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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | John was always displeased when a Girl became engaged . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Janet Leigh was still hysterical when the ambulance arrived to take her away . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It was still light when the thunderclap of the passage of one of the Simonova 's lifeboats over his head woke him . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I was probably asleep when the robot teacher told me the answer to that ! |
| 14 | A pathologist said that Mrs McMullen may have been alive but was probably unconscious when the material was stuffed into her mouth . |
| 15 | He was also asleep when a gramophone blared from the open window of a flat in the block across the way . |
| 16 | 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 ) . |
| 17 | I was profoundly relieved when the law was relaxed in 1967 , but I think it just added to Hugh 's problems . |
| 18 | The change in temperature was immediately noticeable when the lift doors parted and she tugged her shawl closer around her shoulders as the cold night air swirled around them . |
| 19 | Peasants may have been keen to enlist because they were genuinely patriotic , but their mood was invariably febrile when the throne changed hands . |
| 20 | McLean 's attempt to impersonate a tic-tac man apart — all he needed was a pair of white gloves — the game offered little in the way of entertainment , which was particularly disappointing when the outcome meant so much to both sides as far as their hopes of finishing fourth in the Premier Division was concerned . |
| 21 | They quickly learned that Davy 's lamp was particularly unsafe when the methane was released in jets , or ‘ blowers ’ as they were called . |
| 22 | This was particularly true when the request did not involve employment , for the successful conferment of a small charitable favour was in fact more likely to be long remembered than the award of a place . |
| 23 | The sensation was particularly poignant when the weather turned wintry . |
| 24 | He was fast asleep when the telephone rang beside his bed . |
| 25 | At night everything looked different , the smaller canals were like a labyrinth , and apart from an occasional lamp it was quite dark when the moon was hidden . |
| 26 | The Major began to feel that Onyx Muggeridge was not quite what he had come to a Parents ' Evening for , and was quite grateful when the headmaster disengaged himself with palpable reluctance from the Fromes and sailed in his direction , exuding Manner . |
| 27 | Mike Vater could be forgiven for thinking we were running around like headless chickens but he was visibly relieved when the trailer back came down and the stove and dinner emerged . |
| 28 | Although less active in recent years , he was absolutely delighted when the agreement was reached with the TCCB . |
| 29 | Table 7 , however , shows that the time required to give a no response was significantly greater when the size of memory sets excelled 3 items . |
| 30 | It was so fascinating to observe that I was very sorry when the party broke up , and even more so when Margaret did not ask her old pal Richard to stay on for supper with us after the Rolls drove away . |