Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv prt] when the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plan was to change vehicles on the outskirts of Habane then continue on to Kondese where hundreds of men , mostly ex-Security policemen loyal to Ngune , were waiting to launch a crushing offensive against Jamel Mobuto 's inept , and disorganized , government troops , many of whom had only joined up when the new regime was instated . |
| 2 | The mistaken identification of some red dye , accidentally spilled on a window sill , as blood , led to a riot that was only broken up when the mob was charged by soldiers led by a cutlass-wielding town councillor on horseback . |
| 3 | The expedition organisers hope Harry Taylor will be fit enough to come down when the storm passes in 24 hours . |
| 4 | If we had superhuman reactions then perhaps we could manage with a rigid pole , for we would then be fast enough to ease off when the fish made a sudden plunge . |
| 5 | Hooking up the Boss FV 300L pedal to this socket inserts into the effects chain after the compressor , distortion and noise suppressor but before the delay , chorus reverb and master ; this allows the reverb and delay to decay naturally , instead of being suddenly cut off when the patch or volume level changes . |
| 6 | Control of colour mixing , which is vital for advanced work , can only come about when the actions of one colour on another are fully understood . |
| 7 | CONTROL OF COLOUR MIXING , WHICH IS VITAL FOR ADVANCED WORK , CAN ONLY COME ABOUT WHEN THE ACTIONS OF ONE COLOUR ON ANOTHER ARE FULLY UNDERSTOOD . |
| 8 | So , where neo-Marxists argue that the revolutionary forces in the Third World need not wait for Western-style capitalism in order to produce successful communist revolution , mode of production theorists maintain the orthodox Marxist thesis that communism can only come about when the organized working class , the proletariat , destroys the class power of the bourgeoisie through an anti-capitalist revolution . |
| 9 | The pedestrian only slipped off when the motorist turned sharply into a side street , flinging him to the ground . |
| 10 | They only come out when the sun sets , and their favourite past-time is to lurk amongst the rocks on either side of a mountain path at twilight . |
| 11 | A wet suit will also enable you to spend more time on the water than if you only venture out when the sun is shining . |
| 12 | Enthusiasm largely fizzled out when the delay in implementation was announced , and the ad hoc , laissez-faire government approach of letting authorities decide for themselves how fast and how enthusiastically to move on the proposals is exacerbated by a lack of ministerial drive and an absence of central government leadership in the mental health field . |
| 13 | He knows that as long as everybody stays level with the leading attacker they can just step up when the ball is played and the linesman 's flag will be raised . |
| 14 | Was it because the boundaries were already laid out when the Roman road was built ? |
| 15 | I was just coming back when the child was bitten . ’ |
| 16 | It does n't matter if the original chirp is still going on when the echo returns . |
| 17 | But a question mark still hangs over when the remaining 550 pupils can return . |
| 18 | She had hardly set out when the unwelcome attentions of a British privateer forced her back to Ostend and , at her second attempt , she was intercepted again , off Banff , but for a second time escaped . |
| 19 | She pipped actress Meryl Streep to the part — although Streep could still take over when the show opens in the US . |
| 20 | It was deliberately set up when the University received its Charter in 1909 . |
| 21 | Four season tents and mountain tents should have two way zips so that you can still get out when the bottom of the fly is covered in snow , and they may have storm flaps to help keep the weather out . |
| 22 | There were already a great number of the little red sold labels on many of their antique boxes , and other exhibits , which had been quickly snapped up when the Fair officially opened earlier . |
| 23 | They rose 10 per cent on 2 August , and also moved up when the UN imposed sanctions , when Iraq refused the UN 's call for withdrawal and when the UN set the 15 january deadline . |
| 24 | An ‘ auto re-try on disconnect ’ feature automatically attempts re-connection of broken server links for improved resilience , while deferred NET LOGIN and NET USE commands enable users to set up connections to several servers when they are not currently running : users are automatically logged in when the servers come on line . |
| 25 | John O'Connor has described how , following up what was a Zanuck initiative , a Warner Bros team had eventually produced I am a Fugitive , a film that outspokenly denounced the Southern chain-gang system by using a true story that had received a great deal of publicity , the studio 's gamble on topicality really paying off when the real-life subject of the story was actually rearrested just a few months after the film 's release . |
| 26 | BOTH nuclear reactors at Hunterston power station on the Clyde were suddenly and simultaneously shut down when the local electricity grid was hit by the severe gales last month , writes Severin Carrell . |
| 27 | Why Michael Atherton was not immediately drafted in when the experience of Gooch was lost before the start , with Stewart being told to keep wicket as originally planned , remains one of the mysteries of the tour — and as crass a selection error as leaving out Phil Tufnell from the first Test at Calcutta . |
| 28 | That is , a lot of the papers simply flew out when the book was opened , but we put them back in place , I think . ’ |
| 29 | Chapters 4 to 6 are art historical , interpreting about 800 years , beginning with a time when a miniaturist copied approved models with almost or actual religious obedience , and ending in a period in the early Renaissance when an illuminator does not even stand up when the Chancellor of France enters the room or when John of Holland can complain that Jacquemart de Hesdin has stolen his private pattern sheets in 1398 . |
| 30 | Trafalgar eventually gave in when the Panel threatened to take up its option to apply to the courts for an order under the 1985 Companies Act , which might have forced the company directors to pay for the production of revised accounts themselves . |