Example sentences of "that when [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not ever smile — but you could tell that when their empty eyes opened they were alive . |
| 2 | Like the Biblical Shunamite woman , whose faith in God was such that when her only son died she answered the prophet Elisha 's question ‘ Is all well with the child ? ’ with ‘ It is well ’ , so these women answer ‘ All is well ’ when humanly all is a disaster . |
| 3 | The housewife who knows that when her electric iron ceases to work she must replace the fuse ( let us say it is a cartridge fuse in a 13-amp plug ) is an empiricist . |
| 4 | You should also have noticed that when you solved equations : To remove a plus number you subtract and to remove a minus number you add . |
| 5 | Or you may find that when you first start on your weight control programme you lose the first 3–5 lb ( 1.4–2.3 kg ) fairly rapidly . |
| 6 | For if , as ordinary people , we are acutely aware that when it most matters the words we say are not thunderbolts from heaven but hostages to fortune , ways in which we reveal ourselves in our limitedness and imperfection . |
| 7 | The trouble is that when our present Government sees an opportunity to reduce its spending , logic , good sense , the public weal and even moral commitment seem to have no place in its thinking . |
| 8 | I know Shanti 's first mother will forgive me if I say that when our little girl first came , she was in a very disturbed state . |
| 9 | There was a tricky thing called the seminally defiled state , and you had to make sure that when your old lady left the house she was doing so for a specific purpose , but on the whole even Marwan was pretty laissez-faire about a girl and a boy talking about subjects of mutual interest . |
| 10 | I sincerely express the hope that when my hon. Friend visits Southend-on-Sea his train there and his train back will be on time . |
| 11 | Is she aware that when my hon. Friend the Member for Workington ( Mr. Campbell-Savours ) and I visited Moscow last week and questioned Russian officials about food aid , we found stacked away in a third-floor warehouse what we were told was the whole British contribution of beef to Moscow , which had been there for a month ? |