Example sentences of "and when [pron] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Have you finished ? ’ they ask as you lie gasping , and when they switch on the light you expect to see a sign over the bed , NOW WASH YOUR HANDS . |
| 2 | Her voice , clear and pure , soared up to the roof of the theatre , and when it picked up the words of the chorus of ‘ My old man said follow the van … ’ , no one in that vast hall joined in , they just listened . |
| 3 | we can do she put an ice cube on the splodge let it melt and when it drys out the carpet comes up again but I do n't know if it 'll work but it ca n't do any harm , can it ? |
| 4 | erm only the Emir , and he has to give very erm strict reasons for it and he sends it back to the parliament to look into it again and when it comes back the second time the Emir can pass it . |
| 5 | And when I took over the magazine I said let's just use the typefaces that they use in the newspaper and supplement them for some headlines , but try to make it belong in the New York Times . |
| 6 | And when I found out the lady was English , it did seem as though something might come of it . ’ |
| 7 | And when you take on the role always hold something in reserve , so it 's what they 've created , but here 's something unexpected about it . |
| 8 | And when you go down the aqua slide |
| 9 | They look mean , sleek and powerful … and when you open up the throttle they do n't half shift . |
| 10 | She would send him off to some lecturing engagement with butter and other rations to give his hostess , and when he came back the rations would be found as a soggy mess in his pocket . |
| 11 | The watchman went to tell the local Chief and when he came back the body was gone . ’ |
| 12 | He loved his ‘ Jocks ’ without a trace of condescension , and when he took over the regiment as lieutenant-colonel in North Africa and Italy , his double-barrelled beer name earned him the affectionate sobriquet of ‘ Colonel Screwtop ’ . |
| 13 | Naturally he he wanted to keep his place open and when he got up the next morning somebody had painted the side of the van completely over . |
| 14 | She was dressed as a munitions worker , and when he switched on the light her hair had blazed under the dim bulb . |
| 15 | Her ma 's sewing bag was still in the cupboard and when she brought out the cotton and needles there was a lump in her throat . |
| 16 | ‘ And when she came back the situation was reversed ? |
| 17 | As soon as she drew up to the roundabout at the top of Woodstock Road , she found herself in traffic which stretched as far as the eye could see , and when she switched on the car radio , she discovered that the only sound it would make was an assortment of squeaks and crackles . |