Example sentences of "but when it [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The he-man was spoilt for sports car choice in the mid '60s but when it came to the crunch he would probably have gone for either the Austin Healey or the AC Cobra . |
| 2 | Anthony was fine with a pick , apparently , but when it came to scraping away layers of earth with a trowel and saving small pieces of pottery , he simply did not have the patience . |
| 3 | But when it came to women , the Captain was a non-starter . |
| 4 | Watching him in the market she saw how popular he was , and certainly he had an eye for the best produce on offer , but when it came to the exchange of cash he parted with it too readily . |
| 5 | But when it came to the British people , who it was claimed he had so dreadfully harmed , the court went into secret session . |
| 6 | But when it came to it , national pride won out , and the UK forgot all about international agreements . |
| 7 | A man like Edouard de Chavigny liked to play the field , so much was understood , but when it came to choosing a wife , well , then the qualifications required were somewhat different . |
| 8 | The Frizzell sons-in-law might wear halos , but when it came to financial success they were nowhere . |
| 9 | The GenTech labs could n't do anything about the common cold and no government had been able to develop a workable public transport system , but when it came to deathware , why , there were wonderful new toys on the market every fall , just in time for Christmas . |
| 10 | But when it came to their sex life , Antonia was boss of the futon frolics . |
| 11 | ‘ I believe we loved each other , but when it came to the crunch he could n't leave the priesthood . ’ |
| 12 | The psychologist commented that Balbinder had liked having a reading book and clearly wanted to read but when it came to reading he did not understand what he was doing but relied on guessing . |
| 13 | But when it came to sport New Zealand has always been turned in . |
| 14 | Examples of such housing were built in Europe in the 1940s , but when it came to the public sector imitations in this country , narrowness of concep-tion and meanness in execution translated the idea into the publicly owned slabs and boxes that have become a feature of the landscape in our major cities ( McDowell , 1983 ) . |
| 15 | Kolchinsky was used to the gentle ribbing he got from the operatives about his cost-cutting exercises but when it came to the crunch he would never put any of their lives at risk for the sake of the budget . |
| 16 | H. C. Wyld , for example , was a very great expert on the grossly divergent regional dialects of Middle English , but when it came to post-sixteenth-century English , he was quite insistent that the only object worthy of our study was Received Standard English . |
| 17 | Sure , there were specialist writers on individual sports who were of unimpeachable quality , but when it came to the Big Event , or the Big Interview , McIlvanney was the one whom we read with both pleasure and despair — emotions generated by the pride at being in the same trade as the main , and by the realization of his supremacy . |
| 18 | I was n't completely heart-free during those years ; sometimes I allowed myself to be fooled that I loved someone , but when it came to the point of saying " yes " to anything final there was always the small honest inner voice which jeered " For life ? |
| 19 | I meant to be open with him but when it came to it I beat about the bush . |
| 20 | Enough light would spill inwards from the porch as the door closed slowly on its damper , enough at least for him to get to his own door and line up the key ; but when it came to it he hurried too much and was trying to shake out the Yale when the front door put him in darkness . |
| 21 | I was dreading the scene we 'd have at my Promise Ceremony , but when it came to it , she was actually on her best behaviour . |
| 22 | British Legion do : they 'd hired a Dixie Band but when it came to it would want Country and Western : six in the band and a twelve pound fee . |
| 23 | We were going to once but when it came to it you did n't have the money for the licence . |
| 24 | But when it came to Grunte , they disagreed . |
| 25 | The play began its provincial tour in Cambridge ( it went all over the country , but when it came to including the play in Ken 's career notes for Who 's Who in the Theatre , he only mentions Cambridge , as though referring to the West End theatre of that name ) . |
| 26 | Artistically they felt out of their depth here , but when it came to spending the town 's money they knew a lot more than Herr Busacher did . |
| 27 | But when it came to it , when she had to make the decision about leaving home for good , throwing herself into the wide world and trying her luck , she felt unhappy . |
| 28 | But when it came to touring South Africa , D'Oliveria became persona , officially labelled a Cape Coloured by South African authorities they said his inclusion in an England party contravened their apartheid laws . |
| 29 | The performance was well received , but when it came to questions the students did n't forget the Union 's traditions of controversy . |
| 30 | But when it came to dealing with Railfreight , he said , his ideas hit the buffers . |