Example sentences of "[verb] be when " in BNC.
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| 1 | well where was I ? , oh , must 've been when I went to the loo Have you had a drink Martin ? |
| 2 | CONSIDERING the vast worldwide market that exists for sexual material of all kinds , it is remarkable just how bad mainstream cinema has been when it comes to portraying sexual passion . |
| 3 | The only problem I used to find was when I used to pull the and get cramp terrible in here . |
| 4 | The cold of the night was deepening and I was weaker than I 'd been when I set out . |
| 5 | As she listened to Amsterdam she became more sure by the minute that Timothy was n't quite the same as he 'd been when he had left the house that morning . |
| 6 | Sometimes he was angry as he 'd been when they had fought . |
| 7 | As she 'd been when Han had died . |
| 8 | And she seemed flustered when I demanded to know where she 'd been when I 'd been gassed right next to the ship . |
| 9 | Later , Lucien realised just how fortunate he 'd been when Mandru 's agent had made a bid for him at Por Tanssie . |
| 10 | ‘ I still think the great moments in acting are when a theatre audience lets out a big laugh at just the point when you want them to laugh — or when you can hear a pin drop because you 've got them totally captivated in the drama . ’ |
| 11 | it hurts are when we grab the moment for ourselves , nearly — the corniest sunset , taste of a lover 's tears , a fistful of snow |
| 12 | It was as sharp as Tim 's had been when Oliver accused him of stealing . |
| 13 | What I was wondering was when you said that the dock stopped the money for payment for damages , they 'd paid it back to you . |
| 14 | The only time I have ever been bitten was when running with a partner who was petrified of dogs . |
| 15 | And the next time I saw that happen was when erm Colin who was the coloured guy during the gulf crisis met erm our m John . |
| 16 | I need to do is when lifted the coaches and take the axles out is just er pull my men out . |
| 17 | The other time I remember was when William the chromium platers in Street ye got bombed , with a high explosive bomb , but there was , there was no one hurt that I remember , and then the Halleys the tent people had an incendiary bombs and got burnt out , at the same night that they dropped some incendiary bombs on the bus depot in Road , they , they were a lot of work for the fire brigade , but comparatively speaking with , with Birmingham I think Walsall got off very lightly as regards the bombing , as there was no heavy industry around here . |
| 18 | The last trouble I remember was when they played Birmingham City in the Cup last season . |
| 19 | The next I heard was when I had a complete breakdown of Robert and Janet 's income erm with the breakdown of how a new settlement was was brought about . |
| 20 | There was a Bede , Natura Rerum , in which the blues seemed still as intense as they must have been when first painted . |
| 21 | How glorious it must have been when its mosaic , created in 1371 by Venetians using Bohemian glass , was newly installed . |
| 22 | But how much more imposing must they have been when their eye sockets were equipped with staring eyes of black obsidian and white coral . |
| 23 | But this latter phase would have been when the dinosaurs ' jaw mechanism was much closer to those of modern mammals , or at least very dissimilar to modern reptiles . |
| 24 | The movement revealed her face as it might have been when she was young , comely and a temptation to coachmen . |
| 25 | So if he did take them , it must have been when he was here before . ’ |
| 26 | Behind me , I could hear Mac 's screaming turn … muffled … must have been when … when his face was sucked into the wall . |
| 27 | This must have been when Parkin said he was out on the roof having a smoke , Dexter concluded . |
| 28 | Only later did I appreciate what sacrifices my mother made to give it to us , and how lonely she must often have been when we were all away at school ; after our father 's death she became almost possessively devoted to us . |
| 29 | It was clear that he did this every day , and Meredith could imagine what a shock her letter would have been when he 'd thought that Antonio 's son was on his way to claim his inheritance . |
| 30 | By now , the Amsterdam was heaving much as it might have been when the quays were lined with ships , although probably it was not half so fetid . |