Example sentences of "[adv] when it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It said ‘ Danger ’ , but a big piece of the signboard had broken off , so perhaps when it wass whole it said ‘ Dangerfield ’ , not just ‘ Danger ’ . ’ |
| 2 | Possibly these entered an ancestor of D only when it reached York or Worcester . |
| 3 | Mr Delors claims that ‘ binding procedures ’ do not break the principle of ‘ subsidiarity ’ — the idea that decisions should be taken at EC level only when it makes sense to do so . |
| 4 | The use of the penal law against workers , especially when it involves imprisonment , or the possibility of imprisonment , is one of the most persistent sources of conflict between labour and management , and between labour and governments . |
| 5 | Especially when it meant spending money . |
| 6 | Having learned from his first assignment that the general effectively controlled the hostage situation in Beirut , Coleman now came to realize that , in a broader frame but in the same sense , Kenaan also controlled the nature and scope of narco-terrorism itself — ; or , at any rate , could do so when it suited President Assad 's purpose . |
| 7 | Here in Canada we are badly isolated from regular contact with soccer , so when it comes time for the World Cup , the cable sports network dredges up some living bodies to do the commentary . |
| 8 | Walk slowly away when it loses interest . ’ |
| 9 | Just when it seemed things were going his way again this has happened . ’ |
| 10 | Just when it seemed Roma would inflict a humiliating defeat on their despised city neighbours in ‘ Il Derby ’ , Gascoigne saved the game , honour of Lazio , and head of coach Dino Zoff . |
| 11 | But the bigger point is that pursuing wrong priorities discredits greenery as a whole — just when it needs friends to defend it from hard-pressed businessmen and rabid deregulators . |
| 12 | Britain 's biggest clothing retailer , Marks and Spencer , became the country 's most profitable retailer once more when it knocked J Sainsbury into second place with pre-tax profits up 25% to a record £736.5m ( $1.2 billion ) in the year to end-March . |
| 13 | It need only do what it does now when it examines doctors ' behaviour by asking them to justify that behaviour before a panel of their professional peers . |
| 14 | It 's refreshing , even when it gets way into the twenties ! ’ |
| 15 | Not surprisingly , the results are not always convincing : lyric poetry , for example is labelled as non-fictional even when it includes references to non-existing objects ( such as blue deer in Georg Trakl 's poems ) , while narrative and nonsense poetry are assigned to the fictional domain . |
| 16 | Even when it eschews prescriptivism and presents itself as science , grammar/linguistics remains a branch of patriarchal scholarship which is guilty of perpetuating sexism . |
| 17 | So it 's it appeals to the right brain that visual aspect it can take attention it can actually make the presenter move around when it switches attention what does that do for the audience then ? |
| 18 | Yet another , fortunately quite rare , follows you around when it sees secateurs in your hands and drops a few eggs into the soft pith of the stem when you make a cut , before the cut wound has had time to callus and heal itself — another reason why you should always try to confine cutting to a fine dry day . |
| 19 | Curious in that with the bulk of the country 's youth taking their cultural signposts from America and the more visceral thrills offered by rock'n'roll , it seems strange that such a dated and wrinkly musical form should enjoy such an upsurge in fortunes , particularly when it faced competition from sexier young pups operating in the rock idiom such as Tommy Steele and Cliff Richard . |
| 20 | ‘ There were obviously a lot of people there when it took place . |
| 21 | Liberation does not mean slaying the dragon , but rising above it , growing beyond it , seeing through its tricks and laughing gently and lovingly when it snorts fire at us . |
| 22 | It stopped abruptly when it saw Rosie , an uncertainty shadowing its haunted eyes . |
| 23 | Encore Computer Corp , Fort Lauderdale , Florida has persuaded the Gould Inc subsidiary of Nikko Kyodo Co Inc — which wanted to be shot of Encore altogether when it bought Gould , but has had to keep the company in the fold and bankroll it to have a chance of realising any value from it — to increase its revolving credit facility by $20m ; the pact also extends the maturity dates of Encore 's $50m term loan agreement to April 2 1995 , and the $35m increased revolving credit pact to July 3 1994 . |
| 24 | The group 's debt mountain is largely the result of massive borrowings taken on when it bought Coalite in 1989 . |
| 25 | Previous page : Greet visitors or intruders with a passive infra-red light , which comes on when it senses body heat at night . |