Example sentences of "but when [pers pn] [vb past] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | bloke going on about nothing to them , you know they thoroughly enjoyed doing the songs and everything , but when it came to listening |
| 2 | But when it came to sport New Zealand has always been turned in . |
| 3 | The GenTech labs could n't do anything about the common cold and no government had been able to develop a workable public transport system , but when it came to deathware , why , there were wonderful new toys on the market every fall , just in time for Christmas . |
| 4 | But when it came to music , he was a perfectionist , never satisfied to rest on his fame , he once said ‘ when I give the perfect performance , then I will die ’ . |
| 5 | But when it got to lunchtime today it 's been quite . |
| 6 | The epilogue to this evening 's survival devotions was , strange as it may seem , exactly as I should have expected it to turn out , I do not remember when I missed — or at what stage — my flight engineer , but when I returned to camp and was literally wallowing in what the High Master at Command had to say to me . |
| 7 | But when I went to university , I did n't bother at all until I encountered a girl who I got the impression would be immensely impressed if I could speak . |
| 8 | ‘ But when you came to lunch I knew that you would be his soulmate , that the two of you shared an affinity . ’ |
| 9 | But when she got to prison all her mates were telling her , ‘ No , no , you do n't talk to a prisoner like that , you talk to her sharp . ’ |
| 10 | But when she returned to work , NatWest bosses told her : ‘ Sorry , you 're surplus to requirements . ’ |