Example sentences of "[subord] when it [vb past] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | After leaving Dekalb at 20 , Cindy always returned to her mother for advice — except when it came to Gere , 17 years her senior . |
| 2 | But because most of the LDC 's exports were primary products sold in open , competitive markets , and because when it came to their nascent manufacturing industries they were in hot competition with each other , these concessions brought little benefit . |
| 3 | So to get this You had to pay this , because when it came to the end of the quarter , you had to get your shopping out of that Cooperative , so that had to be paid . |
| 4 | In 1938 I was offered a programme with full rehearsal and that I accepted , though when it came to the time I asked for separate section rehearsals — first strings , then winds — which met with some opposition , particularly as the orchestra was convinced that it knew the music already . |
| 5 | His teenage resolution was shared by many young refugees , though when it came to offering their services they found that joining up was not as simple as the recruiting posters had led them to believe . |
| 6 | Anna found she could do it quite well , but Corrie had no aptitude at all , though when it came to learning Foundling hymns she excelled . |
| 7 | The final communiqué was notable for its extraordinary length and a good deal of self-congratulation ( as when it referred to ‘ the age-old tradition of tolerance and universality ’ which the assembled countries personified ) , yet no-one could deny its significance as a symbol of the Third World renascence . |
| 8 | For when it came to the point , he would probably do what was expected of him , whatever that might be . |
| 9 | Did y did it happen did when when it happened to you when this happened to you , when you had things stolen from you . |