Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As yet we do not have details on exact numbers , but when I do get more information , I will be back in touch . |
| 2 | Not in the grocery , I suppose there would be , I mean erm as I say I was never thrilled with the clothing department and when I did get involved with the deals , er I 'm afraid I was a political animal and I would 've have been more interested in the political side . |
| 3 | When I did become pregnant , it was amidst much rejoicing — the heir of Abraham was to be born . |
| 4 | When someone did ring one of the numbers it was answered by a receptionist on behalf of ‘ Llewelyn and Lee ’ . |
| 5 | When you do reach this point , the fact that most model helicopters have different handling characteristics between right and left hand turns will make matters even worse . |
| 6 | And there is no need to prepare separate meals — just save yours until later when you do feel hungry . |
| 7 | What instructions do you give a class when you do set written work ? |
| 8 | What is likely to happen of course is that er in the year two thousand and ten when we do need these fast reactors , we 'll be buying in French or Japanese technology as we 've done in many other areas which is all rather sad really . |
| 9 | It is interesting to note that when they do discover some titbit amongst the bottom debris , they very rarely charge off with it as they normally do when picking up our hookbaits . |
| 10 | But er when they do play that ball to ball business erm |
| 11 | But they are supremely experienced in the process of discovery , and when they do play older repertory they always do it with a sense of looking freshly at the notes , taking nothing for granted . |
| 12 | We 'll have ha we will have been an irrel irrelevant to them for so long that when they do find another job or even a first job , then we will have a major task to convince them of the value of trade union membership . |
| 13 | When they do become ill the John Warin ward in Oxford is there for them at every stage . |
| 14 | Only a minority of women are in a position where they have control over substantial financial resources ; however , when they do have such control they give money to their children and grandchildren in the same way that men do . |
| 15 | When they did make extensive use of it for coinage , however , the high zinc and low iron content of the coins indicates that they must have used metallic zinc rather than cementation . |
| 16 | In the case of the sociological positivists , this reluctance applied even when they did become involved in the analysis of the operation of penal institutions — when the ‘ sociology of the prison blossomed in the 1950s and 1960s . |
| 17 | When they did employ this form it was , as at the Pantheon , a dome set upon circular walls which did not present great constructional problems ( 127 , 128 and 129 ) . |
| 18 | She was just someone vaguely in the background of his life to whom he was courtesy itself when they did encounter each other . |
| 19 | When they did get good they 'd be one of the biggest bands in the world , the Fish predicted . |
| 20 | — Hardware — Software — Procedures — How it all goes wrong — What to do when it does go wrong — How to prevent it going wrong — How to evaluate products |
| 21 | " Well , when it does go wrong , at least you know you can come running to me . " |
| 22 | When it did become available , it was possible to repeat some of the earlier investigations with the CED and OALD using the larger sample size that was recommended , and to include the LDOCE as a further choice of dictionary . |
| 23 | Soon , carving etiquette might well be as developed and intricate a ritual as chess and , when it did get that advanced it would probably be in Wimbledon but , for the moment , Henry was faced with the unattractive prospect of involuntary double murder . |
| 24 | When he does specify precise quantities or times he is often wrong . |
| 25 | When he does produce these propositions he does so through ironic positive politeness , more precisely through superficially observing the approbation maxim : Anderson 's irony here is much more successful than that which he uses when arguing with the captain in scene six ( where his ironic statements concerning human rights in Czechoslovakia actually prompt the captain to ask further awkward questions ( pp. 70 – 1 ) ) , because he exploits the potential ambiguity of the academic discourse appropriate to a lecture . |
| 26 | When he did do this , he satisfied the condition and the bequest became payable . |
| 27 | When he did feel able to write to Coenwulf he reminded him of his humble origins ( but avoided reference to his matrimonial difficulties ) and exhorted him to remember always the very best features of Offa 's reign , avoiding Offa 's displays of greed and cruelty . |
| 28 | And when he did try one of his celebrated long shots , 30 yards out with not long to go , the ball — perfectly , beautifully struck — missed the far top corner by millimetres . |