Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [noun sg] when [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there was further drama when the crane 's brakes failed and it slid into the cab of the lorry . |
| 2 | The noise was deafening and it was poetic justice when the amplifiers stalled just before the start and the bevvy of dancing girls , caught in mid-step , were quickly ushered off stage-left . |
| 3 | In the other case , where a wife killed her husband , there was widespread coverage when a judge decided not to jail a 25-year-old civil servant who had shot her husband through the heart just a week after their marriage . |
| 4 | Why was Black shot when the army 's procedure explicitly states that soldiers should always try to handle situations ‘ other than by opening fire ’ ? |
| 5 | There was great disappointment when the Government decided to choose Glasgow as the preferred option , in spite of the deal Chester had put together . |
| 6 | This was one occasion when the sons of Cain , the killers , would not turn round and claim with mocking innocence , ‘ Are we our brother 's keepers ? |
| 7 | There was one instance when the tanker had left and we were low on fuel that we radioed in to say we were coming home . |
| 8 | THERE was one point when the hair on the back of my head began to lift . |
| 9 | There was world-wide revulsion when the IRA exploded a bomb during a Poppy Day service in Enniskillen in the late 80s . |
| 10 | And there was huge euphoria when the Berlin Wall was , was knocked down , and in a way , we 've also heard recently that the gilt has perhaps been knocked off that ge , gingerbread as , as the real economic truths are hitting home . |
| 11 | There was huge relief when the curtain fell on the Saturday night performance . |