Example sentences of "when it [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it come to excitement-value , neither of the Top Yanks holds a candle to Finn 's Hotel ( Viking , June , £12.99 , 0 670 85067 5 ) , the ‘ lost novel ’ by James Joyce , allegedly completed some time between the writing of Ulysses and Finnegan 's Wake . |
| 2 | Now when it come to wars , governments are funny |
| 3 | Allan Ramsay 's engaging portrait of Sir Edward and Lady Turner ( lot 21 , unpublished est. £250,000–350,000 ) , fresh from exhibition at the National Portrait Galleries of Edinburgh and London and sent to auction by the sitters ' descendants , fetched the morning 's top price , as expected , when it sold for £500,000 , an auction record for his work , to an agent bidding at the back of the room on behalf of a private collector against keen competition from David Posnett of Leger , who was the purchaser of a conversation piece by Nathaniel Hone ( lot 26 , est. £40,000–60,000 ) for £36,000 . |
| 4 | A design for a tapestry by Rubens set a record when it sold for £748,000 . |
| 5 | ‘ Maria Callas No. 4 ’ ( Sotheby 's lot 47 , est. $200–250,000 ) , an explosive abstract composition painted by Julian Schnabel on a large sheet of dark red velvet in 1982 , shared an auction record for the artist 's work when it sold to New York property developer , Harry Macklowe and his wife Linda , for $290,000 ( £161,100 ) . |
| 6 | The higher-level activity itself can , of course , become automatised , and whereas in the case of skills such as riding a bicycle or tying shoelaces this is advantageous , when it happens to writing or reading the consequences are unfortunate . |
| 7 | We seem to resent this when it happens in English — when we leave the ‘ t ’ off the end of ‘ hot ’ , for example , and replace it with a ‘ glottal stop ’ ( try saying ‘ hot milk ’ three times quickly ) . |
| 8 | ‘ I had got to the front door when it exploded on top of me . |
| 9 | Even in that bitter weather the plant was beginning to blossom and , when it bloomed at Christmas , the abbot as was customary would send a cutting to the King . |
| 10 | The implication from the provision and s741 is if the Revenue have not actually charged the income when it arose in year 1 and it is paid out in year 3 , the only charge under s739 would be in year 3 when the monies are paid out . |
| 11 | Despite the many problems which still faced the proposal to introduce an EC-wide company charter , the Commission defused some of the more acrimonious disputes surrounding company taxation , when it agreed in April 1990 to drop plans for an EC-wide system of personal and corporation tax , in favour of a policy of co-ordinating the various existing systems . |
| 12 | She deserted her artist 's studio in Chelsea to work for her mother 's Women 's Social and Political Union when it transferred from Manchester to London in 1905 and became honorary secretary . |
| 13 | By ‘ indexical ’ I mean the function which is attributed to the linguistic sign by the language user when it occurs in context . |
| 14 | HAVOC : This tree wrecked three cars when it fell on London 's Victoria Embankment |
| 15 | Labour joy was multiplied when it fell to Keith Joseph , the Trade and Industry Secretary , to make the rescue statement . |
| 16 | When it fell to Dukes to introduce the second stage of the Bill empowering the referendum , he was forced to address himself specifically to the bishops ' arguments in their letter ( text , Irish Times , 15 May 1986 ) . |
| 17 | When it looked at Forte 's accounts earlier this year ( see ACCOUNTANCY , March , pp 11 and 22 ) , it accepted Forte 's non-depreciation of properties , but more recently it did not accept the same accounting treatment from SEP ( see this issue , p 13 ) . |
| 18 | Mr Major , about to return to Number 10 after his Portuguese holiday , was urged to take a firm grip over Cabinet trouble-makers , when it meets on Thursday for the first time since July . |
| 19 | Graham Kelly , the FA 's chief executive , hopes the idea will be adopted by the International Board when it meets in Rome next June . |
| 20 | ACTRESS Suzie Aitchison , daughter of June Whitfield , is to keep her part in the play An Evening With Gary Lineker , when it goes on tour in February with an otherwise entirely new cast . |
| 21 | And then it 'll be head down — trying to work out how she 'll combine motherhood with her new job as news announcer for Meridian TV when it goes on air in January . |
| 22 | The revamped car will cost £40,268 when it goes on sale next January . |
| 23 | This is how the new Thorp two seat trainer will really look when it goes on sale in the UK in a few weeks ' time . |
| 24 | In the last few weeks , McLaren has announced its new BMW powered supercar will cost £530,000 when it goes on sale at the end of 1993 . |
| 25 | And likes your light on when it goes to bed . |
| 26 | Guarded by a collective representation in which theft and violence reside in a dangerous class , morally elevated by its correctional quest , the state achieves the legitimacy of its pacific intention and the acceptance of legality — even when it goes to war and massively perpetuates activities it has allegedly banned from the world . |
| 27 | The knowledge which research provides is most useful when it goes beyond description of events to providing a basis for future action . |
| 28 | A MOUSE brought rush-hour chaos to Birmingham when it bit through wires in a traffic light control unit . |
| 29 | ‘ The NorthEast always did worse than the rest of the UK when it suffered from socialism and its legacy . |
| 30 | With Digital Equipment Corp closing its proprietary VAX manufacturing plant in Galway — see page three — Unix supplier Sun Microsystems Inc 's SunSoft satellite will this week bring a little good news to the Republic of Ireland , when it announces on Tuesday the establishment of a software development centre outside Dublin . |