Example sentences of "[prep] be when " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may of been when between there |
| 2 | Assertion comes into being when you still bring the conversation back this is what I want nothing else will do , and bringing it right the way back all the time to discuss what it is why it 's called a broken record exercise , we 'll give it a quick go now . |
| 3 | We well you 've got ta be when you you got ta scrub out all them erm those swearing bits we 've been doing . |
| 4 | The funnies thing one 's got ta be when my friend yeah ? |
| 5 | Ashton described the innocence , piety and wonder of the Bride at the event to be when he created the exquisitely detailed hand movements in The Wise Virgins , as he did for La Péri and Madame Chrysanthème . |
| 6 | This means that at a time of crisis , such as death , there are fewer people to turn to than there used to be when it was the norm to live much nearer to kinfolk . |
| 7 | Proof of being a good person seems to me to be when other people show that they like , love or respect you . |
| 8 | When asked what she wanted to be when she was a child , she admits : ‘ Probably famous , like every other kid . |
| 9 | First day of three : Durham are 119–0 in their first innings against Oxford University BROWNING was probably right in suggesting that England is the place to be when April comes — but not as far as cricketers are concerned . |
| 10 | I realise now that this is how I wanted things to be when I was a small girl and came home from school . |
| 11 | The realities of being in a situation where you ca n't choose your employment , which is an awful way to be when you do n't have any skills and you have to take whatever is dished out … there 's nothing worse than having to take what 's available . |
| 12 | I should be quite content , I thought , to live here for ever , smelling the cooking and the lavatory and the dust , looking forward to my two slices of bread at lunch or tea and my Red Cross stew at supper , thinking about all the books I am going to read and how nice it is going to be when I can speak German and Russian fluently ; I only want to be allowed to live , and enjoy the sun when it shines , and wait for it when it goes behind a cloud . |
| 13 | ‘ If only the hunting now was like it used to be when we were their age , ’ said Kalchu , nodding towards the twins . |
| 14 | It is most unlikely , said Taylor , that metal crystals are really as perfect as we suppose them to be when we do sums about their strength . |
| 15 | You 've had to be strong to survive — just as poor Nora had to be when your father died , and she was left on her own . ’ |
| 16 | I 'd been muttering unhappily to a couple of friends about how hopelessly disorganized a particular campaign I 'd got involved with seemed to be when a strange man next to us started a similar but louder tirade about how useless Switchboard was , how everyone knew they were ripping off money from their fund raising and what a lousy job they did in his ( extremely small and third-hand ) experience . |
| 17 | Not that this should put off the more cautious or less experienced , because although the Mournes are no place to be when the mist is thick and low , the famous Mourne Wall is never far away and provides an excellent point of reference . |
| 18 | Barry , 52 , said : ‘ I learned which way up the flag 's supposed to be when I was a Scout and I always check whenever I see it displayed . ’ |
| 19 | He 's made us really meet real people , you know what I mean , people with handicapped children , and to me I find them more real than some of my friends that live in another world , fantasising about the future , you know , ‘ What 's the kids going to be when they grow up ? ’ |
| 20 | Matza ( 1964 ) , whose ‘ soft determinist ’ position approximates the one under consideration , shows how arbitrary the answer to this question can be — in his case it seems to be when you have finished reading his book ! |
| 21 | Novell also has a problem in Rothstein 's eyes : ‘ what does it want to be when it grows up ? |
| 22 | later that day , looking in the Pennine Alps Central guidebook we saw it was n't technically hard [ PD7plusmn ; ( about V Diff ) ] but was committing , a long way from base and a bad spot to be when the weather breaks . |
| 23 | The dilemma of those who evoke consciousness as the basis of phenomena was succinctly stated by Ronnie Knox in his limerick on idealism : There once was a man who said " God Must think it exceedingly odd If he finds that this tree Continues to be When there 's no one about in the Quad . " |
| 24 | It can be weekly , fortnightly , monthly , or just occasionally on request but quite often we are finding that a person who 's assessed as needing help weekly , but all that we have got is fortnightly , and all of the time there are clients waiting for us to up the amount of help that we 're giving to them and , very much , it needs to be when it benefits them , and when it fits in with their lives . |
| 25 | And it 's not fair to say it 's because of the beard because the beard 's not my fault , they just did n't shave in the jungle in whatever century it 's going to be when we get there and I know I grew it early but that 's the way I am , I like to start thinking myself into the part as soon as possible . |
| 26 | It would have to be when I was at school and we broke into the tuck shop . |
| 27 | Outbound timing is initiated over the fix and at the abeam position — if the abeam position can not be determined — timing from abeam must be taken to be when the outbound turn is completed . |
| 28 | And then , as he started the engine again , he turned to me and said , ‘ If the sight of a storm in the Andes scares ye , what 's yer reaction goin' to be when we 're headed into the pack with a Southern Ocean gale up our backsides ? ’ |
| 29 | There had to be when they were working together , worshipping tripping over one another in their free time , perhaps even sharing a house . |
| 30 | Except that their role is more obscure to the public eye , the authorities ' influence over short-term interest rates is not very different from what it used to be when they announced an MLR each week and expected institutions to comply . |