Example sentences of "but when it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I was n't completely heart-free during those years ; sometimes I allowed myself to be fooled that I loved someone , but when it came to the point of saying " yes " to anything final there was always the small honest inner voice which jeered " For life ? |
| 32 | I meant to be open with him but when it came to it I beat about the bush . |
| 33 | Enough light would spill inwards from the porch as the door closed slowly on its damper , enough at least for him to get to his own door and line up the key ; but when it came to it he hurried too much and was trying to shake out the Yale when the front door put him in darkness . |
| 34 | I was dreading the scene we 'd have at my Promise Ceremony , but when it came to it , she was actually on her best behaviour . |
| 35 | But when it came it was n't quite as she had imagined … |
| 36 | But when it came down to it , it was the people who did n't really know Lancashire who found Walter Machin impressive . |
| 37 | ‘ But when it came right down to it , you could n't do it , ’ he finished for her . |
| 38 | British Legion do : they 'd hired a Dixie Band but when it came to it would want Country and Western : six in the band and a twelve pound fee . |
| 39 | We were going to once but when it came to it you did n't have the money for the licence . |
| 40 | But when it came to Grunte , they disagreed . |
| 41 | When a tap came on the door she did n't answer , but when it came again , she called quietly , ‘ Come in . ’ |
| 42 | The play began its provincial tour in Cambridge ( it went all over the country , but when it came to including the play in Ken 's career notes for Who 's Who in the Theatre , he only mentions Cambridge , as though referring to the West End theatre of that name ) . |
| 43 | Artistically they felt out of their depth here , but when it came to spending the town 's money they knew a lot more than Herr Busacher did . |
| 44 | But when it came to it , when she had to make the decision about leaving home for good , throwing herself into the wide world and trying her luck , she felt unhappy . |
| 45 | But when it came to touring South Africa , D'Oliveria became persona , officially labelled a Cape Coloured by South African authorities they said his inclusion in an England party contravened their apartheid laws . |
| 46 | The performance was well received , but when it came to questions the students did n't forget the Union 's traditions of controversy . |
| 47 | But when it came to dealing with Railfreight , he said , his ideas hit the buffers . |
| 48 | ‘ As students at Edinburgh College of Art , we always said we would buy a castle and do it up , but when it came around to it most of them had been restored , but Lachlan knew of Ballone Castle near Portmahomack which was still derelict and persuaded the farmer to sell it . ’ |
| 49 | But when it came to such ‘ non-core ’ products such as pensions and insurance , these numbers rose dramatically — with 44 per cent saying ‘ no ’ over life assurance and pensions and 34 per cent saying ‘ no ’ over general insurance . |
| 50 | But when it came , it was even worse than most had feared . |
| 51 | But when it came to the first anecdote the tale of her son 's embarrassing performance in a school Nativity play the old professional skills suddenly shone through . |
| 52 | He put in a kitchen and he thought there was something funny about these people erm they did n't want to give him money up front for the fabric , you know , the woods and things and he was n't asking the full amount anyway and he said , you know , a things are very tight in business and I do not want to run up any more debts if you will let me have some of cash , some of the cash fo for the wood as soon as the wood 's delivered I 'll come and do the job , it 's not as though your money is going to be tied up in any way and there was a bit of a face pulling and saw this woman drop to , sort of , always hovering around always putting her motty in and erm when th when the job was nearly completed madam steps forward with the cries of that is n't quite right and that is n't quite right and Nev was putting hours doing nit-picking fussing about getting things absolutely perfect got it absolutely perfect but when it came to the final bill they knocked off six hundred because there was the tiniest little scratch on one of the panels ! |
| 53 | Yeah they they groaned at the ones we 'd come up with but when it came to making their own up |
| 54 | bloke going on about nothing to them , you know they thoroughly enjoyed doing the songs and everything , but when it came to listening |
| 55 | Well the letters were going alright but when it came to that the |
| 56 | I 've lived all my life waiting for an opportunity like this , somebody saying you 're all individuals , but when it came I was not convinced . |
| 57 | But when it came to music , he was a perfectionist , never satisfied to rest on his fame , he once said ‘ when I give the perfect performance , then I will die ’ . |
| 58 | All three lost one of their eight matches , but when it went to the frames count-back All Ireland champion Watson was the group winner with Dale pipping Sharpe for the crucial second place . |
| 59 | ‘ But when it went I thought I needed an operation . |
| 60 | But when it went to National , everything just gone . |