Example sentences of "[verb] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | The grapevine always flashed advance notice of such events , though it was never hard to guess when a VIP visit was imminent because of the frenzied housekeeping activity at each plant which always preceded it . |
| 2 | The markets are smart enough to guess when a realignment is coming . |
| 3 | It is easy enough to guess when these parishes were enclosed . |
| 4 | David always notices when I 'm made-up or dressed in something new and I like to please him . ’ |
| 5 | The interpreter observes under what conditions symbolic expressions are accepted as valid and when validity claims connected with them are criticized and rejected ; he notices when the action plans of participants are coordinated through consensus formation and when the connections among the actions of different agents fall apart due to lack of consensus . |
| 6 | Sitting right by the engine , the passenger often notices when a highly-strung £20,000 power unit is about to disintegrate even before the driver does . |
| 7 | No one can predict when a busy period may occur in the ward . |
| 8 | Although some Treasury ministers have hinted that economic recovery is in sight , no one on the Government benches has dared predict when unemployment will cease its remorseless rise . |
| 9 | After the bizarre accuracy of 55 Days at Peking I was confident that I could predict when Brian and I would go home . |
| 10 | But one thing I 've learnt through life is do n't predict when a revolution will take place , or who will run it . |
| 11 | are good at noticing when someone in the group is feeling aggrieved or upset |
| 12 | She danced in a haze of misery , scarcely noticing when the music changed from vibrant rock-and-roll to ‘ the creep ’ and when the lights were lowered and he pulled her close she could n't be bothered to protest though she was revolted by the smell of beer on his breath ( where had he got it ? ) mingling with strong body odours . |
| 13 | Learning the meaning of symbols is part of the anthropologist 's practical semantics : discovering the meaning of words , noticing when their use is appropriate and when it is not . |
| 14 | Next moment she was blundering towards the voice , blindly , hardly noticing when she stumbled ; she came to the hollow where the wrecked car lay , and saw a pale patch on the ground beside it . |
| 15 | SAY WHEN WHEN ! |
| 16 | They say when you go on to the Stock Market you should be worried because you can lose your strength . |
| 17 | ‘ Say when , ’ Moran poured the water into the glass . |
| 18 | The French , despite an exceptionally tough policy , still have interest rates above the German level because they are unable to persuade the markets they mean what they say when they rule out a devaluation . |
| 19 | He turns to the writer again : ‘ Abraham Lincoln went on a three-day drunk , and you know what he say when he wake up ? ’ |
| 20 | What does a miner who has irreparable damage to his lungs and lives a miserable life say when he reads of huge awards of damages in libel actions ? |
| 21 | They say when are you going to stop it , and I say , when am I going to stop it , when am I — it was the second night they were in the bar together after their week of absence I remember . |
| 22 | Gedge told The Legend ! in an NME interview in April 1986 : ‘ When we play live I can sometimes come across as glib or arrogant and find that people take exception to what I say when all I 'm trying to do is talk to the audience . ’ |
| 23 | Why , Mummy , you know what you always say when I put on my red mack with the hood over my head ! |
| 24 | These tiny grooves , over time , redeposit accumulated bone minerals in concentric layers to release them in a fluid state into the bloodstream when needed in a hurry , say when a violent spurt of activity is needed . |
| 25 | ‘ Sometimes we have to watch what we say when we go home because we do so many interesting things now that it would seem like we were boasting . |
| 26 | Florentin Popescu 's poem , ‘ In Simple Words ’ , expressed the whole people 's love for the ‘ woman as scholar ’ whose ‘ name we say when we use simple words : water , sun and bread ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh blimey , whatever 'll the ole man say when 'e finds out ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ But what 's Mum goin' ter say when she sees what you 've done ? ’ |
| 29 | What did Dad say when he saw Daffy Duck pushing his face through the letter box ? |
| 30 | I say ‘ music ’ and not ‘ pop music ’ because ‘ pop music ’ is what you say when you want to suggest that songs with tunes and so forth are somehow inferior to the tortured crap that most rock bands put out . |