Example sentences of "be [adv] when [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she definitely did n't want to be around when he got the news that she wanted a divorce . |
| 2 | He would like to be there when they shot the bastard . |
| 3 | I want to be there when you find the others . ’ |
| 4 | You wanted to be there when he found the box , your arrival was nothing to do with Barbara Coleman going home . ’ |
| 5 | Cecilia was about to let herself in when the young woman called Alice , who had been there when she heard the bomb go off , opened the door to her . |
| 6 | And yet she knew it had been there when she closed the book and put it back on the shelf . |
| 7 | It was lucky you were together when you found the bodies . |
| 8 | It 's with an apostrophe is an abbreviation for it is , because you never , and I I think those three little rules there only apply only nouns have an apostrophe , pronouns never have an apostrophe and it 's only nouns ending in s , have an apostrophe and it 's only when they own the thing that follows , except when they , when they do n't end with an s , but you know the exception of men 's , women 's , children 's and sheep . |
| 9 | But she said she does n't need them for Monday because it 's only when she takes the tests she gets in a panic not when she 's she said she can do it in the practice classes . |
| 10 | I suppose that it 's only when you have the financial means that you get the treatment everyone deserves . |
| 11 | an alloy is best when it combines the best of it 's component metals . |
| 12 | Well it 's a long way , no it is n't when you come the you go you can go from here up |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He acquired it partly by accident , for war was near when he ascended the throne . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He was there when I closed the school for the Christmas holidays . |
| 19 | 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 . |