Example sentences of "[adj] go [adv] when " in BNC.

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1 Hunched in a remote and subordinate cranny of government — devising a rent bill at the Ministry of Housing and Local Government , as a matter of fact — I was not disposed to go overboard when our armed forces were launched into the attack in November ; but what on earth was intended to come out of it and how an occupation found untenable could be tenably restored and sustained by force was beyond the comprehension of this unmoved spectator .
2 Clusters and nerves well again I always felt that nerves were supposed to go away when you got good at things , now I 'm pleased to discover that is n't true .
3 So I always told her she would be able to go there when she was older .
4 The others were all getting ready to go ashore when it happened . ’
5 Maybe it 's not activated — by which I mean ready to go off when a vessel passes over it — until the ticking stops .
6 ‘ There 's something special going on when a chap pulls out his chequebook and writes you a cheque for £13,000 right there in the car park , ’ he enthuses .
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