Example sentences of "was [adj] [noun] when [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was that moment when the owl was still calling and the day birds began to sing . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | It was early evening when the telephone rang . |
| 4 | It was early evening when the manager of the Langstone Hotel came to the reception desk in response to the ringing of the bell . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It was late afternoon when the train pulled into Glasgow , and Carrington was grubby and exhausted . |