Example sentences of "[noun pl] when [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such ions are stable on their own but only form stable compounds when their electrostatic charge is neutralized by ionic bonding . |
| 2 | The sensor could also warn drivers when their catalytic converter needed replacing . |
| 3 | Percy the park-keeper rescues the animals when their old oak tree is blown down in a storm , and the new house he builds for them is presented in a fold-away poster at the end of the book . |
| 4 | Fernando Matthei Aubel , and the head of the paramilitary police , Gen. Rodolfo Stange Oelkers , both members of the current ruling military junta , to remain in their service posts when his new government came into office . |
| 5 | Both were England captains when their private lives were thrown into turmoil . |
| 6 | But it is rich that John Major should talk of earning honours when his own Government is widely regarded as inept in so many ways . |
| 7 | Billy came to the attention of Palace devotees when our Junior team proceeded to the Final of the 1977 FA Youth Cup and then beat Everton over two legs , but he came into the League side in October that year as deputy for injured skipper Ian Evans , and was the undisputed possessor of Palace 's number six shirt by the end of that 1977–78 season . |
| 8 | Byrne plays the young ragamuffins ' father , Papa Riley , a former leader of the travellers who went to pieces when his beloved wife died in childbirth and now subsists on cheap whisky and stale fags in a rundown council flat while his boyos fend for themselves . |
| 9 | In this passage , which is very near the end of the book , he ironically sums up the manner in which the hypocritical bureaucrats of Whitehall and Washington dealt with their own inadequacies when their major spying operation went wrong . |
| 10 | Both National Westminster and Barclays said earlier this year that there would be significant manpower reductions when their annual results were published . |
| 11 | Peter said : ‘ It raises a lot of laughs when my long-suffering missus , Sharon , visits crafty Chris in prison and is horrible to him . |
| 12 | A right of first refusal was granted to former land and home owners when their expropriated property came on the market . |
| 13 | ‘ How can you say such things when your own wife , by your own admission , is screwed by every man in sight … ? ’ |
| 14 | It is a very addictive game of logic , deduction , and lots of lucky guesses when you first play . |
| 15 | But the need openly to handle such divergent pressures when their earlier expression had been largely submerged by common and complementary work to be done and the high excitement of periodic achievement , was itself a mark of the decline of a cohesive internal culture of antislavery . |
| 16 | Soon the Nez Perce were participating in Plains-style warfare , raiding for horses , and for scalps when their own herds were stolen . |
| 17 | Is not it extraordinary that Opposition Members are sanctimoniously concerned about leaks when their Front-Bench spokesmen live off leaks from Departments ? |
| 18 | So what is it did you used to have more f er was it okay at first I mean you used to have quite a few friends when you first move in ? |
| 19 | Gardai launched a full scale search for the men when their empty boat was spotted adrift in the water on Friday night . |
| 20 | Gardai launched a full scale search for the men when their empty boat was spotted adrift in the water on Friday night . |
| 21 | Leave enough space between you and the vehicle in front so that you can pull up safely if it slows down or stops suddenly , the safe rule is never to get closer than the overall stopping distance shown below , but on the open road in good conditions leave a gap of one metre for each mile an hour of your speed or a two second time gap may be enough , they will also leave space for an overtaking vehicle pulling or wet or icy or the gap should be at least double that , drop back if you know that taking vehicle closing gap in front of you make way for ambulance , fire engines , police or van emergency vehicles when their blue lamps are flashing or their bells , two tone cones or sirens or . |
| 22 | ‘ We were new to the business when we opened up , and we quickly realised that there was little advantage in the higher discounts from publishers when their long delivery times were taken into account . |
| 23 | Ian Arrol died from massive head injuries when his powerful motorbike went out of control and hit a wall on Crickley Hill outside Gloster . |
| 24 | On Saturday , such a view was at last endorsed from within England 's recent ranks when his old comrade-in-arms , Paul Ackford , spoke of how , under the old laws , Dooley ‘ would step across and bump his man out of the way ’ . |
| 25 | After a while you learn to recognise the difference between a leaf brushing against the line and a fish gently mouthing the bait , just the same as you are now able to tell the difference between bites and false bites when your usual indicator moves . |
| 26 | A mother ewe with two lambs in the field behind the house one morning demonstrated her strong maternal instincts when she successful saw off a two year old steer with a series of savage head butts . |
| 27 | After a modest playing career , Harford hit the headlines when his unfancied Luton beat Arsenal 3–2 with a last-minute goal in the 1988 Littlewoods Cup final at Wembley . |
| 28 | He was ploughing a stetch not far from the headlands when his two horses suddenly stopped dead . |
| 29 | Whisky , because of its strength , is ‘ nosed ’ rather than tasted and it 's Frank 's job to sniff his way through barrels when their ten years are up . |
| 30 | He reckons he needs between 50 and 100 people in the next few weeks , presumably all drawn from the 300 or so that lost their jobs when his first company closed its doors . |