Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adj] when [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was found that detection latencies were generally longer when the change in ear of presentation took place during presentation of a subordinate clause than during a main clause . |
| 2 | Maybe they were looking for traces of cement which would give the game away , but the excellent visitors ' centre explains that building materials such as cement were not available when the giant , Finn McCool , built the causeway . |
| 3 | Because modern emulsions are much finer grained than those produced 100 years ago , Rodinal now gives discerning photographers , both amateur and professional , printed results that were not possible when the developer was invented . |
| 4 | Notice of such adjournment or advancement is given by the court to all parties who were not present when the order was made ( Ord 13 , r 3(2) ) ; it is common practice to send notice also to those parties who were present ( N 232 ) . |
| 5 | Care of the unfortunate was a general duty which people met with generosity and tenderness , and they were not surprised when the state did the same . |
| 6 | The mispricings for 1986 and 1987 were significantly larger when no allowance was made for stochastic interest rates , but there was no difference for the period from 1982 to 1985 . |
| 7 | The stench of decomposing material was so great when the pie was cut that people were endangered as they fell on top of each other in their haste to get away . |
| 8 | An extreme instance is provided by Godden and Baddeley ( 1975 , 1980 ) , who found that the ability of divers to recall a list of words learned either under water or on the beach was much better when the test took place in the same conditions as had prevailed during original learning . |
| 9 | The iconoclasm was soon obvious when the reviewer told us , ‘ In seeking to blame Churchill for the end of British Great Power status , the author takes the logic of his 1989 classic , Chamberlain and the Lost Peace , to its intellectual conclusions . ’ |
| 10 | The fact that I was not alive when the munich thing happened — and that it happened so long ago — gives me far less problems with it than say heysel songs , hillsboro songs , and even racist ( black ) songs . |
| 11 | For all his enjoyment of the work and the companionship of his team the lad was not sorry when the ground covered , about half an acre , showed that it was time for his midday snack . |
| 12 | If that material is subsequently found and shows that the invention was not new when the patent was applied for , the patent is in danger of being revoked . |
| 13 | He was not present when the case was called on but the justices were satisfied that he was aware of the hearing . |
| 14 | Above all , a high index of suspicion , essential for prompt diagnosis of diaphragmatic injuries , was not present when the patient was readmitted . |
| 15 | He was not surprised when the child answered in a high-pitched rebellious voice , ‘ No . |
| 16 | By the end of the day Harriet was not surprised when the girl went to bed early , pleading a headache which her mother did not think was entirely due to gin and tonic at ten thirty in the morning . |
| 17 | She was not surprised when the girl turned to her with the dark remark , ‘ I wish he had n't come in just then . ’ |
| 18 | Although it was not clear when the equipment would arrive at North Tees , managers hoped it would be installed in good time for Christmas . |
| 19 | John was always displeased when a Girl became engaged . |
| 20 | Public support for the strike Was hardly necessary when the electricity workers could reduce the supply so much that basic economic activity had to stop . |
| 21 | Janet Leigh was still hysterical when the ambulance arrived to take her away . |
| 22 | Close to dawn she forced herself into bed , but she was still wide-eyed when the maid came in with an early-morning cup of tea . |
| 23 | It was still light when the thunderclap of the passage of one of the Simonova 's lifeboats over his head woke him . |
| 24 | Stuart was only 17 years old and it is a tribute to his strength and personality that he was still conscious when the rescue team arrived , one and a half hours after I left him to go for help . |
| 25 | Until very late the previous night I had been writing about Krakatoa and trials by Fire , and was deeply asleep when the cat woke me . |
| 26 | I was probably asleep when the robot teacher told me the answer to that ! |
| 27 | A pathologist said that Mrs McMullen may have been alive but was probably unconscious when the material was stuffed into her mouth . |
| 28 | He was also asleep when a gramophone blared from the open window of a flat in the block across the way . |
| 29 | As the number of patients who originally had had solitary stones was small , the difference does not reach statistical significance and this was also true when the analysis was based on the 26 patients who had recurrence diagnosed by oral cholecystectography or ultrasound , or both ( 14.5 ( 9.5 ) % for those who had had single stones and 46.4 ( 8.1 ) % for those with multiple stones : NS ) . |
| 30 | I was profoundly relieved when the law was relaxed in 1967 , but I think it just added to Hugh 's problems . |