Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] when " in BNC.

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1 I also think that erm it 's up to erm us — I mean if you think of us as a whole travel industry — to really take a look at what we are providing and compare it with what is provided in other countries ; the standards of service , how long do you have to wait for a meal when you 're sitting down to eat in a restaurant , what are people used to in France and Germany and the USA ?
2 She had had every opportunity to be , for heaven 's sake , but she 'd never worked hard enough at it and now she did not feel like struggling with a foreign language to search for an item when she did not even know what she was looking for .
3 ( There was of course little incentive to plan for the future when work was often obtained on a casual basis and wages were irregular . )
4 Even though her relationship with Craig is strictly platonic , Jo believes it 's only too easy to fall for an actor when acting out an on-screen love affair .
5 One of the products that seemed to slip through the cracks when Eastman Kodak Co 's Interactive Systems Corp , Naperville , Illinois , sold its packaged Unix division off to Sunsoft Inc was Norton Utilities for Unix .
6 But may I add a special welcome to the unsung heroines and heroes who are not permanent staff , but give up their time — and in some cases their entire annual leave — to work for the Festival when the high pressure time arrives .
7 He 's learned a lot of skills and hopes to work as a gardener when he 's released .
8 Charles Brown , for example , was born in Northamptonshire in 1855 and had to go to work as a boy when his father , an agricultural labourer earning 12s. a week , was taken ill .
9 Sir John Fastolf , involved in a long drawn-out lawsuit in Paris between 1432 and 1435 , could remind the court that he had been the first to jump into the sea when Henry V had come ashore in France in 1415 , and that the king had rewarded him with the grant of the first house which he had seen in France .
10 There used to be er , a lady that used to come in the cinema when I worked there , and she had a
11 It is not ( like the rain in the example of my going to London ) just another reason to be added to the others , a reason to stand alongside the others when one reckons which way is better supported by reason .
12 House spiders have often been reported to appear upon the scene when music is being played .
13 On a daily basis the objectives are to ‘ make sure that the investments or companies are progressing according to plan and are well placed to survive a prolonged recession ’ and , he adds , ‘ dare I say it , to benefit from the upturn when it comes ’ .
14 ‘ They live , or they 're supposed to live , in the paddock between the Rectory and the House , but the fencing needs seeing to , so they tend to wander round the Rectory when they want .
15 The British politician Geoffrey Howe said in an interview on television : ‘ We thought it was right to come to a decision when I next met them last night . ’
16 This can stimulate the worm to come to the surface when it is dark and they can then be collected with the aid of a flashlight , providing one is eagle-eyed .
17 The door to his room had been closed and locked when she visited the mother , and she had not bothered to come to the house when Tatyana committed suicide .
18 The Government 's business managers had to come to the rescue when it looked as though the Bill might be lost at Committee Stage .
19 Broadcasters are quick to jump on the Press when they feel public opinion is that the papers have Gone Too Far .
20 ‘ It took her time to adjust to the light when the blindfold was removed , so she saw nothing . ’
21 He raised his fist and was about to hammer on the door when he heard sounds .
22 The whole exchange had been conducted in low tones so that they could not be overheard , but the bar was empty ; even the landlord had found business elsewhere and Wycliffe had to rap on the counter when he went to replenish their glasses .
23 Adolescents seem to find it harder , though , to relate to a step-father when they already have a good relationship with a non-custodial father .
24 Most families in a village like this expect their children to work on the farm when they get older , but in this case it was different .
25 A kitchen timer that rings to indicate to the child when they have managed to sit for a specific length of time can be linked to the reward chart .
26 ‘ There is a lot of denial and it is very difficult to talk about the abuse when it is happening to you , especially if you are a researcher as you do n't have much contact with the person on a regular basis , ’ Ogg says .
27 I was preparing to depart from the hospital when the British nurse entered my suite in a white glow of anger .
28 Partly because those who served in garrisons had to be ready to serve in the field when required ( for a castle acted as a base where soldiers could remain when not in the field , and from which they could control the countryside around by mounted raids within a radius of , say , a dozen miles ) , partly because of an increasing difficulty in securing active support from the nobility and gentry for the war in France , English armies at the end of the war sometimes included a greater ratio of archers to men-at-arms than ever before , sometimes 7:1 or even 10:1 , rather than the more usual 3:1 under Henry V and the parity of archers to men-at-arms normally found in the second half of the fourteenth century .
29 She did n't need to listen to the words when she could read her future in their eyes .
30 With tap stocks , the Bank seeks to sell to the market when bond prices are rising and does not actively try to sell when prices are falling .
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