Example sentences of "when [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tip : Always dry lettuce carefully when using it as a filling to prevent sandwiches going soggy . |
| 2 | Too often the role is left to a houseproud male or to the women who dig their own grave when entrapping themselves into a traditional duty , by doing it themselves out of resignation . |
| 3 | Do n't expect too many favours around the 26th or 28th , particularly when handling anything of a legal or business nature . |
| 4 | More the kind of face-lift marketing men give an old product when launching it with a new package , less a shift of political culture and strategy rooted in the configurations of modern social change . |
| 5 | He 'd been slashing car tyres when approached him with a hammer . |
| 6 | Member states are not always as Community minded when implementing directives into their respective legal systems as they are when adopting them within the Council . |
| 7 | It may help to twist drain rods when pushing them down the drain . |
| 8 | I have you and all at your magazine to thank for your support , but listening to the troubles of fishkeepers on the telephone and when meeting them over the last twelve months I am left in no doubt that there is a vast array of undetectable contaminants in our tapwater , apart from just chlorine , which consistently depress fish condition and render them less able to resist stress and infection . |
| 9 | As in all societies , ritual is particularly important when meeting someone for the first time . |
| 10 | What is clear from these comparisons is that ‘ occupational status is not the only factor which individuals consider when assigning themselves to a given ‘ social class ’ . |
| 11 | Dealing generally with the question of art teaching , when addressing himself to the abortive attempt to found a Fine Art course at Oxford in 1922 , he postulated that art schools should , above all else avoid , ‘ The temptation to consider the number of students as a test of success , what I may call a kind of moral and social capitation grant . |
| 12 | Patients will often be your greatest ally when testing yourself for the first time . |
| 13 | The rule against prior restraint is secure in libel cases " because of the value the court has placed on freedom of speech and freedom of the press when balancing it against the reputation of a single individual who , if wronged , can be compensated in damages " . |
| 14 | One feature of the mushroom polyps which should be born in mind when positioning them in the aquarium is the strength of the sting that their short tentacles produce . |
| 15 | above ) when removing them from the vicinity of a police van into which the arrested persons were being placed . |
| 16 | This necessity for innate leadership qualities may affect these managers judgement when choosing someone for a supervisory job . |
| 17 | She started off as a journalist , and when reading her on the nauseating cult of Elizabeth David , you know you are in the hands of a mistress of rhetoric . |
| 18 | When reading it on the spot , along with Memoirs of the Duc de Saint Simon , the visitor becomes entirely absorbed in the bizarre life of Louis XIV , a monarch who spent all his time in public , and yet allowed no man — except his brother — to sit down directly in front of him . |
| 19 | Here the dog will have the benefit of family companionship , but it is best to advise the person concerned not to let your pet off the leash when taking it for a walk outside . |
| 20 | At present , Akeakamai can understand sentences of up to five words , and can understand commands even when hearing them for the first time . |
| 21 | Accordingly , Angel One had drawn on his ninjutsu training when preparing himself for the arena , with the purpose of springing a nasty surprise on his twin enemies — the Executioner and the Controller — should the opportunity present itself before he was himself killed . |
| 22 | It was the one shared walk of the Rambles and I had forgotten the golden rule when introducing someone to the hills , never to stretch them beyond their ability . |
| 23 | When visiting us in the early stages of Christian Aid she listened with obvious incredulity to our talk about the hours we would spend in Church on the books . |
| 24 | Once or twice , when gesturing him into the dining-room for supper , he 'd laid a hand on his shoulder . |
| 25 | She became assertive-in-spite-of-herself , and marching rapidly from one end of the kitchen to the other , which she always did when entrusting him with a home truth , said , ‘ It 's not , Henry . |