Example sentences of "when it get [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While these looked good in the marina , we found that these were n't big enough to maintain a firm grip while at relatively acute angles of heel , particularly when it got bumpy . |
| 2 | He had few clothes — a ‘ good suit ’ of dark-blue lightweight dacron that was the badge of every American in those days , a couple of shirts , a long , shapeless tweed overcoat of German origin he wore when it got colder . |
| 3 | He 'd play a couple of quiet rounds and then when it got hectic and everyone else wanted to be playing , he 'd stay away from the course and just hit a few balls in practice . |
| 4 | They did it last spring when it was warm , when it got warm too early |
| 5 | But when it got dark , I had to go to bed because I had no light . |
| 6 | When it got dark I drove over and parked around the corner . |
| 7 | The ceilidh was held in the stable yard of the castle but as there was no lighting , festivities had to cease when it got dark ; great to live by nature 's principles like this , but a shame to stop when it was going so well ! |
| 8 | I said oh just when it got dark really I said we 're having it down the house , I said erm drank more port I said every time we went to the loo they filled up my glass |
| 9 | I do n't know , it looks as if it 's got some grit in it for when it gets icy I suppose you have to put he grit down there . |
| 10 | We watch the train shuffle and rattle across the tracks where we collect blackberries and know , soon , when it gets dark , we will have to come down to collect our shoes . |
| 11 | They also identify the concept of patterning care to take advantage of a person 's routine to send in a helper ‘ when it gets dark ’ to prepare a light meal before bed . |
| 12 | If you 're well enough , we 'll ride when it gets dark . ’ |
| 13 | when it gets dark |
| 14 | And so we 've got to desire to have our broken relationship with God restored , you see we need to receive what God offers in Christ , the fact that Christ died for our sins does not mean a thing to us until we say yes I accept it for me , I believe you died for me , I receive it , I 'm linked into it , you see your house can be , let me give you a very simple illustration , your house is linked up with er Eastern Electricity and there is so many er I du n no what , what the what it is , but there is the power there , the there are , there are kilo watts of power on tap in your home , but in the winter you 're cold , when it gets dark outside , it 's dark inside the cooker , the electric cooker does n't work , the fridge is not operating the food is going rotten , you ca n't watch a programme on television , why , because you have n't plugged into the source of the power , it 's as simple as that , you ca n't blame the Electricity Board , it 's not Eastern Electricity 's fault it 's your fault because all the plugs are out of the sockets and it does n't matter what the Electricity Board does short of blowing up your house , they can do nothing for you and it does n't matter what God has done in Christ until we as it were to also plug in , it does n't mean a thing to us , but the moment we link in , that 's the change , the lights come on , there 's , there 's heat there , the stove works , the , the radio , the television , the record player , they 're all operating , the freezer 's working , the situation has changed , we needs to receive what God offers us in Christ |
| 15 | Er , ah , it 'll blow warm in a bit , when it gets warm , if you want it off just knock that up to there . |
| 16 | G agrees the water looks good and says it 's a Class Two river , ’ except when it rains , when it gets all the run-off and also lots of foul water from the foul sewer overflow . |
| 17 | When it gets hot in the city , go for this season 's favourite — the divided dress . |
| 18 | Most pumps have a filter to clean the incoming air , and this needs cleaning or replacing when it gets dirty . |
| 19 | The Asian elephant is basically a jungle-living animal , lying up in shade during the day and feeding mostly when it gets cool . |
| 20 | And when it , when it gets mild , it just pours straight off ! |
| 21 | Individual fibres change their thickness but not their length with moisture changes , and it is the helical geometry of ropes and textile yarns which causes rope and cloth to get shorter when it gets wet . |
| 22 | The judges were impressed by the way the company , based in Newtonmore and which employs 14 people , has increased turnover in the past year from £40,000 to £400,000 and is tackling the European market — even before its Smart Rope , which warns climbers by changing colour when it gets over-stressed and on which world patents are pending — goes into full production later this year . |
| 23 | He was late yesterday , got a brand new vehicle and , yet I mean if , if was getting here at one and yesterday he got to ours at half past eleven , so erm , it was half past eleven that 's right , it was dead on , so erm , erm whatever 's he going to be like when it gets near to Christmas ? |
| 24 | In early winter , when the first snows come , he wears socks in the boots , but when it gets cold he takes them off and replaces them with grass . |
| 25 | It has been tough during the last two Tests , and when it gets tough you want to have your best blokes there . ’ |
| 26 | The upshot of this is that , while melting of the rocks of the oceanic plate by itself might produce rocks similar to those of the oceanic volcanoes , when it gets melted at the Benioff zone , a great deal of other material is added , from the mantle ( peridotitic ) and from the continental crust ( granitic ) . |
| 27 | A windproof layer can be used over the base layer in warm conditions , and when it gets chillier , over your fleece . |
| 28 | He says , Now , when it gets slack , tighten the bandage up , you see ? |