Example sentences of "have [be] [adj] when [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Unfortunately , the list of ingredients did n't include the egg which was later needed for the mixture and we are sorry if anyone has been disappointed when trying to make the scones .
2 The heaviest betting this year has been for Shellac , a six-length winner from Sudden Victory at Ayr last time out , but the deciding factor is that Dettori originally chose to ride SPLENDID CAREER ( nap 3.35 ) , who may have been unlucky when beaten at Newbury by yesterday 's Goodwood winner Monastery .
3 Friends will probably have been available when needed ; and outings to cinema , theatre , relatives , pub or restaurant will have broken up evenings and weekends with pleasant variety .
4 The previous year when she finished fifth she discovered she had been pregnant when taking part .
5 The headaches , which in Italy had been tolerable when eased by a siesta or a day or two 's absence from the office , or the circolo , where he picked up most of his cases , had become unbearable in New York .
6 Deloittes had been negligent when certifying AWA 's 1986 profits and it had also failed to adequately disclose to directors various matters including books and record deficiences , the existence of ‘ hedges upon hedges ’ , the ability of its foreign exchange dealer Andrew Koval to siphon funds , and the fact that he was dealing in sums of up to $400m .
7 A candid confession to youthful pot-smoking , it is generally agreed , is no longer a disqualification for office , but the sore part of the latest wound — pretty mild by Clinton standards — was that he had been evasive when asked repeatedly about it for at least seven years and that even last week 's admission was shifty .
8 What made it worse was that his face remained so still , as expressionless as it had been earlier when discussing trivia with the Doctor .
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