Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] when [art] [noun sg] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One recent example of this was when a scientist reported , what was known as cold fusion . |
| 2 | This was when the cobbler praised , ‘ … |
| 3 | Edible things tended to crumble when packaged and someone was going to have to remember where they all were when the time came to unpack them . |
| 4 | That was when the drink began to matter . |
| 5 | That was when the realization hit me . |
| 6 | That was when the idea came to her . |
| 7 | Someone complimented me on my beautiful baby , and I suppose that was when the idea came into my head . |
| 8 | That was when the idea lodged itself in her . |
| 9 | That was when the telephone rang . |
| 10 | Some water came up and hit my bum , and that was when the phone went . |
| 11 | ‘ That was when the order went out : Be nice to Diana . ’ |
| 12 | That was when the terror had taken a grip on her . |
| 13 | That was when the soldier hit Ivan with a tyre lever . |
| 14 | That was when the world had turned to silver . |
| 15 | That was when the evil had grown . |
| 16 | That was when the car hit the boy . ’ |
| 17 | Only one thing she drew the line at and that was when the prostitution took up bairns . |