Example sentences of "when they [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Appeals to Rome were apt to receive from Edward II the same vigorous attention as from his father when they touched on royal interests . |
| 2 | True , bolder challenges to orthodoxy , especially when they touched upon the role played by the party , provoked fierce resistance . |
| 3 | They are most malicious when they prey on liars , murderers and thieves , for they hate to see injustice . |
| 4 | Do they buy , sort of , when they buying like Christmas presents do they lash out on them too ? |
| 5 | When they rushed to his hospital dragging hampers , he was practically levitating with relief . |
| 6 | Fairies often bestow them as gifts upon favoured mortals for , when they mate with mortal stock , the offspring will enjoy superior stamina and strength . |
| 7 | Not only did they enjoy , indeed relish , healthy sexual appetites , they made it obvious that they would satisfy them where and when they felt like it , on their Own terms . |
| 8 | Before starting out , Yanto suggested taking the A38 towards Bristol and then turning off to the right towards the river when they felt like it . |
| 9 | Some grow much better in damp places where the fish could nibble at them when they felt like it or if they needed to — in a similar way to a dog eating grass — and for much the same reason . |
| 10 | There were 15 of us , several guitarists , a dancer , a bloke on audio-generator and numerous other people who did bits when they felt like it . |
| 11 | Here was this summer evening , their forms seemed to say , to be enjoyed by all , going on for a long time yet , with more ahead , and the fair when they felt like it , and the fireworks . |
| 12 | The Presidents of Yugoslavia 's six constituent republics took over from the federal presidency the principal role in negotiating Yugoslavia 's future when they began on March 28 a series of weekly summit meetings . |
| 13 | Perhaps for this reason Judaism and Islam , particularly when they refer to the creative power of the god whom they follow , suggest that their deity is in fact the only god who exists and not simply the only god who is to be worshipped : |
| 14 | Certainly , this is not the sort of behaviour that modern judges have in mind when they refer to young thugs as behaving ‘ like animals ’ . |
| 15 | Hillman and Whalley indeed make this point when they refer to central area pedestrian precincts as |
| 16 | When they refer to other people , whether they are good or bad people is generally discussed in terms of their spirituality . |
| 17 | It is this range of performances rather than any coherent body of theology which most social anthropologists have in mind when they refer to the magico-religious system . |
| 18 | Conservatives have long held the view that there is too much emphasis on individual rights and not enough on duties , especially when they rail against the self-interested , Westernized attitudes of modern Japanese youth . |
| 19 | Many people spend an awful lot of time editing AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS to re-configure memory managers and so forth when they switch between applications . |
| 20 | Celtic are next to test the growing confidence at Dens Park when they visit for a rearranged fixture tomorrow . |
| 21 | ‘ The commission has consulted a lot of people but only listened to what they said when they agreed with the commission , ’ one source said . |
| 22 | Bush visited Japan on Jan. 7-10 and held several sessions of talks with the beleaguered Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa , when they agreed on a vaguely worded Tokyo Declaration which expressed the commitment of the two countries to work together in support of a new world order . |
| 23 | It will be appreciated that it is necessary to make payment for meals to the person who delivers when they ask for payment . |
| 24 | I would really like to celebrate the Communion service with the people in my parish when they ask for it . |
| 25 | And remember , when they ask about Billie , say she was edgy , always nervous . |
| 26 | In Coldunell Ltd. v. Gallon the creditors had acted responsibly in that they had taken steps to ensure that the elderly parents received independent legal advice and , as appears from the closing sentence of the extract of Oliver L.J . 's judgment just cited , they were entitled when they received in return documents apparently executed in the presence of such a solicitor to accept those documents and act upon them . |
| 27 | His parents were indignant when they discovered about it and he gave it up through respect for their views . |
| 28 | Somebody else can fiddle around with the figures when they tender for it , but you 're trying to get a true cost of doing the work . |
| 29 | So when , when they sold off the buildings , they made us no inclination that the was gon na farm it , he was in another job ? |
| 30 | And when they stay in hotels they use call boxes in the foyer — to call mummy presumably — rather than the more expensive phones in their rooms . |