Example sentences of "be [adj] [noun sg] when [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Please give my apologies and excuses to the lady , but it 's important to meet where you all were last night when the tocsin was sounded . ’ |
| 2 | The minimum length of notice an employer must give an employee under Section 49 of the Employment Protection Act 1978 is one week when the employee has been employed between one month and two years . |
| 3 | It was that moment when the owl was still calling and the day birds began to sing . |
| 4 | In another coroner 's court , called to enquire into the death of a 70-year-old man after an alleged hit-and-run accident , there was further uproar when the jury defied the evidence of medical experts and returned a verdict of ‘ heart disease from natural causes ’ . |
| 5 | It was early evening when the telephone rang . |
| 6 | It was early evening when the manager of the Langstone Hotel came to the reception desk in response to the ringing of the bell . |
| 7 | This meant that to go for a crap you had to take a shovel and dig a hole which was hard work when the ground was solid . |
| 8 | It was late afternoon when the train pulled into Glasgow , and Carrington was grubby and exhausted . |