Example sentences of "and when it [vb -s] the " in BNC.

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1 Water splashes from a faucet into a jerrican , and when it fills the boy sluggishly replaces it from a line of empty ones .
2 Each of these industries on the continent of Europe is to a greater or lesser extent owned or controlled by the state , and when it suits the authorities to do so , is heavily subsidised .
3 From a boat it can be squeezed enough to get a grip on it , and when it hits the water it sinks in a big brown cloud .
4 And when it hits the turbines it 's the diameter 's ten inch .
5 A centesimal potency creates a wave of some size and when it reaches the shore there will be considerable disturbance while the turbulence subsides and the remains of the wave penetrates to its furthest point .
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