Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] when [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two huge eggs , greenish-brown like the sedge , with a matt surface mottled like moss , lay in a shallow depression on the very edge of the loch , with a distinct sloping runway leading to the water , so that when alarmed the bird could slide invisibly off the eggs into a deep dive , to surface many yards away from its well-camouflaged home . |
| 2 | Some nymphs have specially shaped heads and legs , so that when facing the current , they are pushed against stones into which they fit , and which save them from being washed away — certainly a case of going with the elements ! |
| 3 | It has always been to the Society 's credit that preservation work undertaken on its Merlin engines has involved every nut , bolt and washer being removed , cleaned , treated and replaced so that when rebuilt the engine should stand every chance of lasting for many future generations . |
| 4 | Make the other tentacles in the same way , varying the direction of the curve so that when assembled the tentacles branch out at different angles . |
| 5 | You will knit the same number of rows in all as when decreasing every alternate row , you just have to be careful to match all sides exactly and end neatly at the top . |
| 6 | just as when reading a favourite novel , we create the people and places described as we see them , so we draw on our own images and imagination to enrich our inner world , rather than accepting an unknown intruder — the voice on the tape . |
| 7 | There 's a saying that ‘ a man never reveals his character more vividly than when portraying the character of another ’ . |