Sentence examples for when they pleased from inspiring English sources

They could do what they pleased when they pleased.

Mr. Cai said that one day, when China's development is on par with that of Europe and the United States, he hoped people would be able to take vacations when they pleased, not in one gigantic, nerve-racking huddle.

Everyone, including the defendants, spoke pretty much when they pleased; the parents of the Makhmudov brothers, who sat there every day, never taking off their overcoats, occasionally called out in Chechen.

Mom was away for days at a time, leaving the kids to forage in the fields for sassafras buds and May apples by day and to go to bed when they pleased at night.

Another phenomenon that stimulated Côte d'Azur life was the arrival of the automobile in the first decade of the century, which gave the coast's denizens, previously dependent on rail and horseback, a new freedom to zip around where and when they pleased.

It appeared the only thing the very young policemen were authorised to do was shout the Arabic word for "no" and to barricade entry routes as and when they pleased without warning, offering no alternative: clearly a recipe for a crush or a stampede in any of the holy sites.

Listeners drop in and leave when they please.

Antisocial behavior has no dress code; people wear what they please when they please, whether they are going to see a movie or going to rob a bank.

"In some prisons, young people are allowed to go to bed when they please.

They chat and smoke, and open when they please — and never before the civilized hour of 10 a.m.

Women facing less pressure to stick to child care and housework can pursue careers, marry and conceive when they please, and divorce if they're unhappy.