Example sentences of "[adj] when it be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're right , ’ Carolyn said , ‘ but — I know it 's corny — but it is different when it 's your own . |
| 2 | Little Gino , whose ambition had always been to be taller than four foot ten , had got a little too interested when it was his turn and even in the candlelight we could all see that he 'd deliberately got his charm bracelet tangled in one of Sorrel 's suspenders . |
| 3 | Mrs Patten had admitted that canvassing was ‘ rather more stressful when it 's your own husband 's job ’ . |
| 4 | Nutty cried out , stung by adults ' crass thinking , wanting one thing , saying another , saying you had to when you did n't want to , and you could n't when you did want , saying you were no good when you were , and good when it was something that did n't matter , like a pootling poem or something . |
| 5 | Well obviously it 's er really hard-going when it 's you 're own people from your own station , er very er close station and obviously we know a lot of people er who have been involved in the accident , but the moral of the men is excellent . |
| 6 | Love 's O.K. when it 's you in the starring rôle , but me — that 's vile and disgusting . |
| 7 | It 's always horrid when it 's someone else 's birthday . ’ |
| 8 | it 's alright when it 's your own at the time because well it 's , it 's different , when there 's another one there , I mean it , it wears you out so |
| 9 | I did n't get the role but it 's hard to be bitter when it 's your bum that did n't get the part . ’ |