Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] when [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was lucky you were together when you found the bodies . |
| 2 | His tale was verified by another member of the party Hawick 's B international hooker Jim Hay , who recounted that his fellow Teri , Jim Renwick , had been so intent on chasing and tackling the electrifyingly quick Eric Rush that he had failed to notice a helicopter land on the pitch and it was only when they felt the down-draft from the rotor blades that they put on the anchors . |
| 3 | I was so caught up in what I was seeing that it was only when I reached the top of the close where they lived that I started to think again about what I was doing there , and it was then that my feelings of fear started . |
| 4 | I 'd read about this technique in my books , but it was only when I did the course that I realised that , although it would work for sparrowhawks and most other hunting birds , Dawn 's hunting did not depend on speed . |
| 5 | He acquired it partly by accident , for war was near when he ascended the throne . |
| 6 | I was there when they took the Enchantment of the Beastline and laid it across the Silver Loom , and I was there as it fell to shreds in their hands . |
| 7 | He was there when I closed the school for the Christmas holidays . |
| 8 | Lubor must have seen her returning from his office window , for he was there when she neared the outside door , and , never one to miss an opportunity , ‘ About tomorrow ? ’ he asked . |