Example sentences of "[adj] was when [art] [noun sg] [verb] " 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 This was when the need to live together came not from the older generation , but from the child 's own family .
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 .
18 One of the most amusing was when a group calling itself the Renewable Energy Generating Board drove on to the proposed reactor site and installed a miniature array of ten-foot-high wind turbines .
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