Example sentences of "when [pron] [vb base] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I go down a steep or longish hill , braking on the engine , by the time I 've reached the bottom the engine seems to be suffering from fuel starvation and consequently refuses to go up the other side . |
| 2 | I still think of this when I rip up an old vest for a piece of silver-polishing rag . |
| 3 | Now that really does put you directly in the front-line when you 're answering the phone , so that call could be for anybody , when you take up a night-line call . |
| 4 | When you take out a Midland Car Loan you have the choice of repaying the money over any period from 6 months to 5 years ( in steps of 6 months ) . |
| 5 | To obtain evidence that you posted an item we strongly advise you to ask for a certificate of posting when you hand in a parcel at a post office counter . |
| 6 | It 's nice when you pick up a guitar , knowing it to be a company 's idea of what a first electric should be like , and finding that they 've got it just about right . |
| 7 | When you pick up a round stone now , walk to the dinosaur 's back and you 'll automatically go up and put a piece of roof on . |
| 8 | I mentioned earlier as an illustration , when you pick up a , a magazine , magazine or a newspaper or a local magazine or whatever , you are conscious of the hook . |
| 9 | When you fill in a tax return you will have to declare all sources of income and the Inland Revenue will ignore them or deduct tax as necessary . |
| 10 | ‘ When you put on a magic show for the people up there . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ When you fall off a horse , the first thing you do is climb back on . |
| 12 | And inevitably when you turn up a diary page you have between say one and twelve things already entered into the to do list . |
| 13 | You 'd have known so well that when you turn over a stone all kinds of creepy-crawlies come clambering out . |
| 14 | The same thing applies when you build up a story in words . |
| 15 | What we 're trying to do is to write cricket bats , so that when we throw up an idea and give it a little knock , it might … travel … |
| 16 | One question I did ask at the Fire and Public Protection Committees what happens when you do n't , when we bring in a unity authority status . |
| 17 | When we turn off a cold tap a loud banging comes from somewhere and then stops . |
| 18 | I do n't know whether this is necessary but Caroline erm , but when we take on a new type of business which is n't covered by our current procedures erm , say electronic data collection or something , which up until then has been done on paper , that we ought to have some simple statement in a procedure about how we are going to er , ma , ensure that we 've got a new set of procedures to deal with that new type of , new system . |
| 19 | Right from the beginning , we argued that the revolutionary process in El Salvador could only be carried out through a popular war in which the incorporation of the civil population is essential When we take over a village or settlement and the enemy forces are ousted … we begin the work of consciousness raising about the situation of the country together with the work of organizing the local population . |
| 20 | You go dumb when you er when they switch on a |
| 21 | ‘ People from the UK are astounded when they walk down a cookie aisle in the US , as it may be 60 feet long . |
| 22 | ‘ These little publishers always say that when they bring out a book everyone else rejected as uncommercial . |
| 23 | The shrewd parent now gets our free starter pack for their son or daughter when they take up a place at Manor Park . |
| 24 | But many borrowers choose an appealing discount deal as the sole criterion when they take out a loan . |
| 25 | I have seen people deteriorate quickly when they give up a routine , believing that this is the right thing to do . |
| 26 | You can usually spot such former lesions because , when they occur over a patterned area , that pattern will be broken . |