Example sentences of "[adv] when [pron] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only when everyone was thinking of bed and Jean and Tina had gone off to give their respective babies their last feeds and Hilda was in the kitchen clearing the last of the dishes , that Bruce said , ‘ Would anyone like a nightcap ? ’ |
| 2 | It 's only when we are performing at a consistently high level that customers can forget some of their previous unsatisfactory experiences ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ And it was only when we were tucked up in her freezing room in Charlotte Street that I got this strange feeling and I said , ‘ But you 're not Janet , are you ? ’ |
| 4 | It 's only when they 're knocking out tosh like ‘ Everything Starts With An E ’ that you start to yawn . |
| 5 | Furthermore , different religions may need different symbols , and it is only when they are treated as fetishes , or when they become the means whereby one religion claims superiority over another , that they cease to be of value and are fit only to be discarded . |
| 6 | It was only when it was sold that the bank began to face up to its other problems , ’ said one former executive . |
| 7 | And I would dare those of you who would look up the newspaper clippings of that occasion and challenge that view , because you would find a much different reading in those newspaper clips than what I learnt many years later , trudging round the island , Personally I thought that I was being particularly clever bombing a seaplane that was taking off , It was only when I was serving on Sylt in the fifties that I learned that this was in fact a tug ( or you might call it a barge , a sea-going barge ) on the end of 100 metres of line , that was being towed . |
| 8 | ‘ I was n't ; it was only when I was talking about it to Gina that I thought I ought to come here and tell you . ’ |
| 9 | It 's only when I 'm writing an article that I give it its proper name ! |
| 10 | It was only when he was reaching across for it that he remembered . |
| 11 | It was only when he was lying on his pallet bed trying to pray and not be distracted by Benedicta 's fair face , that Athelstan suddenly remembered what Vincentius had said . |
| 12 | It was only when he was sitting in the back of the car that he actually thought of the risk he was taking . |
| 13 | It was only when he was confronted by God , broken and forced to give up his pride , that he began to see clearly for the first time the vast difference between living a self-directed life and living for God . |
| 14 | It was only when she was deprived of her and was frantic with worry that she started behaving in an irresponsible way towards society . |
| 15 | At three o'clock when I am collected to go home I can hardly wait to go back once I 've had my tea . |
| 16 | It was about three o'clock when I was awoken by my door being opened oh so quietly . |
| 17 | It was erected on the site of ancient fortifications dating from about 500 B.C. When it was built , the castle was at least fifty percent higher than the ruined portion still standing , and was complete with turrets , battlements and curtain walls . |
| 18 | It 's like when you were fixing the car then dad , to put it back together again . |
| 19 | RUGBY Union rookies Tony Underwood and Martin Hynes received a boost to their England hopes yesterday when they were called up for the today 's game against Leicester . |
| 20 | TWO MEN died yesterday when they were overcome by fumes after a chip pan blaze . |
| 21 | CARDIFF , who last won the Welsh Cup in 1987 , had a lucky double in the newly named SWALEC Cup yesterday when they were drawn at home in rounds four and five . |
| 22 | PASSENGERS on the 7.00 am Paris-Brussels express experienced something of a gastronomic shock yesterday when they were confronted with the Great British Breakfast . |
| 23 | TWO ESCAPEES from a detention centre were recaptured within hours yesterday when they were spotted in the countryside near the institution from a Strathclyde Police helicopter . |
| 24 | I found that yesterday when everybody was saying |
| 25 | ANNEKA Rice rose to a speedy challenge yesterday when she was asked to help refugees in Africa by equipping a hospital at a camp in Malawi IN ONE WEEK . |
| 26 | A SIX-DAY search for missing mum Tania Probyn ended yesterday when she was found dead in her car in a river . |
| 27 | MILES MACLAGAN bowed out of the British Satellite tournament at Eastbourne yesterday when he was beaten 6-3 , 6-1 by the No1 seed , Chris Wilkinson . |
| 28 | JIM COURIER 's string of 1993 match victories ended yesterday when he was beaten 7-6 ( 7-5 ) , 6-1 by Derrick Rostagno in the first round of the Comcast US indoor men 's tournament in Philadelphia . |
| 29 | Dave Webb 's disappointment at missing out on the Chelsea manager 's job was eased yesterday when he was named the new boss of Brentford . |
| 30 | NICK FALDO , undoubtedly the most successful golfer in the world in 1989 , collected yet another award in London yesterday when he was made the Ritz Club Golfer of the Year . |