Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] when [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is a bloody hurricane when she is in the mood . |
| 2 | She made some weak excuse when she telephoned to break the appointment , but she knew perfectly well that she was apprehensive about going out in case the weather changed and it began to rain . |
| 3 | Fergie lost her armed protection when she and Prince Andrew split up . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's just that Uncle was a cautious old devil and — ’ he looked away ‘ — he got the impression I was a bit of a spendthrift because — well , because I used to get through my allowance pretty rapidly when I was away at school , and … oh , hell , he wanted to make sure I was going to be dull and sensible about all that money when he finally kicked the bucket . |
| 5 | Phil got up from the bed abruptly and turned away with an awkward gesture — his usual response when he felt insulted . |
| 6 | ‘ I suspect poor Irvine was murdered in that convent when he loosed his trews , either to relieve himself or … ’ |
| 7 | An advanced control panel that accurately controls the hotplate and grill and gives precise responses and fully-automatic cooking when you 're baking and roasting in the oven . |
| 8 | Going , so you go , that bit when you , when you , when you get there |
| 9 | Marie Wilkes had to make that decision when she broke down on the M50 in the Summer of 1988 . |
| 10 | In a similar way , ‘ mat ’ might be a neutral word for you — unless , perhaps , you are a member of the Islamic faith when it may be associated with your religious observances , or ( at a lower level ) you may have just lost a great deal of money in an investment in floor coverings ! |
| 11 | ‘ But let's cross that hurdle when we come to it . ’ |
| 12 | But this only raises another question : how do we know a specific presence when we see one ? |
| 13 | FORGET the sangria and San Miguels , England got a slimline tonic when they arrived in Spain yesterday … in the shape of Paul Gascoigne . |
| 14 | I know I 'm on the right route when I spot a bus marked ‘ Pensioners Touring Kerry ’ . |
| 15 | I only wish I had that opportunity when I was his age . ’ |
| 16 | It was Galileo 's contemporary , Kepler , who contributed a major breakthrough in that direction when he discovered that each planetary orbit could be represented by a single ellipse , with the sun at one focus . |
| 17 | Gerry Boden , the lost boy , had made off in that direction when he was hunted out of the dangerous area . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , he had cast the Marshal a grateful look when he saw him standing there as promised , watching with his big , slightly bulging eyes . |
| 19 | Speaking of which , why did n't you marry that lieutenant when I told you to ? |
| 20 | There was an owl whose names was Blanche perch bravely on a narrow branch when she asked if she could fly , the others said into the sky high , high , high , so one fine day they came out and stood on a branch all big and stout , she jumped , she thought that she could fly |
| 21 | Modigliani painted hair when he saw it as part of his design . |
| 22 | Yeah you get one of each kind when you start . |
| 23 | I was n't actually putting it on either , I said like that and and I keep saying yeah after each , each sentence when I 'm describing something to my mum like saying last match yeah , we won yeah , six nil yeah , eight nil yeah and it I keep saying yeah , yeah , my mum 's going yeah , shut up my mum says I go yeah that 's well nice and she goes erm goes well nice I said |
| 24 | But earlier this month , the PAC appeared to have abandoned armed struggle when it agreed to attend next month 's renewed multi-party constitutional talks . |
| 25 | If you can learn how to handle the lecture you will have little difficulty when you come to meet seminars . |
| 26 | Interestingly , he remained in sport , becoming the first black professional footballer when he signed on as goalkeeper for Preston North End . |
| 27 | It 's like a scrum in that cabin when they set off , |
| 28 | Ashton demonstrated Harlequin 's technical expertise when he was transformed into Colas , a farmer , dancing with his shepherd 's crook . |
| 29 | One is I do n't know whether any , any of you noticed but come to that part when I reached this book , and the whole load of jokes on this page are topical they 'll be appreciated by the audience at the time . |
| 30 | Betty Friedan , who was to give the whole phenomenon of fulfilment-through-motherhood a name — The Feminine Mystique — also made a revealing admission when she came to look back on those unliberated years in a later book ( It Changed My Life ) : |