Example sentences of "but when [pron] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have all had these emotions but when they reach such a pitch that our suppression of them can not cope , we explode , turning against whoever or whatever is in our way in an attempt to destroy it . |
| 2 | Not only were the boys patient in explaining fishing techniques to their obviously ignorant librarian , but when they questioned each other 's accuracy , they presented an argument and facts to support it in a calm and friendly manner . |
| 3 | Shout , they 'd shout something but er well since we 've been living up here , my mother used to give , the man used to come for the order for the grocery , the baker used to come round , the milk used to come round , they all used to come round at she 'd ha she did n't have go out for heavy loads of stuff to bring in it was all delivered , but when they started some new technique of er of ordering by computer , it 's going to come back to square one again you know , they 'll be delivering stuff in the same jolly old way hey . |
| 4 | But when we had these things through for the chassis and the cleaning of the caravan , it was all optional . |
| 5 | I thought I 'd just take them down to the tip , but when we had half a bucket full I thought I 'd better phone the police |
| 6 | ‘ It has no name , ’ Sapan said , ‘ but when I told some other people I brought here that it had no name , they said to me that it was called Narnia . ’ |
| 7 | It sort of erm in Italian wine once or twice but when I ordered this I took the care to order up |
| 8 | Yes , but when I put some back , back packed . |
| 9 | and it was in quite a big space , I could off got in behind him and then changed if I 'd reversed in but when I saw this other chap sat in his car and then he indicated he wanted to pull out , so I let him go |
| 10 | I have heard of considerably larger numbers being taken by other people but when I hear such tales I am inclined to wonder how it is that so many can become so jammed together without suffocating in such a small hole . |
| 11 | But when I inserted another two SIMMS the system came up with 6Mb of RAM as expected . |
| 12 | but when I did this , I did this |
| 13 | But when I play that kind of match in Germany , it is great . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ But when I see those stones here , and ponder — as I was doing when I so nearly precipitated myself upon you — ’ he laughed , gently , at his own folly and again rapiered a look to Miss D'Arcy who , in control now , returned to him the dreamy interest of the truly hooked — ‘ it was Egypt I thought on . |
| 15 | At first sight the signatures of the two deceased seemed to be the same , but when I examined some of the fillings more closely I saw that they were quite new . |
| 16 | But when you hear some of the songs , you must think , ‘ That really worked ; yes I 'm glad that I had that bit of inspiration there ’ ? |
| 17 | ‘ But when you sell enough records you can say f— off , f— off ! |
| 18 | But when you delegate that task is there anything that you retain ? |
| 19 | I 've learnt a lot of things — how to bath a baby , feed a baby , it sounds dead simple but when you get that baby in your hands you 're shaking . |
| 20 | But when you reach this age you should be able to control it ! |
| 21 | But when you see that divide sign , it 's not always halving is is it ? |
| 22 | You could make them the same overall diameter , you could even get the tensions to be the same , but when you play those strings they 're going to feel completely different because a string with a thin core and a heavy wrap is going to move more freely than one with a heavy core and a thin wrap . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's one thing to hear Italian or Portuguese spoken in the street , ’ says Cummins , ‘ but when you give those languages status within the school system and pay for promoting them , that rankles . ’ |
| 24 | But I , does but when you say that now though , cos I , he slagged Kirsty off to me , he just said oh she 's just really pretentious and she 'll , she 'll talk to you and then as soon as someone cooler comes in the room she 'll turn round and she 'll completely ignore you and you 're left and she 'll do that like at a dinner party or something and you 're left standing there feeling a real id you know , you know that feeling do n't you when you 're talking to someone and suddenly they desert you and you 're all on your own in a room ? |
| 25 | But when you consider this in the context of its well-weighted precision and speed , it gives little cause for complaint . |
| 26 | Carrie waited , but when he moved all he did was to lift the tray out of the box . |
| 27 | But when he claimed another wicket the entire Notts team fled in all directions and left him — arms outspread — to celebrate embarrassingly alone in the middle of the pitch . |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , but when he gave those orders , he did n't know what we know — about something stopping you from going in . |
| 29 | No , but when she sent this you 'd think that maybe she would put in it |
| 30 | But when she saw these things written they seemed , and were , stale , deja-vu , derivative . |