Example sentences of "[verb] at [art] [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 | For example , the question may state that the defendant shot at a burglar when a bystander was standing dangerously close , and hit the bystander . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She had that feeling of insult often felt at a party when the person one is talking to focuses his gaze on people round about all the time , searching for someone more interesting , powerful or sexy to talk to . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | What this will do is present at a disadvantage when it comes to competing with other units to secure the contracts that it ultimately undertakes at the minute . |
| 13 | She was still looking at the tree when , suddenly , the Cat appeared again . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Try to be looking at the child when you make your request . |
| 16 | At one point an elderly woman was looking at the display when the two defendants starting tormenting her . |
| 17 | Our calendar will show at a glance when we 're open during 1992 . |
| 18 | The support given to Vera Coppard and her family by the Quakers came at a point when the Jewish organisations in Berlin and Vienna were reduced almost to the point of impotence . |
| 19 | Leicester 's injury crisis came at the double when defender Richard Smith was carried off a minute after the break — and another trainee Neil |
| 20 | Mr Hartley 's mother Isabel said : ‘ He often has barbecues and goes swimming at the river when it 's hot . ’ |
| 21 | erm , first twelve weeks pregnant so should I mark at the bottom when she types . |
| 22 | We might even wish to speak of animal intention , but if we do so it will be in terms of its ‘ natural ’ expression : ‘ What is the natural expression of an intention ? — Look at a cat when it stalks a bird ; or a beast when it wants to escape ’ ( PI 647 ) . |
| 23 | The exception is a Warwickshire shopping centre where they look at a peacock when they want to know the time . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Look at the motorways when they 're busy . |
| 26 | 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 ? |
| 27 | Well he he 's gon na look at the rest when he comes back . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | His rustiness showed at the point when he was asked to accelerate . |
| 30 | A NEW £50,000 Porsche , nicked at a garage when Kevin Brown , of Stocksfield , Northumberland , left keys in the ignition , was found almost without a scratch at Gateshead , Tyne and Wear . |