Example sentences of "when [pers pn] take a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet when I take a taxi back to the club , the driver tells me that the Indians will be getting it in the neck soon . |
| 2 | At least when I take a wife it 'll satisfy me . |
| 3 | ‘ Usually — on the rare occasions when I take a woman to bed . |
| 4 | Very often , when I take a walk along the river in the close season and see a shoal of chub sliding in and out of the streamer weed , or merely lying near to the surface , ready to suck in a floating insect , I imagine I have a rod with me and I want to catch one of those chub . |
| 5 | ‘ You could n't have mentioned this when I took a shot at him in the alleyway . ’ |
| 6 | The front of the machine sports some graceful curves , but it 's only when you take a peek round the back that you get some inkling that this one is different . |
| 7 | At the risk of being regarded as a gardening Miss Marple or Sherlock Holmes , it is a good idea to have a magnifying glass in your pocket when you take a turn around the roses . |
| 8 | It 's all plain sailing when you take a COSMOS break to EURO DISNEYLAND . |
| 9 | When you take a book from the shelf , you probably lay your forefinger along the top edge or ‘ head ’ , and either pull it straight out or tilt it down . |
| 10 | Bowls as in containers ; when you take a crap you do n't say ‘ I 'll just go and smear my excrement up a wall ’ . |
| 11 | When you take a break at lunch-time , have a look around the local shops . |
| 12 | When you take a number , follow a set of instructions , and end up with End up with what ? |
| 13 | He insists that there is no secret to it : ‘ I do n't believe in getting someone 's soul when you take a picture . |
| 14 | And when you took A resin straight , well then , yeah , then you could see it , see what they were up to , bribing riggers , faking reports . |
| 15 | Gina usually wore old dresses and woollies when in bed with him and always locked the bathroom door tightly when she took a bath . |
| 16 | Her murder-solving cook Darina Lisle discovers more intrigue when she takes a job at a dying country house hotel that turns out to be a hotbed of sex and mystery . |
| 17 | But when she takes a step towards me I find I 've crossed the kitchen to meet her . |
| 18 | When we take a tuck or slip stitch card and try knitting it with a changes of colour , we do n't usually know what the result will be . |
| 19 | When we take a belief , desire , or intention to have caused an action , as we commonly do , we are not thereby explaining the action by referring to other actions , let alone mere movements . |
| 20 | You see , when they took a century 's dust and dirt off those walls , they completely changed the acoustics , swapping grubby absorbency for beautiful , bright marble which bounced the sound all over the place . |
| 21 | Ken playing Rodney , Hugh Paddick as Charles , two frightfully , frightfully Mayfair types , doing ridiculous things together like dressing up as red Indians when they took a canoeing holiday . |
| 22 | Inland Revenue employees discovered this when they took a claim — that the Revenue 's requirement that they transfer from manual methods to using a computerised system was in breach of contract — to the High Court . |
| 23 | I suppose you have to let them experiment and then learn their lesson the hard way when they take a spill . ’ |
| 24 | I believe many people increasingly want their news when it is convenient for them — when they get in from work , when they 've picked up the children from school , when they take a break from their work , or finish a meeting , when they arrive in a hotel . |
| 25 | I believe many people increasingly want their news when it is convenient for them — when they get in from work , when they 've picked up the children from school , when they take a break from their work , or finish a meeting , when they arrive at a hotel . |
| 26 | Veteran climber mike Banks , who 's now 67-years-old , is again giving hope to the rest of us when he takes a team with an average age of 60 plus out to Janoli in the Gharwal Himal . |
| 27 | The pain which Nelson 's blows caused has now receded and the bruises will go when he takes a week 's rest in Spain . |
| 28 | Wallace was great even when he took a knock early in the 2nd half ( Strandli should have been on sooner ) . |
| 29 | Isabel opened her mouth to protest at this cavalier treatment of her clothing , only to shut it again in alarm when he took a step forward and leaned over her , bracing his hands on the mattress and trapping her between them . |