Example sentences of "[det] [is] when [pers pn] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Katy — this is when we dance ! ’ |
| 2 | After some years , some people with HIV may become seriously ill and this is when they have AIDS . |
| 3 | and secondly it 's coming to the end of the financial year and this is when they want to spend the money . |
| 4 | Well this is when I go , when we go out |
| 5 | It is good for me to get out and do the shopping ; I enjoy that bit of fresh air every day , and it is something I have got to do because this is when I meet people . |
| 6 | This is when you go dumb . |
| 7 | And this is when you 've been on the receiving end of it . |
| 8 | This is when you get the latchless needle and from the top of the machine manually hook out this fluff . |
| 9 | But the worst silence of all is when we take it for granted that they know how much they are still appreciated and that the calloused hands or fingers are symbols to us of the love and caring poured into our lives . |
| 10 | Perhaps the biggest insult of all is when they claim that we 've taken over girls ' work ! |
| 11 | That is when we want to see the laws in action ’ . |
| 12 | When it does n't come out the way they want it to , that is when they get most hurt I think … |
| 13 | them in for that is when they cut the door open . |
| 14 | And the only way you can do that is when you judge when you know tha your car . |
| 15 | Er , and I will also say one thing , and that is when you take it away with you I keep a copy of it , and that 's our little secret , O K it does n't go anywhere else . |
| 16 | The thing is , the trouble with that is when you try and understand or argue about something like that you ca n't treat it as a work of art cos it is n't it 's a functioning building |
| 17 | Well , except that , that erm I think that even in defending our idea that we retain our individuality you relied on spacial movement , that is when you say that , or when I say that the one is within us , clearly you must be speaking metaphorically . |
| 18 | The only time I ever use that is when I 've got children there . |
| 19 | That is when I begin to realise what the Santa Maria del Sud is about . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ That is when I think ‘ What about me ? |
| 21 | Yes , that 's when , that 's when they put no limit on it . |
| 22 | He said that 's when they put presents round and er he come in on the Friday on the Friday night and I mean I was in a right state , I mean we 've been in there about seven weeks and I was like at the point of like a nervous breakdown and he said to me how do you feel about me taking Matthew from you , so I said I he said I think you need a break . |
| 23 | That 's when they fill the terraces . ’ |
| 24 | You know when somebody 's at , when someone 's at a lowest point , that 's when they go straight in |
| 25 | That 's when they 've got to do their , their resits . |
| 26 | That 's when they get interested . |
| 27 | And it just goes on keeps going on another night another nightmare and then back to the interview room again and the tape machine again and more questions about Stromefirry-nofirry and Jersey and flights and that 's when they tell me about the other one that 's when they say oh by the way your best friend Andy is dead blown up in the hotel when it burned down ; probably beaten to death first head stoved in but of course you probably know all that because you did that too , did n't you ? |
| 28 | ‘ That 's when they have to be reported . ’ |
| 29 | And it just goes on keeps going on another night another nightmare and then back to the interview room again and the tape machine again and more questions about Stromefirry-nofirry and Jersey and flights and that 's when they tell me about the other one that 's when they say oh by the way your best friend Andy is dead blown up in the hotel when it burned down ; probably beaten to death first head stoved in but of course you probably know all that because you did that too , did n't you ? |
| 30 | ‘ And that 's when they start to panic , ’ Billy interrupted , ‘ then they start flapping around on the surface and we start sticking 'em ; dead easy . ’ |