Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] when it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , you were asleep when it happened but they might want to have a word , so — ’ |
| 2 | They say Mind presumed an inquiry would involve the families and those advising them and we were astonished when it did not . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | So , having consistently been right about why and how the Tories would win , I was wrong when it came to the point . |
| 5 | With £200 outstanding , he fully expected to pay some interest over the month , but was alarmed when it came to £29 . |
| 6 | It was sad when it died ; sad because of the memory of what it had been like when there was still hope . |
| 7 | One was situated behind his fly-buttons ; greed was good in Reg 's book , but sexual greed was dangerous when it interfered with business . |
| 8 | La Presse , although hostile to the future Cubists , seems to have realized that something new was afoot when it referred to ‘ the geometric excesses of Mm . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But she was confused when it came to buying an off-the-peg suit for her 40th wedding anniversary party . |
| 11 | But their decorating knowledge was invaluable when it came to restoring the farmhouse . |
| 12 | And anyway an extra woman was useful when it came to bringing things from the kitchen and clearing dishes . |
| 13 | He did see himself very much as a responsible figure as far as other people 's well being was concerned when it came to this , and this was probably based on the fact that his step-brother , Terry , by his mother 's previous marriage , was classified as schizophrenic , a problem which David felt could be hereditary . ’ |
| 14 | The City was shocked when it learned that the Midland was the least profitable of the big four banks and had the weakest capital . |
| 15 | I never doubted what I was feeling , but I was shocked when it did n't fade over the years , and I went through phases of trying to convince myself that it was some sort of obsession , a perverse desire for the one woman I believed I could never have — or not in the way I wanted you , loving me as well as wanting me . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | well , I was disappointed when it showed the league table they were n't even in the top six , but they 're seventh , huh but there 's two , two teams above them have played one more game than them , but then |
| 19 | ‘ Of course I was terrified when it happened , ’ she recalls , ‘ but I 'm not the sort to be beaten . |