Example sentences of "[been] [adj] when [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could n't have been asleep when I lifted the ledger from her lap and scanned its pages : she must have been watching me all the time . |
| 2 | Most women had tried to become pregnant for two or three years , and most ( 412 , 82% ) had never been pregnant when they entered the study . |
| 3 | Bigwig had been right when he said the line was fresh . |
| 4 | And you must understand : to appreciate the pessimism I feel today you would need to have been present when I formed the optimism. , |
| 5 | It is no wonder that ordinary men and women throughout the country wish that Guy Fawkes had been successful when they consider the punishment that this House has levelled at ordinary men and women in a state of poverty . |
| 6 | The way we work is similar and it could have been nasty when we wanted the same part . |
| 7 | When Two Left Feet was eventually released , critics pointed out that it had become dated , but there was general praise for the performances of Crawford and his two female co-stars , all of whom had been unknown when they made the film but had become names by the time it was shown in cinemas . |
| 8 | ‘ You must 've been surprised when I answered the door . ’ |