Example sentences of "[adj] be when " in BNC.
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| 1 | Examples of this are when we are down on our luck , have no money , are sick , misunderstood , in a corner or just feeling old . |
| 2 | The principal examples of this are when a registered shareholder ( a ) dies or ( b ) becomes bankrupt . |
| 3 | From the magically perfect opening harmonics this was a performance of impact , precision and style that reminds us what a marvellous work this is when performed with such burning intensity . |
| 4 | As we sat on her open decks in the fresh , warm air , we realised how sensible this was when passing the other 200-odd cruisers on the river : big and flat-topped like aircraft-carriers , almost hermetically-sealed and air-conditioned throughout ; most with television in every cabin , shops , disco and Muzak . |
| 5 | But this was when you moved to was n't it ? |
| 6 | Years ago this was when it was Carfours |
| 7 | No these are when the value is |
| 8 | At Christmas we went around houses singing carols but the best thing of all was when on Christmas eve we went to the local old peoples home to sing carols . |
| 9 | How can that be when the water workers have , by an odd quirk of fate , left her constituents high and dry , long before the dispute had a chance to hit anyone else ? |
| 10 | Could that be when Wetherby left his room to go down to the kitchen ? ’ |
| 11 | Yeah , well I think those are when , you know , if , if I take one of those with me and somebody s and somebody er says well why , why are you taping this conversation you know , you , I can give 'em one of those |
| 12 | Currently harking back to the '70s are When Saturday Comes , Vic Reeves , Teenage Fanclub , Carter , Morrissey and me . |
| 13 | Twenty one was when you finished your apprenticeship , |
| 14 | For them driving is a relaxing hobby and its all about having fun … except that is when the judge is watching … |
| 15 | You know , now that is , that is when somebody is trying to take you further , there 's , there 's , there 's the food , there 's been a food , I do n't know , food , food poisoning outbreak in a well-known city restaurant or something like that , there 's thirty people in hospital , a couple are pretty serious , there 's a general flap on because it 's the height of the tourist season in Cambridge , and you 've been called in . |
| 16 | That was that was the other thing when you filled in the C C Q , that 's when I filled in my own one , you put in the death |
| 17 | Cos that 's when we had to stay was n't it ? |
| 18 | Part two , part two 's when you 've got the Oozes and |
| 19 | That 's it eighteen ninety four was when I was born . |
| 20 | But er course we n n never got any money because we er m it more or less disbanded the Notts miners ' union that did , it er it took everything away was That was when we were er er s the Spencer union was formed more or less by the management . |
| 21 | Ah well that was when my son came in the business . |
| 22 | But I think that was when I was in the sea holding on to the bit of foam , and more or less just let myself float under the water , but me arm was round the top of the bit of foam , on the surface , and I think it got burnt by the the heat off the platform then . |
| 23 | And then w that was when I were big enough in in in the hay and the corn harvest to er be in charge of the carts . |
| 24 | Anyway , we only have to get 8 more points to beat Stoke City 's record 17 points in a season ( and that was when you got 3 points for a win ) . |
| 25 | He liked Mrs. Blick one of the old school , always addressed by name , a caring sort Good Morning Mrs B. Over the years their relationship has developed so that Art now called her Mrs B. He had once served at a library committee but that was when her husband was alive many years ago . |
| 26 | I have , I did have experience with cheques and credit cards , but that was when I was working at the chemist , but now we do n't take cheques . |
| 27 | ‘ Well … that was when you were younger . |
| 28 | Well that was when we was before fifty five sixty year ago it was you see . |
| 29 | Er that was when I was there but now it 's pumped ashore with well by hose from the ship you know and er they put water in about once or twice a year . |
| 30 | And in view of the information he had when he went to London for a meeting last Wednesday and that was when he consulted with other people deciding that he should offer a nought percent increase . |