Example sentences of "when [vb pp] at the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He was the sort of person who might , after much hard study , have finally learnt two phrases from the language of flowers : the gladiolus , which when placed at the centre of a bouquet indicates by the number of its blooms the hour for which the rendezvous is set ; and the petunia , which announces that a letter has been intercepted . |
| 2 | The reading undertaken while under stress — while waiting for the dentist , for example , or while sitting in a plane during turbulence , or when fatigued at the end of the day — is usually of this order . |
| 3 | When seen at the age of six , he had poor muscle control and could not fasten up his buttons or tie his shoe-laces . |
| 4 | The decision came soon after Bentley 's Project 90 , a styling exercise designed to test customer reaction , proved ‘ quite a remarkable success ’ when displayed at the 1985 Geneva show . |
| 5 | THE couple who left their daughters , aged just nine and four , Home Alone while they jetted off on holiday were booed and jeered when arrested at the end of their trip . |
| 6 | When stuck at the roadside you ring the free phone and a mechanic will be sent out to try to get you going again . |
| 7 | It was Vietnam again ; when asked at the hearings what the difference was between the two battlegrounds , he replied ‘ Ten thousand miles ’ . |
| 8 | A good luncheon or supper dish — and very decorative looking when cut at the table , into the cross-slices of which Elizabeth Raffald notes that " the skin makes them look ribbed " . |
| 9 | More specifically , the user should press TAB to move to the next field when input at the current field is complete . |
| 10 | More specifically , the user should press TAB to move to the next field when input at the current field is complete . |
| 11 | Short hair stands out when gelled at the roots . |
| 12 | In contrast , α t.GDP had no effect on inositol phosphate formation by lysates of PLC- β2- transfected cells when tested at the same concentrations in the absence of βγ t ( results not shown ) . |
| 13 | When tested at the end of the first year they were found to have developed on average at about half the rate that is usual , though there were indications that at birth they had been potentially normal . |
| 14 | When questioned at the time , and for some time afterwards , as to what the novel was ‘ about ’ , I would reply vaguely that it referred to a period in my life in the 1960s , when I was married to a successful pop star and spent much of my time travelling up and down motorways , lulled with anti-depressants and sitting , an immobile non-person , in the back of a sealed , silent and chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce . |
| 15 | Double Benefits of £80 each for husband and wife when hospitalised at the same time for any reason , whilst both insured under the same policy . |
| 16 | These auxiliaries may be used when required at the discretion of the individual cataloguer ( unlike DC where specific instructions are given for most applications of the Tables or the ‘ add to ’ device ) . |