heavily , because they 'll tend to breathe less , and therefore require the ventilator more . |
11 | What is the question to be asked when one wishes to determine the scope of the authority of law ? |
12 | When one comes to consider a creation like , for example , Long John Silver , how can the perennial fascination be explained ? |
13 | SINGLE WHITE FEMALE Films entirely devoted to murderous women are not exactly common but , when anyone does take the risk , the results can be rewarding , as Barbet Schroeder 's white-knuckle thriller proves . |