Example sentences of "[conj] when it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The local authority contend the correct date is when the demand for payment was served or when it became operative . |
| 2 | He did n't know where or when it had happened . |
| 3 | This was before it happened or when it happened ? you did n't have sort of intimations that something was going to happen ? |
| 4 | And almost every time a group of men sat round together — inside by someone 's fire at night , or when it snowed : outside in the sun , when the sky was clear — they talked about going hunting . |
| 5 | After leaving Dekalb at 20 , Cindy always returned to her mother for advice — except when it came to Gere , 17 years her senior . |
| 6 | The basic problem for the Emperor was that while France needed Britain it was not at all clear to British statesmen that their country had any need of France — except when it suited British interests . |
| 7 | But de Gaulle never felt compelled to recognize the military hierarchy which existed before 18 June 1940 except when it suited his interests to do so . |
| 8 | Firstly , homosexual conduct , although no longer subjected to criminal penalties , except when it occurred in clearly defined public circumstances , would continue to be viewed as morally reprehensible ; and secondly , the move did not imply a relaxation of control over homosexual behaviour or was not intended by its main supporters to imply such a relaxation of control . |
| 9 | I know not how it came nor when it began , for it has crept like a thief upon me . |
| 10 | Gould had arranged to rendezvous with Gilbert in Sydney before leaving for England , but so eager was he to set sail with his precious cargo that when it seemed Gilbert might have been delayed in Western Australia , he left without seeing him . |
| 11 | He was like an old car that had been around in the neighbourhood for a long time , loaned out among your friends , used and passed on , so that when it got to you in your time , you knew what you were getting . |
| 12 | She could see the rage building up in her father and knew that when it burst he would lose all ability to reason . |
| 13 | As a working detective , it would take six months of living with a mate to trust him and know that when it came to the Crown Court appearance he would know exactly what to say . |
| 14 | The implication was that when it came to embroidery , the stitching up had been done on Merseyside , if Barnes had been fit enough to train for the last two days . |
| 15 | And so whenever she imagined this scene , she knew that when it came to the visitor 's question she would capitulate and declare against her wishes , against her desire : ‘ Yes . |
| 16 | It would be simple enough to avoid their hospitality given sufficient ruthlessness and he had never lacked that when it came to safeguarding his privacy . |
| 17 | ‘ They acted out the robbery in full so that when it came to describing it to everyone , to police , and to insurance investigators , they would be able to describe it in perfect detail . ’ |
| 18 | The market-boast died first , as one by one , IBM 's hottest new products fell by the wayside , starting as early as Series/1 and the 8100 , continuing through System 38 , which was excellent , but scared IBM 's mainframe mafia too much , to the RT , such a disaster that when it came to the RS/6000 , IBM had to play new kid on the block and study and try to emulate the leaders in the Unix market to get the thing off the ground at all . |
| 19 | The first thing that that litany reminds us of is that when it came to success , in the immortal words of Mae West ( put into her mouth by scriptwriter Vincent Lawrence ) , goodness had nothing to do with it . |
| 20 | … whether he himself — straight now — did n't understand that when it came to saving one 's life in the dark , one did n't care who else went — three , thirty , three hundred people . |
| 21 | The fact was , the beleaguered prime minister explained to a restive House of Commons , that when it came to income maintenance , history had turned the welfare state on its head . |
| 22 | The fact that the lane runs so wide and straight also tells us that when it came into existence the open arable fields of Barton and Wootton did not yet extend so far . |
| 23 | But the fact was that when it came to practical jokes , he regarded anybody as fair game , from the most fleeting acquaintance to the dearest friend . |
| 24 | Yet , if he was honest , he found that when it came right down to it , he wanted to call the shots , not have them called . |
| 25 | Linked with this latter point , it was also reported that when it came to an evaluation of training courses " higher education providers revealed that their concern was very largely with improving the quality of their courses rather than assessing their effectiveness upon participants ' management practice in school " ( Wallace and Hall 1989:172 ) . |
| 26 | She smiled , and did n't care a bit then that when it came to leading Travis up the garden path , she was doing a little garden path trail-blazing herself . |
| 27 | Ten minutes afterwards she had filled every available space on the card with news of her journey and her impressions of beautiful Mariánské Láznë , so that when it came to penning a signature there was barely any room for her own name , let alone room to add Cara 's . |
| 28 | I am pleased that when it came to the crunch I tried to help the people calling for help instead of thinking about what might happen . |
| 29 | anyway we , we had a petition that when it came up that er , that the new E E C rules were coming in that they would , they 'd going to have to have a clean way if you are you are and a dirty way out you know |
| 30 | ‘ The only result is that a large heron discovered that when it activated the floodlight it enabled him/her to decimate my expensive collection of koi carp , brazenly standing in the middle of the pool at 10.30pm . ’ |