Example sentences of "[adv] be when " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think he will win , but it has only been when he has had the sun on his back in the last couple of days that he has really come on . ’ |
| 2 | Even though I do not support the death penalty for most crimes , it will only be when the threat of death hangs over their heads that the thugs who attack our unarmed officers will think twice before they act . |
| 3 | Perhaps , in the years to come , she would get Mrs Aggie to move , but that would only be when she was too old to take the cart out . |
| 4 | It will only be when you see the results of your actions that you realize how effective they have been . |
| 5 | Franco repeated the message of his 2 December letter when he said that he did not " see any advantage in change " and that if he were ever to delegate the leadership of the government , it would only be when he was no longer able to carry out the functions of that position as well as those of head of state . |
| 6 | Whilst this situation has changed in recent years , it will only be when local female populations attain the same educational standard as their male counter-parts and take a key role in management decisions that substantial progress will be made . |
| 7 | Alternatively , it may only be when family relationships are poor that the inherited predisposition is likely to lead to schizophrenia . |
| 8 | She gives her half-laugh and tells me she does n't know how old people generally are when they get married . |
| 9 | IN THE recent report of the Church of England 's Doctrine Commission , We Believe in God , the doctrine of divine impassibility , that God can not suffer , is described as ‘ the most venerable theological position ’ and so it has generally been when Christians have endeavoured to think or speak about the nature of their God . |
| 10 | ‘ The gigs we enjoy best are when the audience are willing to make total assholes of themselves and go really goofy . |
| 11 | ‘ The gigs we enjoy best are when the audience are willing to make total assholes of themselves and go really goofy . |
| 12 | But I was fooled , like we always are when we 're in love — blinded you know . |
| 13 | Have had better atmosphere 's at funerals — i was in the kop just to the right of the goal and other than the odd comment from fellow fans around me it 's the quitest it 's ever been when I 've gone . |
| 14 | Also stems are not crushed as they usually are when using scissors or shears . |
| 15 | ‘ People usually are when they ca n't get what they want . ’ |
| 16 | Once more Margaret Seymour-Strachey 's words seemed to come from the front of her head , and to be as contradictory as words usually are when they do n't represent what one is really thinking about . |
| 17 | Lewis 's performance was a reminder of how compelling heavyweight boxing can still be when it dares to step out from behind the curtain of cynical and protective matchmaking ; when it dares to put on a career life-or-death fight between two men with the pedigree to be king . |
| 18 | if the man comes to read the gas meter it will always be when you were supposed to be somewhere else half an hour ago and you 've got one leg in and one leg out of a pair of tights . |
| 19 | ‘ What kind of mother could you possibly be when you 're working all day and out partying all night ? |
| 20 | Because you can never go back to yesterday , if you came in last year or five years ago , ten years ago or longer , some of you have been in the truth for many , many years and it is nearer now than it ever was when you first came along and joined Jehovah 's people and as it says the night is well along and if any of us have ever worked on the night shift , I think we 're all well aware are n't we that when the night is well along and |
| 21 | There was a pause ; there almost always was when you asked a question of the Secret Intelligence Service . |
| 22 | It was designed to discover the feelings of fathers and ascertain exactly how much help they really are when it comes to tending to the baby 's needs . |
| 23 | The best crack though was when he come doubled back short Friday and designer stubble round here . |
| 24 | Christ , it might even be when he was driving ! |
| 25 | They wear their professionalism as a decent gentleman will wear his suit : he will not let ruffians or circumstance tear it off him in the public gaze ; he will discard it when , and only when , he wills to do so , and this will invariably be when he is entirely alone . |
| 26 | For this reason , this chapter also includes full-scale models of monsters and other odd creatures ; at the level of design there is often no difference at all , though there may well be when it comes to turning design into physical form . |
| 27 | It was held : ( a ) When the police took the deceased into custody they assumed certain responsibilities , including that of passing on information which might affect his well being when he was transferred to the prison authorities . |
| 28 | Burun 's chief wife was small and slim , handsome in the way that unremarkable women sometimes are when they have matured past the need for beauty , and the red-gold of her hair was as yet unmarred by the silver which would have betrayed her age . |
| 29 | For members of the 2ème Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes , this moment had undoubtedly been when the Regiment jumped over Kolwezi in 1978 . |
| 30 | In the launderette it was warm and cosy ; here Maggie made friends and fans and she had inconsequential conversations which mysteriously made her a member of the local community in a way she had never been when she had been fighting for the area 's well-being . |