Example sentences of "when they [verb] for the " in BNC.

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1 The Wallabies knew there was high interest in Australia when they prepared for the semi-final and final matches .
2 Under the new arrangements there would be an ‘ intermediaries offer ’ to increase the distribution of new shares by giving private clients priority when they applied for the 25 per cent of the issue that is not distributed by the sponsor in a placing .
3 In addition , since the CAB did not succeed when they pressed for the extension of legal aid to cover representation at industrial tribunals , there simply is no other organisation able to take on this work .
4 Alternatively , he could always have chatted up one of the drivers of Middleton & Co. 's waggon , asking if there was a bit of spare room for an extra body when they left for the King 's Arms in Holborn on a Sunday evening or a Monday morning .
5 The Letter of 1027 reports that he visited Rome to pray for the redemption of his sins and the security of his subjects , and tells how he had negotiated with the pope a reduction in the sums paid by English archbishops when they went for the pallium .
6 Do n't give this copy away to Oxfam or when they collect for the hospital .
7 Jones and another top Brit Ieuan Ellis have been flown in … the rest of the field has to be recruited … the New York marathon started with only 20 … but when they gather for the pasta party on the eve of the race … 150 have been signed up … 18 nations will be running
8 ‘ I do n't think they , or the likes of Norman Mailer and Budd Schulberg ever felt that they were slumming when they wrote for the sports pages , ’ says McIlvanney .
9 How many times have you been walking with someone who does that all the time , regardless of climatic considerations , and wanted to deliver a rabbit punch to the back of their neck when they stop for the tenth time that day and begin the ponderous unclipping of their rucksack ?
10 Nigel , 34 , and his girl-friend Brix Smith both created a stir when they arrived for the ceremony .
11 He and a friend had been on a cycling tour of the Himalayas , when they paid for the papers from a local travel agent .
12 There had been a highly amusing interlude , when they called for the photographs .
13 The white-fronted geese , when they arrive for the winter , spend nearly all the hours of daylight grazing on the banks of the River Severn .
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