Example sentences of "come when a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The SSPCA freely admits that feeding livestock on the hills runs contrary to the accepted practice in many hill farming areas but it is of the opinion that the time has come when a stand has to be made . |
| 2 | During filming in Spain , there had already been a hint of what was to come when a journalist heard about this ‘ controversial ’ picture being made and managed to steal a script from the set , escaping by throwing beer glasses at cast and crew . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ The end came when a main contractor went into liquidation . |
| 8 | As Cecilia sat down she felt the earthquake rumblings that came when a train passed by . |
| 9 | The first taste of combat came when a light armoured detachment went into action under Army Group Vistula . |
| 10 | 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 ’ . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It is worth mentioning , all the same , that a time will come when a frequent absentee can be fairly dismissed and that a failure to consult him at the time of dismissal will not necessarily mean that the company will be powerless to resist an unfair dismissal claim . |
| 15 | The moral low point comes when a Jew ( played by Von Trier himself ) is forced to attest , falsely , to the Hartmanns ' kindness and help during the war . |
| 16 | A ‘ tougher ‘ form of protection for an area containing many buildings of historic interest , perhaps with particular features typical of the locality , comes when a local authority ( with confirmation from the Department of the Environment ) makes an Article 4 Direction . |
| 17 | The problem comes when a child begins to recognize that another has claim upon her affections — father . |
| 18 | His opportunity comes when a lone housewife is murdered by a psychopath and shortly after he himself catches " flue and reckons he can trick the doctor into giving him an alibi that he is too ill to get out of bed . |