Example sentences of "but when [pron] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when they met John was besotted with somebody else , and when that finished they were already close friends . |
| 2 | But when they spotted police along Haughton Road they sped off along Hundens Lane and raced through Brunel Way , a residential estate for pensioners . |
| 3 | It very seldom goes to court , but when they tell lies that are damaging , I sue them as a matter of principle , and always give every penny to charity . |
| 4 | Since it was very hot they just put on a loincloth , but when they had visitors they might throw on a leopard skin to look more venerable . |
| 5 | ‘ But when they ask questions , let me answer , sir . |
| 6 | When they wrestled together he was the stronger ; he sent his arrows further and more accurately ; but when they ran races barefooted across the rabbit-bitten turf it was she with her long skinny legs and flying hair who left him far behind . |
| 7 | But when they saw Paul Holloway walking towards them in a Bournemouth park they began shouting that he looked like Boris Becker and began jostling him . |
| 8 | But when they try goat meat they like it . |
| 9 | Neutrons , being electrically neutral , do not leave a direct trail , but when they hit protons in the hydrogen-filled chamber the protons recoil , and it is their trails that reveal the impact of the neutrons . |
| 10 | Right Next Door , Not The Hurting Kind and Looking Out The Window all show the band at their best but when they move up-tempo , the problems start . |
| 11 | It was returned to the company but when they needed Mrs Dibble 's carriage as well , she turned to Lena for help . |
| 12 | She told him she would get a friend in the trade to look after the repairs , but when nothing happened Michael got the job done on his own comprehensive insurance policy with AGF . |
| 13 | The Minister has also criticised our lack of proposals for individual units , but when we table questions to get information on which to base proposals , which perhaps we will be implementing in six months ' time , we can not get proper answers from the Government . |
| 14 | Most of the time I was able to keep control of my emotions , but when we had sex the control loosened and the anger started to come through . |
| 15 | ‘ But when we reached St Christoph the clouds were retreating up the mountainsides . |
| 16 | We came to the Tower as Ralph 's guests for Yuletide , supping as usual at the Golden Mitre in Petty Wales , but when we met Sir Ralph that particular time , he looked as if he had seen a ghost . |
| 17 | But when we ask children to write , we often ask them to work in an atmosphere where all sorts of noises compete for attention . |
| 18 | She says the setting is lovely , but when we saw hime at the Albert Hall he was superb — he 's not as good this evening . |
| 19 | The only trouble with storylines like that is that life is for more complicated er we may want to see justice be done , we may want to see virtue being rewarded , we may want to see er all of those things happen , but when we make mistakes when we make mistakes , when we are not virtuous , we actually end up not being too keen , but justice should be applied straight away . |
| 20 | Up till this time Wendy and I had endured the discomforts of Althorp Street with cheerful good humour ; but when we discovered layers of stale milk on the saucepans , we felt we had had enough . |
| 21 | This is acceptable when only the family are around , but when we have guests , embarrassing situations can arise . |
| 22 | But er the these production investment activities are associated really with production engineering , er very closely aligned with development and erm unless you can do those between now and the end of nineteen ninety five , when we start the P I phase in nineteen ninety six before you can really make any progress you would then have to do a further year and a half of production engineering so in the new quotations Eurofighter are making a case for what they term a development assurance phase , some advance production engineering work starting later this year and going on until the end of ninety five but when we start P I in ninety six , we can start with a bang and make fast progress . |
| 23 | But when we generate profits abroad , and want to pay some dividends to our shareholders , we are told : sorry , you 'll have to offset those against your UK profits only ; which we ca n't do . |
| 24 | Today there are other causes for a decline but when it happens unemployment spreads in the same way , from one industry to another . |
| 25 | But when it comes time to play live the old equipment is ridiculous . |
| 26 | It took a moment for the truth to sink in , but when it did Herr Nordern jumped . |
| 27 | but when I made enquiries about taking up the loan , I was told that I was not eligible for the funds because I was an existing borrower . |
| 28 | But when I pressed O it turned out W but you know as we 're typing and all of a sudden you 've pressed O , and then I say I press W I got W up but no O. |
| 29 | I was OK when I woke up , but when I remember Marie 's gone I start feeling sad . |
| 30 | ‘ But when I married Lady Beatrice , she took my name and I took her house . |