Example sentences of "when it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Admittedly , there were times for her when it all became too much , when the intrusion and the invasion were a strain . |
| 2 | Without even being aware of it , tension ‘ collects ’ there — so when it all gets too much for your , you can slip off your shoes and unwind with a little self-massage , without getting too many strange looks from colleagues . |
| 3 | ‘ What will happen to his small world when it all stops ? ’ she asks . |
| 4 | He was worried about Kylie 's future welfare and insisted that Waterman and Co explained the problems he , and Jason for that matter , would face when it all ended . |
| 5 | Anyway , when it all gets too much and you ca n't bear the thought of writing another Christmas card or eating another mince pie just sit down and have a quiet read of your NCT newsletter ! |
| 6 | There 's a wonderful sense of ease and rhythm when it all goes right . ’ |
| 7 | However , we all know what it is like to start something entirely new and to be told at the beginning that rows of holes have to be followed by two knit rows and then , when it all seems to be going well , to discover that there are two transferring rows one after the other , sounding like a contradiction in terms . |
| 8 | ‘ Now , when it all turns to dust , we can make a bit of dosh . ’ |
| 9 | He said : ‘ The trouble is that when it all started 100 years ago no-one envisaged just how popular rock climbing would become . |
| 10 | But in the study of occasions of violence in school , only one of our parallel sources can be recorded and studied , namely the accounts , since we were not there when it all happened . |
| 11 | I had so much invested in my identity as a young success that when it all evaporated I was left with a part of myself I did n't know or understand or like . |
| 12 | She professes to having been a little sad when it all ended , but stressed that all involved are still friends — to the point , indeed , where Trevor Hutchinson is now a lynchpin of her own band . |
| 13 | When it all went WRONG |
| 14 | Number three , he 's not very far behind the other chap , same distance when it all happens . |
| 15 | This is as much for your benefit as theirs so it does pay to listen — otherwise they may well turn round and say ‘ we told you so ’ when it all comes out in Courier . |
| 16 | ‘ He 's looking worse than he did when it all happened , ’ said Jenny . |
| 17 | There was a great deal of stopping and starting when it all got underway ; the scorer made a mistake ; the score indicator broke down ; we caught Grampian out over an answer they gave as wrong , when it was right . |
| 18 | I thoroughly enjoyed my time there and I was sad when it all came to an end . |
| 19 | ROBBIE When it all happened , when I got thrown out of the school , he said he 'd never wanted to adopt anyway , it was my mother 's idea , not his , it was to make her happy . |
| 20 | Was there a sort of point when it all changed ? |
| 21 | For a long time , Ana said nothing , and Maggie was just beginning to believe that she would stay silent when it all came pouring out . |
| 22 | ‘ We were at the side of the lake having a bite to eat when it all happened . |
| 23 | No they were , that 's what they were were n't it when it all happened , the old Revered somebody or other , they wilful murder but erm yeah basically it does n't seem like , there was no real evidence as to who erm fired first and there was no conclusion that the about that , but they were certainly I R A gunmen , para 's , its like without a doubt if you know some people , but like with those high powered weapons they may , alright its unfortunately that somebody may have got shot , but it may not of been the main shot , that may , may of been a ricochet or , or anything like that , both their they 've got a killing range of up to three mile so one mate come round , he says he 's gon na come round again tomorrow and have a look at it |
| 24 | At that time it was more erm easy to get Kuwait nationality , so we have Egyptians , we have Palestinians , we have Indians , we have Pakistanis , Iranians who got Kuwaiti nationality when it all started . |
| 25 | My main reservation about the book , which is more evident to me now than when it first appeared , is that Lodge has too direct and univocal an understanding of the elusive concept of ‘ literature ’ . |
| 26 | We opt for The Baker 's Wife at the Phoenix and all vote it a definite winner , and I wonder again at the jaundiced palate of critics who gave it a fair old drubbing when it first trotted out . |
| 27 | This brief in our series on the modern classics of economics looks at a paper that is still as controversial as when it first appeared — and suddenly much more relevant to the debate on economic policy . |
| 28 | Dismissed as a novelty when it first appeared on record over a decade ago , rap has proved itself remarkably durable . |
| 29 | Fat is a Feminist Issue by Susie Orbach ( Hamlyn , 1978 ) was revolutionary when it first came out , with its detailed look at what it means to be fat and thin in our society , and to each of us individually . |
| 30 | But it was strange when it first began . |