Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] [adv] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | Previously it had laid back its ears and moved away when she approached . |
| 2 | Luther looked deep into the boy 's eyes and smiled wickedly when he saw the truth lurking there . |
| 3 | Just higher your chariot blades on a level with his neck and drive past when he 's not looking ? but do n't tell anybody I said so . |
| 4 | She did not get to learn her late-night caller 's name , but felt a touch easier when he bit out , ‘ I 'm his cousin , ’ and sent any remaining doubts and fears away when he added , ‘ In case you 're interested , his mother 's halfway demented worrying about him . |
| 5 | She was still shaking her head from side to side and laughing softly when she shooed him from the kitchen and returned her attention to her magazine . |
| 6 | shows a faith that persists even when he is told to be quiet by the crowd . |
| 7 | Is it one of those reactions that occur spontaneously when journalists ' ink is mixed with an equal measure of pure ignorance ? |
| 8 | But the smile lasted less than a heartbeat and vanished entirely when she saw that fitzAlan continued to watch the small party until it disappeared from view . |
| 9 | The whole notion of society was patriarchial , from the concept of God the father right down to the father who actually dominated the household and dictated even when the rosary should be said , and so forth . |
| 10 | We had a shop in Nairobi and came here when we got our vouchers in 1971 . |
| 11 | ‘ They live separate lives and come together when necessary , for example for the children or for public engagements . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ But if I start looking up my own arsehole and acting differently when people parody me , I do n't think that 's a good way for me to live . |
| 13 | Also vital is the support that we give to exports and trade abroad when British companies are involved . |
| 14 | After a year at training college to qualify as a teacher , he had two years at a comprehensive school in St Neots , Hunts. , but he wanted to achieve much more as a music teacher and did so when he became assistant director at Sevenoaks . |
| 15 | If our priority is to target help at those with most need and to back away when those needs are met , our contacts with families could become simply box-ticking sessions , and it would be harder to get to know them . ’ |
| 16 | Lionfish are the most gregarious of the large aquarium fish and respond well when kept in a small group , again providing an impressive display in a tank devoted to them exclusively |
| 17 | And I might say : you 're something inside your head that goes away when you die . |
| 18 | The model is referred to as the ‘ grandmother cell ’ theory because it predicts that we should have populations of cells in our brains that fire only when we see our grandmothers . |
| 19 | The Asian elephant is basically a jungle-living animal , lying up in shade during the day and feeding mostly when it gets cool . |
| 20 | It was a wild time , and even the old women were poachers , he said , with the aid of a harmless looking dog that barked only when they reached the cottage with a fresh killed rabbit . |
| 21 | Some years ago Western Samoans were found never to develop type I diabetes in their own environment but to do so when brought up in New Zealand . |
| 22 | One week later a double blind challenge with Vivonex resulted in recurrence of vomiting and diarrhoea that resolved immediately when her feed was changed . |
| 23 | It was a rather rickety affair that creaked embarrassingly when I sat down in it and ever after when I moved . |
| 24 | When she was two years old she had seemed to be of a cheerful disposition and laughed obediently when he made a witch out of his knotted handkerchief or cast a swan 's shadow against her bedroom wall with his fingers . |
| 25 | people to talk to , encourage teachers and criticise constructively when required |
| 26 | ‘ I always wished I 'd been in love and run away when I was young . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Also I am accustomed to courtesy and react badly when it is not present . |
| 28 | But by then he had taken refuge in the church , and the service must have been little more than a conversation between him and old MacDiarmid , because not another soul had dared to run the gauntlet and go inside when the clock struck three . |
| 29 | Duke Hussey was chief executive of Times Newspapers and living locally when he became one of our " students " . |
| 30 | Just past the hour Suker , their only effective forward , worked his way to the left-hand byline and shrugged disconsolately when nobody ran through the middle to meet his pass . |