Example sentences of "[pron] be [prep] when [pers pn] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's times when you have to take the law into your own hands , ’ Tumbleweed laughed , ‘ nothing to do with books . ’ |
| 2 | I like being with people , but there 's times when I want to be on my own . |
| 3 | You know what it 's like when they retire , do n't you ? |
| 4 | It 's like when you hear on the news that there 's been a threemile pile-up on the M1 . |
| 5 | It 's like when you increase the tension on a spring : the pressure is straining to be released . |
| 6 | It 's not long before he 's trying to explain the telepathic communities that will flourish after the apocalypse to me and offering this example : ‘ It 's like when you fancy someone , and you know you 're going to go with that person . |
| 7 | You know what it 's like when you move house . |
| 8 | It 's like when you see a lovely lady and you get a knock-back you feel sick , but if a beautiful girl says , ‘ Yes ’ to you — boom you 're away . |