Example sentences of "[noun] was [adj] when it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One was situated behind his fly-buttons ; greed was good in Reg 's book , but sexual greed was dangerous when it interfered with business . |
| 2 | But their decorating knowledge was invaluable when it came to restoring the farmhouse . |
| 3 | Other commentators ( Hartung 1952 ; De Gré 1970 [ though written in 1941 ] ; Horowitz 1961 ) tended to the position we have already seen adhered to by Grunwald and Hinshaw ; that the sociology of knowledge was illegitimate when it refused to recognize the primacy of epistemology in dealing with validity and competition between knowledge systems . |
| 4 | The misery of these people was indescribable when it seemed to them that all their efforts would be cancelled by war between their country and Germany . |
| 5 | And anyway an extra woman was useful when it came to bringing things from the kitchen and clearing dishes . |
| 6 | This official was furious when it appeared that Oslear had spoken to media men about his determination to back Palmer and Hampshire , as well as Lamb , the only England cricketer who has had the courage to take on the cricket establishment . |
| 7 | The City was shocked when it learned that the Midland was the least profitable of the big four banks and had the weakest capital . |
| 8 | Again , just as in 1771 , Elizabeth Titford was pregnant when it struck ; her last son Charles was born within a week of Woodforde 's ominous comment about his barometer — little wonder , then , that the poor child was dead inside three weeks . |