Example sentences of "when it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government , when it spends this £1 billion , pays with cheques drawn on its account at the Bank of England . |
| 2 | It was almost under the mare 's hoofs when it saw fit to leap into the air and then dart away at speed . |
| 3 | The Government also ignored the Confederation 's plea to use its finances to support YT when it saw fit . |
| 4 | And if it was n't , My goodness it was a job when it come wet weather and it maybe be lying flat and it all had to be set up , and we had stooks for days . |
| 5 | It remains green throughout most winters , and can be cut very young , when it tastes delicious in salads . |
| 6 | But it can be said that enjoyment of pornography , at any level , only becomes deviant when it replaces normal sexual activity or when the latter becomes totally dependent upon pornography for initial excitation/maintenance of stimulus . |
| 7 | Many of the ordinary Panamanians who gave the general such a stinging defeat in May 's annulled elections were astonished that the US allowed the coup to collapse when it had 12,000 troops stationed around the canal . |
| 8 | This was an old carriage , but still well capable of performing the task set for it when it had first joined the rolling-stock in the year that Holly had been born . |
| 9 | Israel had been subjected to similar harsh international criticism when it had last deported a group of Palestinian activists , in May 1991 [ see p. 38213 ] . |
| 10 | Just as the Singing Detective caused outrage when it featured similar amorous action shot in a shady area , director Ken Russell makes his current coupling couple keep their clothes hanging on . |
| 11 | The first note was not paid when it fell due . |
| 12 | When it fell vacant , one bit of history conditioned the argument . |
| 13 | Through the right of his mother , Edward had himself claimed the French crown when it fell vacant in 1328 , but probably more in hope than expectation , for in the following year and again in 1331 he acknowledged Philip VI 's lordship of Gascony ; not until 1337 was his own interest in the French crown voiced again . |
| 14 | ‘ My son-in-law was offered the living of St Ermin 's when it fell vacant recently , ’ she said , ‘ but he felt there would be more scope here . ’ |
| 15 | In this same category , but with an even more urgent insistence , he placed the irreversibility of monastic commitment , even when it fell short of a formal vow . |
| 16 | Thank you so if I press play and record now twenty one thirty , twenty two thirty it 's half past ten thirty five to half past ten that 's alright so if I press play and record now it should come on at wha one and a half and ten one forty so it should come on when it says one forty . |
| 17 | ( a ) The welfare principle Under s1(1) of the Act the child 's welfare must be the court 's paramount consideration when it determines any question relating to a child 's upbringing . |
| 18 | Payton could have completed a hat-trick a minute later but shot wide when it looked easier to score . |
| 19 | When it meets real resistance the army will recoil and break . ’ |
| 20 | And when you look at L P G , while it 's in its canister , okay , it 's a liquid but when it meets normal atmospheric temperature and pressure it converts to a gas . |
| 21 | The VPC may make an announcement on the proposal when it meets next Thursday . |
| 22 | This thing of subtracting , we carry on doing it even when it goes negative . |
| 23 | It hardly seemed to augur well for the firm 's chances when it goes head-to head with the likes of Brown Boveri ASEA or GEC Alsthom . |
| 24 | It reintroduces God , who created life , and who has no problem repairing it when it goes wrong . |
| 25 | ‘ Yes ’ , says Spencer ‘ when it goes wrong , it goes wrong in a big way . ’ |
| 26 | When it goes wrong , they always seek to blame central Government . |
| 27 | That did n't help the Black Destroyer , certainly , but it died because I made a mistake , and my power is so strong that when it goes wrong , which is seldom but not never , even those things I have invested with great protective power become vulnerable . |
| 28 | It further reported that membership was over 100 and when it reached 150 , subscriptions would be increased . |
| 29 | You were late getting in your order for the film ( though you swear the office forgot to send it on ) so on the appointed day , when it is n't there , you have to cobble something else together — and then show the film , when it arrives four weeks later , in the middle of a block of work to which it does not relate . |
| 30 | ‘ Come on , Rachel , you 've been here long enough to know how they love anything like this , especially when it involves one of us or one of the management team . ’ |