Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] time when " in BNC.
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| 1 | We regret having to disturb you at a time when you are busy , but the matter is important . ’ |
| 2 | if possible you want to avoid that , so you do n't want to , and , and you certainly do n't want to leave it until a time when you have been taken sick and you ca n't do anything about it . |
| 3 | If it did not exist , would anyone trouble to invent it at a time when , from the Atlantic to the Urals , socialism in all its manifestations is losing the argument to liberal capitalism ? |
| 4 | It is of little use to remember the answer to an examination question as you leave the room , or to say later with head in hands , " But I knew it so well " , surprised at your ability to remember it now but your inability to recall it at the time when you most needed it . |
| 5 | Will my hon. Friend pass to the National Audit Office the thanks of Parliament for its series of reports and ask whether it would be possible for us to have them at a time when Parliament is likely to be sitting rather than at one minute to midnight for the benefit of the press ? |
| 6 | ‘ Keep it to remind you of the time when Eddie 's little sister was n't good enough for you ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , no , she 's going to tell me about the time when she arrived at King ‘ s Cross station , pregnant , with a wage-packet in her pocket and no home . ’ |
| 8 | Uncle used to tell me about the time when the primitive Methodists and the Wesley Methodists were joining up . |