Example sentences of "time when [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He kept moving all the time , on his toes with his weight perfectly balanced , just as he 'd been taught , down at the gymnasium , every Saturday and every Wednesday for the past five years , times when everyone thought he was busy doing something else . |
| 2 | The idea is that if elderly people can be encouraged to think back to the times when they had lots of relationships , and when they felt they had some status and worth , then they are able to feel that status carry over more into their present life . |
| 3 | They also promised to use their friends in the Salvation Army as supports at times when they thought they could not cope by themselves . |
| 4 | Many were the times when he had his knuckles rapped sharply for meddling in politics or foreign policy . |
| 5 | Chuck noticed that instead of drinking the usual cold tea like the others he surreptitiously raised a hip flask to his lips a couple of times when he thought he was unobserved . |
| 6 | There were times when he suspected he was just a meal ticket to her . |
| 7 | She had only to watch the porter 's moves next day to learn the times when he visited his charge , and espy where the two keys of the penal cells hung side by side in the gatehouse . |
| 8 | There were times when he missed her ; hers was the only woman 's body that he 'd ever known . |
| 9 | She would go from eating little and missing meals to eating heavily at times when she experienced her sweet cravings . |
| 10 | ‘ There were times when she said she wished she could get rid of these aches and pains , ’ said Mr Bowyer , who also found a suicide note from his wife . |
| 11 | A change from times when she felt she ‘ had to act like she knew everything ’ . |
| 12 | HELPED herself to cigarettes from packets and lit up , ignoring the times when she burned herself , and |
| 13 | Against her creamy paleness his hand was a thin brown intruder , and he knew there were times when she despised him for his swarthy colouring . |
| 14 | There were times when Constance loved Nicky and times when she hated him , but her overall emotion was liking . |
| 15 | He was not a man much given to talking , but there were times when she caught him glancing at her in a way that held its own silent eloquence . |
| 16 | There were times when I feared our house was lost for ever . |
| 17 | Admitted Owers : ‘ There were times when I thought I might not play again this season because of pelvic trouble . |
| 18 | I just avoided the boys in the town for a while , only going in with my father or at times when I knew they would be in school . |
| 19 | Cottee admits : ‘ There were times when I felt I was carrying the whole world on my shoulders . ’ |
| 20 | Even though I now encourage my class to use any methods they like , there are still times when I wished I had not said something which could inhibit a pupil 's thinking . |
| 21 | But I remember only too well the time when we had nothing in the bank and we lived in rented property because we 'd sold our home to keep me racing . |
| 22 | I can remember and I think the rest of us from the Three-Ninetieth can remember when there were very little time when we had it this quiet . |
| 23 | I buy used all the club money at the time when we bought it |
| 24 | Kate did last time when they got it |
| 25 | For Messrs Ames , Myers , Wilbraham , Hudd and Irens and the shell company specialists like Messrs Lever and D'Silva , this recession might be a period that , unlike most , they will be able to recall fondly as a time when they grew their businesses . |
| 26 | This time when they said their good byes they arranged to meet the following morning and so things continued . |
| 27 | ‘ That time when you shook your head , your hair just stayed still . ’ |
| 28 | At the time when you started your first gallery was it unusual for a woman to be in charge ? |
| 29 | The issue is a narrow one , namely whether on the true construction of section 9(4) of the Act of 1975 and in the light of the facts that ( a ) Dr. Hayes was a servant of the Crown at the time when he made his investigation into the Lockerbie disaster , ( b ) he has since retired from the service of the Crown , and ( c ) that the evidence sought relates to what he discovered when acting as such a servant , the court has any power to make the order sought . |
| 30 | ‘ It is a measure of the level of the people with which he was dealing , in that at a time when he thought he might be a witness in another case , he was assaulted rendering him unconscious and his house was the subject of an arson attack . ’ |