Example sentences of "came when a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first sign of the boom in Gaelic came when a Gaelic-speaking school on Belfast 's Falls Road — the Bunscoil — saw the number of applicants soar . |
| 2 | His big break came when a Rolling Stone critic gave him a rave write-up and major record companies fell over themselves in an attempt to be the first to sign this new blues sensation . |
| 3 | The first reaction to the gold prospecting came when a group of concerned people formed the group Mining Awareness following press reports in March 1988 of gold finds in Conamara and Mayo . |
| 4 | She has never been romantically linked with anyone and the biggest revelation to emerge in recent times came when a photographer spotted her shopping in Kensington last week and discovered she ate Kellogg 's Special K for breakfast . |
| 5 | ‘ The end came when a main contractor went into liquidation . |
| 6 | As Cecilia sat down she felt the earthquake rumblings that came when a train passed by . |
| 7 | The first taste of combat came when a light armoured detachment went into action under Army Group Vistula . |
| 8 | Precious moments of light relief came when a couple of friends would turn up out of the blue and say , ‘ Come to the Indian Restaurant ’ . |
| 9 | The climax came when a show of hands was asked for to vote on a proposal that the evening 's raffle prize , a cuddly soap dish , be replaced by the manager 's job . |
| 10 | His big break came when a neighbour in Herne Hill pointed out an advertisement in the Daily Telegraph ; the English Opera Group wanted a boy soprano to star in Benjamin Britten 's opera The Turn of the Screw . |
| 11 | The goal came when a cross from the right went over the whole defence , and Frank was unmarked on the left , 7–8 yards out . |