Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [verb] that [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are running up Trundleys Road across the Surrey Canal when I suggest that this running could get us nicked by the police . |
| 2 | Now remember I am the leader of a party that has been in the front line against his violence for twenty years , and have been at many risks , as have been members of my party , but when I say that that dialogue is the best hope they 've seen for peace for twenty years . |
| 3 | One symptomatic phenomenon was revealed in my own research in Leicester for an Open University television programme , when I found that many teachers of English were unwilling to come to terms with the interest and creative potential of Asian students in English language , literature and drama . |
| 4 | The second impression is less tangible — the curious feeling you get when you realize that those books on the shelves are Manzoni 's books , the ones he read or consulted . |
| 5 | When you think that each person produces roughly 21 lbs of rubbish per day and there are 55 million of us on this island using non-returnable bottles and indestructible plastic containers , it is not difficult to imagine the mountains of refuse that we shall have to deal with somehow . |
| 6 | However , there may be occasions when you feel that this objective has not been achieved . |
| 7 | When you consider that these days we are running well over a second faster , your can see by how much British sprinting has advanced . |
| 8 | This was surprising when you consider that these days Death was the genial Doctor 's constant drinking-companion . |
| 9 | And when you consider that those prices include a £5 donation to The Spastics Society , the music works out at a fiver per CD or cassette ! |
| 10 | And then the sudden lurching shift of perspective , the falling through the bottom of things , when you discover that these constants have been or could be altered after all . |
| 11 | And then the sudden lurching shift of perspective , the falling through the bottom of things , when you discover that these constants have been or could be altered after all . |
| 12 | He is incredulous when she says that some people might think better of Jason for confessing his fear . |
| 13 | Kadhafi said in an interview for the Egyptian political weekly Al-Musawar in October 1989 that in the past Libya had funded some groups without examining their aims and role in detail , but that " when we discovered that these groups were causing more harm than benefit to the Arab cause , we halted our aid to them completely and withdrew our support " . |
| 14 | Although this second method is the more complicated to administer and requires that we have at least a rough idea of the size of the primary sampling units , it has some advantages that become obvious when we recall that several primaries are generally sampled : |
| 15 | Similarly , when we say that all biologists nowadays believe in Darwin 's theory , we do not mean that every biologist has , graven in his brain , an identical copy of the exact words of Charles Darwin himself . |
| 16 | on the one hand the transport federation and the confederation support the demands of the railway sector at the negotiating table , and on the other hand , let us say , they also call for prudence and moderation when they realise that these demands may not be achievable , and rather than lead people over the precipice and into more strikes that will not have positive outcomes , they recommend the adoption of an approach based on increased dialogue and the moderation of demands . |
| 17 | The issue of selecting an NSF candidate for the ( as yet unannounced ) presidential elections was not resolved when it emerged that any candidate would be required to endorse Roman 's programme . |
| 18 | Lou Duva , co-trainer of Holyfield , might have been cranking the hype handle too far when he said that this evening 's fight might be a once in a lifetime affair . |
| 19 | Yet when he says that this change is not deliberate , he raises the fear that he might go back to a Thatcherite policy , if and when he has the chance . |
| 20 | ALAN Hickman from Derbyshire became worried about the advice he was receiving over his pension transfer when he realised that each expert he consulted recommended a different course of action . |
| 21 | He was educated in Paris , and when he heard that some Americans had been present at today 's ceremonies he expressed a wish to meet you . " |
| 22 | Not only that , ’ he continued , his eyes steady on hers , ‘ but when he sees that another man wants you he 'll begin to wonder what he missed . |
| 23 | His confrontational attitude caused controversy , notably when he suggested that some ambulance personnel were little more than professional drivers . |
| 24 | It has been argued that special attention should be focused upon the resilience and potential for recovery of the soil profile in view of the inputs induced by man ( Trudgill , 1977 , chapter 8 ) , and the importance of the problem is underlined by Toy ( 1982 ) in a review of accelerated erosion when he concludes that such erosion can be considered to be the pre-eminent environmental problem in the United States by virtue of its widespread occurrence and cumulative cost . |
| 25 | Tycho Brahé opted out of the Copernican research programme and initiated another when he proposed that all planets other than the earth orbit the sun , while the sun itself orbits a stationary earth . |