Example sentences of "[noun] was when [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only moment when he seemed ill at ease was when I raised the question of the forced repatriation to Russia at the end of the war of thousands of White Russian and Cossack soldiers from camps in northern Italy and Yugoslavia . |
| 2 | One high point was when I telephoned the historian , Roy Medvedev , to record on tape his message of support for the second European Nuclear Disarmament Convention , held in Berlin in 1983 . |
| 3 | The only thing that rang a bell for Portland was when they announced the defence cuts — and they all cheered . ’ |
| 4 | The only time that Ray Doyle found his composure slipping was when he made the mistake of glancing over his right shoulder , to where the Foreign Office boys were sitting . |
| 5 | Sometimes it worked , sometimes they simply shouted abuse , but his greatest success was when he addressed the Welsh League of Youth Eisteddfod at Aberystwyth in Welsh , having studied the language for just six weeks . |
| 6 | For me however , the biggest eye opener was when I joined the fundholder group in Grampian and their meetings with the provider units . |
| 7 | The final straw was when I bought the buttons , and on sewing them on , found the shop had supplied one odd one . |
| 8 | You know how pissed off Kolchinsky was when he got the bill the last time you did that . ’ |
| 9 | Walters ' most memorable moment in a Liverpool shirt was when he score the winner in the 3-0 UEFA Cup win against Auxerre last season , reversing a similar deficit as they face tonight . |
| 10 | ‘ The first time I came out of my shell was when I saw The Who at the Marquee . |