Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [is] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | or when she 's on the trampoline and you 're |
| 2 | So a language all of her own when she 's on the phone talking to us . |
| 3 | She 's not up to much , is she , if she takes a bairn like that 'un with her when she 's on the make ? ’ |
| 4 | and you know the things he gets up to , he , well there 's two burglars trying to get into the house , well , he shoots , he shoots them down there both got their little pop guns and that and he , and he flings irons at them and that and , and marbles and ee , ee , you know , then the mother realizes like when she 's on the plane that she 's left her son at home er , the , the film 's , the film 's good , do n't you feel like anything like that ? |
| 5 | But the other night when Heidi , when she was practising her song , she 's so dramatic all the time going you know if only she 'd do that when she 's on the stage you know put erm action into her singing . |
| 6 | He is sensitive to her situation , never interfering or interrupting when she 's under the pressure he 's already created for her . |
| 7 | But when she 's in the garden her hair anyhow . |
| 8 | Probably Poseidon was worshipped in three aspects , with roles in the heavens , on the earth and in the underworld , just as in the later Orphic literature the phases of the moon were viewed : ‘ When she is above the earth , she is Selene ; when within it , Artemis ; when below it , Persephone ’ ( Servius ad Verg . |
| 9 | It is impossible for me to work the way I want to work when she is on the stage . ’ |
| 10 | She is a bloody hurricane when she is in the mood . |
| 11 | I was afraid for her , anxious all the time , but she is like a monkey when she is in the saddle . |
| 12 | Lili , needless to remark , is unhappy : when she is in the heat of the Nile she longs for the mists of England , and vice versa . |
| 13 | ‘ Even I can look at a gauge and make out when it 's on the red ! ’ |
| 14 | tell me about taking bearings , what do you do , let's give you an example , of some bearings to take , erm , and then you can tell me what you 're doing , so there 's a point there , and we 'll call that erm , P , just to be awkward , now let's say what we 'll do , this is what we 'll d , this is a typical problem in fact , erm , I 'll even draw that line on for you to start with , yeah , here 's the problem , a ship is sailing due North , okay , and when it 's at the point of A it takes a bearing on the lighthouse , so the lighthouse is somewhere , do n't know where it is , but bearing of L from A is forty five degrees , and the bearing of L from B , which is when the ship has sailed on a lot further |
| 15 | Well actually when it 's in the sun one looks a silvery gold . |
| 16 | ‘ When it 's in the air , ’ said Rincewind . |
| 17 | The central implication of RHT is that people will not only act to reduce their perceived level of risk when it exceeds the target level , they will also act to increase it when it is below the target level . |
| 18 | Often musicians do n't realize that a record can be played more on Radio 1 when it is off the playlist altogether . |
| 19 | This may be all good fun , but is it justified when it is at the composer 's expense , and does not pay any regard to the evident persistence of the mensural tradition so obvious in the composer 's manuscripts ? |
| 20 | The significance of apportioning the price is particularly acute when it is on the stamp duty threshold , which at the time of writing remains at £30,000 . |
| 21 | The baby is able to walk after an hour and to keep up with the herd when it is on the move , but it is nonetheless very unsteady on its feet and needs continual help . |
| 22 | Now imagine we lift a marble above the table ( Fig. 1b ) we can call the raised-up position state A and table level , state B. Here , the object is only stable when it is on the table . |
| 23 | They have to be poured with caution and skill to keep the slight yeast sediment out of the glass and the publican has to rotate his stock carefully to make sure the beer is served when it is in the peak of condition . |
| 24 | Berkeley , in his New Theory of Vision , remarks that ‘ the apparent magnitude of the moon , when placed in the horizon , is much greater than when it is in the meridian ’ . |
| 25 | The second form , secondary prevention , concerns the child when it is in the womb . |
| 26 | Even when it is near the zenith , as it can of course be from the southern hemisphere , it still twinkles quite noticeably . |
| 27 | It is also what is involved when modern descriptions of the moon 's trajectory are retained and observation statements referring to the fact that the moon is much larger when it is near the horizon than when it is high in the sky are regarded as resulting from an illusion , even though the cause of the illusion is not well understood . |
| 28 | ‘ He 's more likely to walk out when he 's at the top , not when he 's at the bottom . ’ |
| 29 | She is a very strong woman and will talk with Stadler when he 's on the course . |
| 30 | When he 's on the job , his eyes are tight shut throughout so my undies are lost on him . ’ |