Example sentences of "when it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was almost under the mare 's hoofs when it saw fit to leap into the air and then dart away at speed . |
| 2 | The Government also ignored the Confederation 's plea to use its finances to support YT when it saw fit . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It remains green throughout most winters , and can be cut very young , when it tastes delicious in salads . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The first note was not paid when it fell due . |
| 8 | When it fell vacant , one bit of history conditioned the argument . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | When it meets real resistance the army will recoil and break . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | This thing of subtracting , we carry on doing it even when it goes negative . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It reintroduces God , who created life , and who has no problem repairing it when it goes wrong . |
| 17 | ‘ Yes ’ , says Spencer ‘ when it goes wrong , it goes wrong in a big way . ’ |
| 18 | When it goes wrong , they always seek to blame central Government . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Do something if and when it feels right . |
| 21 | Your budgie may not be far away and will perhaps come back when it feels hungry . ’ |
| 22 | It is also , more generally , the essence of what the Barclay Report ( 1982 ) was seeking when it characterized social care planning as one of the core roles in which community social workers should be engaged . |
| 23 | Stress becomes harmful only when it exceeds our ability to cope with the situation , or when it continues unrelieved over a prolonged period . |
| 24 | You demonstrate to me your awareness of the fact that water is boiling hot by pouring it over tea-leaves , your sensuous awareness of the heat of the bathwater by preferring to linger long after you are clean but get out when it turns cold . |
| 25 | If the winter is warm in Mexico they live as free individuals as in the summer , but when it turns cold they aggregate in dense groups , and remain still , in order to conserve energy . |
| 26 | The Russians for their part promised to recognize the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary when it seemed appropriate and Austria agreed not to oppose the union of Bulgaria and eastern Roumelia , if circumstances brought it about . |
| 27 | When it seemed impossible to sink any lower , the team rose to the challenge and sputtered their way through a pitiful draw with Iran , in which an own goal saved them from defeat . |
| 28 | ‘ What an excellent product … its first use has prevented the bank foreclosing on a client when it seemed certain that they would wind them up ’ ( HBB Group of Chartered Accountants ) |
| 29 | The operation was running smoothly as the yacht rounded the North Foreland when it seemed certain that a landing would be made somewhere in the Thames Estuary . |
| 30 | She had wondered about it briefly when it seemed certain that her mother and Michele 's father had known each other in the past . |