Example sentences of "be when the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But inquire where they were when the news of Margaret Thatcher 's resignation as Prime Minister came through and most will gaze at you blankly . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The record of the health service is improving dramatically and waiting lists are now very much shorter than they were when the Government first took office . |
| 4 | If they are witnesses to fact , you will need to know where they were when the accident occurred and how good their line of sight was . |
| 5 | Luce was about to ask a second time where they were when the door was opened by a plump , middle-aged woman wearing a neat black dress . |
| 6 | That 's when the name is chosen . |
| 7 | That 's when the foreman begins to go in to hook them out . |
| 8 | The best bit 's when the light 's out , and I can listen to her breathing , and if I want to say summat — you know , summat that happened in the day — I can just speak soft and she 'll hear me . |
| 9 | But when one of the little blue aliens made some John Travolta-style dance moves , indulged in a comic face-pulling session with Walken , then gave him five , that 's when the film lost them . |
| 10 | That 's when the public turned against me . |
| 11 | That 's when the Caterham goes , eight months after five of us struggled for a weekend to built it in a cramped studio behind the office . |
| 12 | At 85 , Swanton can claim to have seen it all , including those dire days in the mid-6o 's when the county game was in such a mess . |
| 13 | That 's when the class will be strong . |
| 14 | ‘ That 's when the beast started to change and became a sheep in wolf 's clothing . |
| 15 | That 's when the fur really flies , ’ he explains , his hands mimicking flying fur . |
| 16 | They published some details — and that 's when the tapes in Britain were made public and the controversy erupted . |
| 17 | Billy Ocean 's When The Going Gets Tough . |
| 18 | But the big day is today(thurs) , not Saturday , because that 's when the men from Greenwich Council come to see if they can give the £4 million redeveloped ground the safety certificate it needs for Saturday 's sell-out game to proceed . |
| 19 | That 's when the real hell begins . ’ |
| 20 | That 's when the sirens went and we had to go to the shelter . |
| 21 | You 'll get your glittering new card in Monday 's Mirror — and that 's when the new game starts . |
| 22 | That 's when the contractual restrictions are lifted from those involved on that traumatic day when the ball was mysteriously changed at lunch . |
| 23 | That 's when the jokes about the missing bit started , for ring doughnuts look just like traditional ones with a bit taken out of the middle . |
| 24 | It 's when the family come in and they 've been prepared by a doctor whose speciality it is , and they have lists of things that they have witnessed you do , that have embarrassed and humiliated them . |
| 25 | That 's when the bitterness crept in , with musicians more than writers . |
| 26 | ‘ That 's when the symptoms subside gradually over several days . ’ |
| 27 | That 's when the likes of us drop orf , yer know . |
| 28 | Now that 's when the babes ought to give Sam a call . |
| 29 | It 's when the foot 's twisted round , it wo n't stay square . |
| 30 | Well actually I think your quite right , but I think the problem is that the older reader reads it for escapism and enjoyment , its , its fun , but I think the younger reader reads it and thinks that 's what life is should be like and that 's when the trouble starts . |