Example sentences of "[verb] when on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crystal set could be pulled into a ventilator by pulleys to avoid the sergeant knowing he was listening when on duty in the station . |
| 2 | He was drowned when on board H.M.S. Hampshire , in 1916 , when it was sunk . |
| 3 | They have both been occasional golfers , which they still enjoy when on holiday in Spain or Portugal . |
| 4 | The government had already been damaged when on July 12 a judge ruled that the Army Commander-in-Chief and former Sandinista leader Gen. Humberto Ortega Saavedra could face court martial on charges that he had covered up the murder of a 16-year-old youth by his bodyguards in October 1990 . |
| 5 | This had been badly damaged when on Oct. 3 the Constitutional Court ruled unconstitutional the government 's proposals , based on the main plank of Smallholders ' policy , to return to their original owners lands confiscated by the state after the communists had taken power in 1947 . |
| 6 | Many hotels provide uniforms for their staff to be worn when on duty . |
| 7 | The League of Communists of Yugoslavia ( LCY ) appeared to be moving closer to collapse when on March 30 its central committee failed to muster a quorum for a plenary session . |
| 8 | At times the supporting leg would bend when on balance , whilst the working one was also bent with the foot turned up at the ankle during certain poses , or when performing a rond de jambe en dehors or en dedans during the pas de deux . |
| 9 | Of course people need places to stay when on holiday and I 'm all for economical breaks such as caravanning , but I have a few suggestions which might help to improve the look of unsightly caravan parks . |
| 10 | Their protest ended when on Sept. 30 the People 's Assembly passed an amnesty law providing for rehabilitation of former political prisoners and setting out their economic rights . |
| 11 | The President-elect was due to be sworn in on April 1 , but the ceremony was delayed when on March 28 he was flown to France for urgent hospital treatment . |
| 12 | The speculation that Quayle might be dropped in 1992 in favour of Gen. Colin Powell was further dampened when on May 23 Bush nominated Powell for a second two-year term as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff . |
| 13 | Another veteran communist politician , Santiago Carrillo , secretary-general of the PCE from 1960 to 1982 , effectively retired when on Feb. 15 , 1991 , he signed an agreement providing for the integration into the PSOE of the small Partido de los Trabajadores de España ( Spanish Workers ' Party — PTE ) , which he had formed after his expulsion from the PCE leadership in 1985 [ see pp. 34183-84 ; 35527 ] . |