Example sentences of "[to-vb] when the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mohammed Hussein Nagdi , who resigned as Iran 's ambassador to Italy in 1982 to campaign for the government 's overthrow , was killed on his way to work when the hit squad pulled up beside his car and opened fire with a submachine gun , police said . |
| 2 | Yet he was the kindest man you would wish to meet when the drink was n't on him . |
| 3 | As the teachers all had full-time commitments outside the project , they were only able to meet when the pupils were working on the project . |
| 4 | The pharmaceuticals business — which was bound to suffer when the US patents expired last year on Tenormin , a beta-blocker and one of the world 's most successful drugs has been further hit by the failure of two products in which a lot of money and hope had been invested . |
| 5 | It would be wrong to make them pay the price of justice — although this might nudge us into remembering that innocent wives and children and other dependents are made to suffer when the state imprisons thousands of working-class men for crimes which are often insignificant compared with corporate crimes . |
| 6 | This stripe tends to fade when the male is in breeding condition and leave the fish looking an all over silver , with a hint of blue along the throat and belly . |
| 7 | Otherwise there is little of the ritual of the courts , though everyone is expected to stand when the tribunal members enter or leave . |
| 8 | It is also difficult to establish when the damage occurred . |
| 9 | The main problems seem to come when the foreground application program has control over the keyboard or is using large chunks of memory to mimic the screen . |
| 10 | By the end of 1990 , £15,000 had been raised from the sale of the prints for the Appeal with more to come when the project is finished . |
| 11 | Those things will help Courtaulds and they tend to come when the economy improves . |
| 12 | In spite of this , the Court of Appeal held that the parties intended risk to pass when the buyers accepted the delivery note . |
| 13 | The conditions make Cannigione our recommended centre for those who want to develop sailing skills , whether on dinghies or catamarans , perhaps learning to windsurf when the wind drops . |
| 14 | Then they make their ale from what they have collected , and those who do not come there to drink and do not give money at the foresters ' will are sorely punished at their pleas for dead wood , although the King has no demesne ; nor does anyone dare to brew when the foresters brew , or to sell ale so long as the foresters have any kind of ale to sell ; and this every forester does year by year to the great grievance of the country . |
| 15 | Some of Harvard 's clients reneged on their agreements to sell when the price climbed , making ridiculous claims , like that the dog had chewed up the allotment letter , or that somebody had sold as a practical joke . |
| 16 | Even to relatively unsophisticated subjects it is quite intuitive to sell when the price is high and store when the price is low , but it is much less intuitive to produce where the marginal cost is equal to some expectation . |
| 17 | The party was about to depart when the mother of the dead girl noticed that the earth over the entrance to the tomb had been disturbed , and when she looked more closely she saw that one of the roofing stones had been moved . |
| 18 | Such a strategy would ultimately devalue our famous brands and would be difficult to reverse when the recession ends . |
| 19 | And you can line up a special treat to celebrate when the battle is won — using the money that has been saved on a holiday or to buy yourself something special . |
| 20 | The massive front door once refused to open when the alignment of the doorposts was shifted . |
| 21 | He might be brought in for periodic boosters or to help when the problem is in the degree of difficulty and intensity not experienced before . |
| 22 | Jeffery and Sheila Parfitt blamed social services for failing to help when the burden of care overwhelmed them . |
| 23 | Heading out to sea again , Pembrokeshire beaches are great places to walk when the mist is down and all the sun-worshippers are safely tucked away at home . |
| 24 | Charles stayed at the meeting long enough to hear when the rehearsal call was for the Monday ; if he accepted Paul 's offer of an understudy job , then he 'd have to be there . |
| 25 | During the summer months it was pleasant to live in the gentle East Anglian countryside , to cycle around the small villages and to sunbathe when the weather permitted . |
| 26 | Someone told him that the way to make money was to buy when the shares were low and sell when they were high . |
| 27 | Formal co-operation mechanisms between the three countries ceased to function when the East African Community collapsed in 1977 [ see pp. 31497 ; 33448 ; 35752 ] . |
| 28 | He was forced to resign when the faction 's leader , former President Julio María Sanguinetti Cairolo , withdrew his support from the government in late May over privatization strategy . |
| 29 | Heads automatically turned to look when the toastmaster made the announcement . |
| 30 | ‘ Independently of climbing over rocks and fallen stumps of trees , the sportsman has to creep and crawl beneath and among the branches with the utmost caution , taking care only to advance when the bird 's attention is occupied in singing , or in scratching up the leaves in search of food ; to watch its actions it is necessary to remain perfectly motionless , not venturing to move even in the slightest degree , or it vanishes from sight as if by magic … |