Example sentences of "when they [vb base] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Celtic are next to test the growing confidence at Dens Park when they visit for a rearranged fixture tomorrow . |
| 2 | The highest court in Britain is the House of Lords , but when they sit as a court the Lords consist only of a panel of members who have long judicial experience and who have been appointed as Law Lords . |
| 3 | At every warehouse , computers monitor stock levels and re-order from the factory when they fall below a minimum . |
| 4 | Every task has a clear end in view — when they listen to a conversation on the cassette , they know why they are listening and what they need to find out . |
| 5 | It must therefore help learners when they listen to a foreign language if they can see as well as hear what is going on . |
| 6 | And she said , sometimes I can agree with you she said , but some of them when they come into a library , you feel helped |
| 7 | Listeners can help by asking the stammerer whether they 'd like gaps in sentences filled when they come across a particularly difficult word . |
| 8 | Members will take them into account when they come to a decision . |
| 9 | Especially when they come from a long way , away . |
| 10 | It really does come down to , I do n't know , I mean , every year we play it very honestly and very straight , and we push him in a position where next year , if there is a next year , I think the last time that we played it straight we got clobbered , so let's pay a little bit less , and keep a bit back for when they come round a second time round . |
| 11 | The first point in my manifesto for those with small gardens is is that when they go on a spree to a garden centre , they should quickly nip any delusions of grandeur in the bud . |
| 12 | When they go to a match they are as a matter of course spat upon and jostled , threatened and assaulted ’ — The Times . |
| 13 | What when they go to a race meeting ? |
| 14 | of cases , rape is by someone known to the victim , so women are not at risk from every man they happen to encounter when they go for a walk on a dark night . |
| 15 | Or turn to a well what do you call it when they turn to a liquid . |
| 16 | ‘ For some reason people think they 're invincible when they climb into a car . |
| 17 | People who live alone , especially when they suffer from a serious disability , are particularly at risk of becoming isolated and friendless , and people with long-term mental disorder are often desperately lonely and socially isolated . |
| 18 | They say girls go off horses when they get to a certain age . ’ |
| 19 | And I d I do n't think a lot of people actually know the rules when they get into a roundabout and . |
| 20 | Yet climbers appear willing to put an inordinate amount of faith in a long line of brass nuts and then show surprise when they pull like a hot knife through butter . |
| 21 | The Barbarians are to break new ground when they embark on a three-match tour of Russia at the end of May — playing in St. Petersburg , Krasnoyarsk and Moscow . |
| 22 | I understand ; I mean , you want to know that someone is n't just making the whole thing up when they talk about a man being that special to them . |
| 23 | A method for identifying and assessing the tasks which humans perform when they interact with a system . |
| 24 | According to Doyle : ‘ no one is forced to have a lawyer or manager when they meet with a publishing company , but deals would never be negotiated unless artists were legally represented . |
| 25 | Should we not be suspicious of postmodern critiques of the ‘ subject ’ when they surface at a historical moment when many subjugated people feel themselves coming to voice for the first time … . |
| 26 | It should be possible to take breaches of agreements before the International Court of Justice or , when they amount to a threat to peace , before the Security Council . |
| 27 | Many disabled people believe that encouraging a disability culture can only reinforce negative images of ‘ disability ’ — that is , they have not questioned the tragedy view of disability and when they think of a disability culture they assume that this must mean art forms which only present the negative side of disabled living . |
| 28 | He could be granted a free transfer by FIFA when they adjudicate within a fortnight . |
| 29 | Even when they sleep in a separate room . |
| 30 | Former Chief Secretaries have been known to make spirited claims for additional resources when they move to a departmental job . |