Example sentences of "was [adj] when [pron] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone was supportive when I dried up on my one and only line and we had to do it again . |
| 2 | Similarly Roy Griffiths was right when he pointed out that many management tasks are the same in any organisation and some of the differences that the public administration camp stress can be overcome . |
| 3 | Everyone was sorry when he went back to Bermondsey , but the good work he had done lived after him . |
| 4 | But the pitch was wet when I picked up a swag against them at Bradford . |
| 5 | Another friend who had known him since his teens said : ‘ He was different when he came out , he scared people . |
| 6 | IN HIS book , All the Presidents ' Wits , Gerald Gardner quotes Ronald Reagan remembering a speech he gave in Mexico City as Californian governor which created so little applause he was embarrassed when he sat down . |
| 7 | I was OK when I woke up , but when I remember Marie 's gone I start feeling sad . |
| 8 | Louise was relieved when she went on , ‘ Nicky Scott Wilson . |
| 9 | ‘ About half-an-hour before Paris , ’ she answered , and he was relieved when she moved on down the aisle . |
| 10 | In the interval of my concert , he took the cellos away to ensure that the passage was perfect when we came back to play it — now there is real dedication and real generosity ! |
| 11 | I was dismayed when I woke up to the fact that the plan was not to wait or extend the building but to send twenty people and their children away to start another church . |
| 12 | It was dark when we took up a position among thick briars and long grass . |
| 13 | It was dark when he cycled to his piano lesson , and it was dark when he cycled back to the farm again . |
| 14 | ANNE Garwood was horrified when she looked out of the window and saw her husband taking in the milk . |
| 15 | but it was cold when we got in and even colder when we got out , so if we all go down with pneumonia that will |
| 16 | I was thrilled when we won through to the UK team chase finals — many people thought she was n't capable and we proved them wrong . ’ |
| 17 | If she was tired when she came back , he might even cook for her — a few artfully scrambled eggs with a sprinkling of fines herbes . |
| 18 | Sweetheart was alone when she came back into view , and Frankie could not recall when he had seen her look more beautiful . |
| 19 | It was lonely when I came back to Low Birk Hatt . |
| 20 | ‘ It was sunny when I went out . ’ |
| 21 | She was happy when she sat up all night to spare Andrew a vigil by a sick or calving or foaling animal . |
| 22 | His face was paper-white when he came back to the table . |
| 23 | But I was stunned when they took out the curlers — it looked even worse ! ’ |
| 24 | Asked about his first day , Terry said : ‘ I was stunned when I turned up on the Monday only to be confronted with the aftermath of the weekend fire . |
| 25 | He was shocked when I took off my shirt in the street to get some damn sun on my tits . |
| 26 | The house was hot when they got back into it and they walked around with nothing on in the dark rooms with windows and doors open . |
| 27 | I was amazed when they came back with a prototype . |
| 28 | ‘ I was amazed when mine went in . |
| 29 | A fortnight after she had made this earth-shattering discovery she was amazed when he stuttered out an invitation to the cinema . |
| 30 | I remember now , it was open when I went back to the car . |