Example sentences of "[adv] when it be [vb pp] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | We 'd received a tip-off about a shipment of cocaine due in at Nice aboard a South American freighter , so when it was unloaded we were able to apprehend the gang without much of a struggle . |
2 | Market traders were put out when it was announced they would be losing their pitches to accommodate the big top . |
3 | Two years ago , another resident of the same building did get her money back when it was shown her solicitor had been negligent . |
4 | There is a clear distinction here which is not always understood and sometimes even when it is understood it is deliberately ignored by professionals who explicitly claim ownership as a necessary part of practice . |
5 | But as you ca n't or wo n't recognise the truth even when it 's told you , there 's really no point in continuing this conversation . ’ |
6 | Then when it is touched it immediately snaps the shells together like a steel trap . |
7 | Then when it was thrashed I had a straw bed laid down nice and thick on the barn floor . |