Example sentences of "when it [verb] the [noun] " 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 On she walked , quarter of a mile , half a mile , watching the sun begin to set and knowing that when it touched the horizon she might see the horse coming and Ferdinando waving and maybe , if he was not slumped asleep in the saddle in front of his father , maybe another small hand too .
3 The stone they used to build Aberdeen may be built for endurance rather than seduction , but when it catches the sun it offers a lively spirit as well as a safe haven .
4 A BRITISH seaside resort 's Rotary club found itself way out of its depth when it extended the hand of friendship to a visiting Russian delegation .
5 Surrey , for example , was described as ‘ not sufficiently generous ’ when it raised the income scale to allow for the rise in wages to match the cost of living .
6 But it did not , at any rate for the peasantry , which on the whole refused to turn itself into a flourishing class of commercial farmers even when it had the chance to do so .
7 when it said the bottles had stuck to the blood on the carpet ?
8 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 .
9 It will be when it suits the MOI , Charity 's lot . ’
10 When it threatens the conduct of science and the spirit of democracy it should be curbed .
11 ‘ The only result is that a large heron discovered that when it activated the floodlight it enabled him/her to decimate my expensive collection of koi carp , brazenly standing in the middle of the pool at 10.30pm . ’
12 The working was booked to stop at Colwyn Bay , Llandudno Junction and Llandudno , and worked from block to block until Muspratt 's Sidings when it took the Down Fast line and having got clear signals , proceeded to try to make up time .
13 The latest sell-offs are in line the promises made by TI when it took the group over last year .
14 The Fohn is the name given to the south wind from the Mediterranean which , when it meets the Alps , precipitates much moisture on the southern aspects and brings dry warmth to areas immediately to the north of the Alps .
15 When it aids the excitation field , the entry into saturation occurs slightly earlier and the departure from saturation occurs slightly later than would be the case .
16 Local legend states that when it hears the church clock strike twelve it goes down to the River Avon to drink .
17 Worth trying if you like nasturtiums but find the vigorous foliage a frustration when it hides the flowers .
18 LIFESPAN will always fill in the other field with the correct information later when it retrieves the details for that item .
19 When it reached the door the metal exploded into a shower of hot droplets .
20 The series originated from various communities and when it reached the west coast I had to provide the script for a new show every seven days for ten weeks .
21 Indeed his sanguine response to his discovery lent colour to the story when it reached the evening news , and assured it of greater coverage than it might otherwise have merited , that focus in turn bringing a penetrating eye to bear on the identity of the dead man .
22 The fear got worse and when it reached the stage where five brandies were required to get me on stage , I had to stop and take stock of myself I had no desire to inflict an alcoholic parent on MY children .
23 When it reached the stage in the title year when it looked as though the scum might beat us to it , if they had have done , it would have been largely due to the difference between Whyte/Fairclough and Pallister/Bruce .
24 A crack the size of the Grand Canyon streaked up the drive , stopping only when it reached the garage doors .
25 As a matter of fact I heard it stop when it reached the house . ’
26 Fine china maker Wedgwood is to shed 160 jobs when it shuts the Johnson Brothers ' Hanley Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent .
27 After that , things moved with reasonable speed — that is , as speedily as anything can move , when it involves the law , or finance , or the transfer of property — and in due course the money was paid into Ernest 's bank account , and he acquired a new lease on the Silmour Street premises .
28 Because of the nature of scientific work , much of the earlier " practical " work has to be carefully structured and supervised , especially when it involves the possibility of dangerous accident .
29 Herpes simplex infection , when it involves the cervix , can cause a profuse discharge .
30 and I 've never used one of these jet wash things so it 's gone when it end the cycle will go and it will indicate right , so I 'm
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