Example sentences of "[subord] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | With affectionate humour he described her and his favourite aunt ( called by her clergyman father in remembrance of the line in Acts where when ‘ Peter knocked at the door of the gate , a damsel came to hearken , named Rhoda ’ ) as being like ‘ a couple of Bengal matches — you know , those fizzy things with a pink light ’ . |
| 2 | Some do , er the rise and fall type of fitting over a dining table where when you 're er , er having dinner you 'd have erm it down to about what not more than twelve inches above the table er so that it lit the table but did n't shine in your eyes , erm some people leave it like that all the time , other people having had a meal lift er it up , erm I think the main thing about the , er adjustable fly and fall is that erm , it 's there for , as you want it , if you 're trying to find a meal you 've lost on the floor well then you pull it down to floor level really . |
| 3 | His hands were manacled behind his back except when he ate or slept . |
| 4 | Usually one side of the river will present all uphill into-wind slopes , while the other side can be dismissed as being unsuitable except when landing parallel to the river . |
| 5 | The unclothed , except when swimming , stayed in the background , secluded in the lee of a dune . |
| 6 | A DoH press release states that ‘ access to records will be free except when they have not been added to in the previous 40 days . |
| 7 | ‘ He quite enjoys singing along to records at parties , except when one of mine is played ! |
| 8 | He had one redeeming feature — his very good nature , except when he was in the boxing ring or after a few whiskies , when everyone gave him a wide berth . |
| 9 | You might think the only safe course is straightforward , sound , economic government and you might wonder therefore why so rarely in recent years Governments have practised it , except when they have been hit over the head by external forces and events that they could n't resist . |
| 10 | What such an identification involved becomes apparent in Prisoner in a passage which renders the crucial difference not one of colour , yet by the same criterion reinstates the distinction between blacks and whites : ‘ What separates us from the Blacks today is not so much the colour of our skin or the type of our hair as the phantom-ridden psyche we never see except when a Black lets fall some joking and to us cryptic phrase . |
| 11 | In practice , this has very seldom happened except when a local business has accepted a very dependent relationship with an outside investor . |
| 12 | Black players have to endure endless taunts except when one scores a goal for the hooligan 's team . |
| 13 | I mean , can you think of any other situation , Pop , when a man gets so close to a woman except when he 's actually making love to her ? ’ |
| 14 | That 's UK , except when I get water up my nose . |
| 15 | There was , indeed , never a day , except when he was away on short holidays , during which he did not spend some time in her company , from the time of their first association in 1919 until her death in 1951 . |
| 16 | Having been criticised for giving no information , BR now gives it all the time with endless repetition , except when you really want it . |
| 17 | The solution was to operate independently , to abide by the unwritten rules of royal management and not let the Prince and Princess get into a position where they were competing for the limelight except when the occasion was pure entertainment . |
| 18 | Except when you are hobbling around dispatching shot after shot into the beautifully manicured lakes thoughtfully scattered around the landscape , leaving a trail of Band-Aids in your wake . |
| 19 | He struggled on and , with less than 50 per cent of his sight restored , took this year 's annual meeting of the NCC without betraying his difficulties except when he said when taking questions : ‘ I will ask my deputy to point you out for obvious reasons . ’ |
| 20 | Perhaps no player has ever been quite as competitive as Botham , and if his combativeness has led him into trouble off the field it has generally worked in his favour on it — except when he has refused to part with the ball despite not bowling well , or when he has holed out in the deep when a more circumspect approach was required . |
| 21 | Francis de Sales , a great Christian writer , used to say : ‘ Half an hour 's daily listening is essential except when you are very busy and then a full hour is necessary . ’ |
| 22 | With someone watching him all the time except when one of Them let the other out to fetch the papers . |
| 23 | The two rows of upholstered seats facing each other were like a pair of matching beds , one for each so they would not again need to share except when they wanted to . |
| 24 | So until further notice from me , you are to consider yourself confined to the Battalion area — that means the Officers ' Mess and your company billet — except when on duty of course . |
| 25 | The Queen remains a remote figure , glacial and impenetrable except when caught by the press cameras watching one of her horses winning at the races . |
| 26 | Except when we fall in the bath . ’ |
| 27 | Besides the Foundation stories , Asimov 's best known book was probably his second , I , Robot ( 1950 ) , in which he promulgated three unalterable ‘ Laws of Robotics ’ — first , that a robot may not harm a human being , or , through inaction , allow a human being to come to harm ; secondly , that a robot must obey the orders of a human being , except when this would conflict with the first law ; and thirdly , that a robot must protect itself , except when this would conflict with the first and second laws . |
| 28 | Besides the Foundation stories , Asimov 's best known book was probably his second , I , Robot ( 1950 ) , in which he promulgated three unalterable ‘ Laws of Robotics ’ — first , that a robot may not harm a human being , or , through inaction , allow a human being to come to harm ; secondly , that a robot must obey the orders of a human being , except when this would conflict with the first law ; and thirdly , that a robot must protect itself , except when this would conflict with the first and second laws . |
| 29 | For all that , though , it should not be especially difficult — except when the nerves are jangling ; except when it 's this for the Masters . |
| 30 | For all that , though , it should not be especially difficult — except when the nerves are jangling ; except when it 's this for the Masters . |