Example sentences of "when it [verb] the [noun sg] " 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 threatens the conduct of science and the spirit of democracy it should be curbed . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | The latest sell-offs are in line the promises made by TI when it took the group over last year . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Local legend states that when it hears the church clock strike twelve it goes down to the River Avon to drink . |
| 12 | When it reached the door the metal exploded into a shower of hot droplets . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | A crack the size of the Grand Canyon streaked up the drive , stopping only when it reached the garage doors . |
| 18 | As a matter of fact I heard it stop when it reached the house . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Herpes simplex infection , when it involves the cervix , can cause a profuse discharge . |
| 22 | 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 |
| 23 | When it strikes the surface it may either rebound , thus repeating its motion , or it may start saltation in another sand grain by impact . |
| 24 | Each stone is a nucleus which , when it strikes the surface , generates expanding circles ( similar to spherulites in two dimensions ) . |
| 25 | How fast was car A going when it ran the stop sign ? |
| 26 | We will use recycled paper for our high quality literature when it achieves the cost and performance levels of ‘ virgin ’ materials . |
| 27 | Richard Montague-Smith , who was 15 , took his brother 's Escort car without consent and died when it left the road at more than 70 miles an hour on the Birdlip bypass near Gloucester earlier this year . |
| 28 | The impalpable principle of life and thought , pure as when it left the creator to inspire the creature . |
| 29 | It is worse when it uses the Walk as an occasion for provocation , as in Northern Ireland where detours through Catholic areas have been planned . |
| 30 | Another course open to the High Court when it quashes the decision of a governmental body is to remit the matter to the agency with a direction to reconsider it in accordance with the findings of the High Court . |