Example sentences of "when we [vb base] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we come face to face with a horse we often feel a need or pressure to do something . |
| 2 | How d' you think you 're going to feel , Joey , when we come face to face with a herd of elephant or a tawny tiger out there ? " |
| 3 | ‘ It is now our number one venue when we make application for world events . |
| 4 | We noted in chapter 1 that when we observe language in use , what we actually observe is the speech of individuals in conversational settings — we do not directly observe overall patterns of use in the sociolinguistic dimension . |
| 5 | When we see Grandcourt at breakfast there with Mr Lush , the scene is suggestively rendered as a ‘ still-life ’ , artfully composed but with no vital principle , the room ‘ seeming the stiller for its sober antiquated elegance , as if it kept a conscious , well-bred silence ’ . |
| 6 | When we feel lack of status it is easy to cling to our hard luck stories about how totally powerless we are to change the things we 'd like to change . |