Example sentences of "[verb] at the [noun] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were both still laughing at the memory when the off sales bell rang . |
| 2 | This is bright red and is extruded and flickered at the enemy when the caterpillar is disturbed . |
| 3 | However , in the circumstances of this case , the proper interpretation was that the sustaining of the injuries occurred at the point when they were inflicted . |
| 4 | The inevitability of partners leaving the firm for one reason or another is a matter which must be addressed at the outset when considering the terms of the partnership agreement . |
| 5 | It was always going to be a difficult fixture for lowly Millmead Reserves against high-fliers Shottermill Reserves , and the visitors ' hopes were totally dashed at the start when they could only field nine men . |
| 6 | Optional cording sets with overlap arm are available which enable the curtains to overlap at the centre when closed . |
| 7 | But we must be sure that what we are seeing is a true feeding roll and not just any surface activity , for bream do frequently appear at the surface when feeding is far from their thoughts . |
| 8 | The red bitch became short-tempered , snapping at the puppy when it went to suckle her dangling teats , now empty of milk : pushing it aside when it clambered over her sleeping body or pummelled her head in a rowdy mock fight . |
| 9 | The sadness of what is in effect the breakup of the comprehensive system is that it occurs at the point when the system was reaching a confidence and maturity which demonstrated that it could meet the demands of the late twentieth century . |
| 10 | She was still looking at the tree when , suddenly , the Cat appeared again . |
| 11 | Fourteen two , erm the great problem is it 's easier to get if an afternoon meeting can finish at a reasonable time , then I can probably but erm I think if you , if you 're looking at the clock when home in the evening for a number of reasons it might be then I would this and unless we can sort of put a restricted time on the agenda which is impossible , I can imagine coming down here at two o'clock for the meeting . |
| 12 | Try to be looking at the child when you make your request . |
| 13 | At one point an elderly woman was looking at the display when the two defendants starting tormenting her . |
| 14 | Leicester 's injury crisis came at the double when defender Richard Smith was carried off a minute after the break — and another trainee Neil |
| 15 | Mr Hartley 's mother Isabel said : ‘ He often has barbecues and goes swimming at the river when it 's hot . ’ |
| 16 | erm , first twelve weeks pregnant so should I mark at the bottom when she types . |
| 17 | In a later age the policy was taken up at Manchester United by Sir Matt Busby , who wrote : ‘ Look at the top when analysing clubs who have lasting success and there you will find the original cause of the happy effect . |
| 18 | Look at the motorways when they 're busy . |
| 19 | If you did n't see it , it 's a tricky one but there 's a good way , we 've brought up a good point as well , if we look at the car when the car comes up , who said Polo ? |
| 20 | Well he he 's gon na look at the rest when he comes back . |
| 21 | I bought a Volvo estate care from the Oxford Used Car Centre and I had done rather quite high mileage which I sort of did n't really look at the mileage when I bought it . |
| 22 | His rustiness showed at the point when he was asked to accelerate . |
| 23 | At most racetracks , horses are put in separate boxes which all open at the front when the race begins . |
| 24 | You 're supposed to write the minutes for this meeting on the back of the agenda , now , I know very few people who ever actually do that , er , I always want to look at the agenda when I 'm taking my notes . |
| 25 | Georgia was looking at the bracelet the same way she used to look at the hill when she was five , she was in awe of it , it might be too strong for her . |
| 26 | I despised the other actors for not sticking up for me , and for sniggering at the accent when I finally did it . |
| 27 | I remember at the Uni when we used to give we used to put stamps on people , you know , |
| 28 | But optimism , in my opinion , prevails at the end when , by the use of the melodious and light ‘ l ’ in ‘ love ’ , ‘ love ’ , ‘ leave ’ and ‘ long ’ a higher and more forceful attitude is adopted . |
| 29 | It was the authority–s policy , and an implied term of the applicant 's contract of employment , that employees retired at the age when they became entitled to draw the state retirement pension , this being aged 65 for a man and 60 for a woman . |
| 30 | A word is said to be recognised at the point when a particular word can be uniquely distinguished from all other words in the cohort . |