Example sentences of "but when it [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when it became known that someone ostensibly in the top echelon of the regime was no longer seen at the Ceauşescus ' palace at the nightly film shows or for chess , then whatever the victim 's ostensible rank , his own hangers-on would begin to look for another patron . |
| 2 | A bit slow to start but when it got going it was outstanding . ’ |
| 3 | all the satellites hanging down it was very good the way it had all been done in , in that respect but what I found was the first bit was very boring , I found but when it got going a bit it was better but the whole moral of the story was that nowhere is perfect to live but it 's hard for y young children like this |
| 4 | I kept this dark secret for 15 years — but when it started happening in front of the children , I knew I had to do something about it . |
| 5 | But when it did belong to her , she would be old too , like Aunt Alicia . |
| 6 | The final shattering of the delusion did not take place until the 1940s ; but when it did occur , it prompted not the abandonment of the system of the delusion itself but a further and almost incredible elaboration of it . |