Example sentences of "[be] when a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kind of occasion when this injunction might apply would be when a prisoner deliberately fasts to bring about a change in his status , or else to cause the maximum amount of embarrassment to the authorities . |
| 2 | Used to be when a carpenter put up a door he put up a door . |
| 3 | ‘ I still think the great moments in acting are when a theatre audience lets out a big laugh at just the point when you want them to laugh — or when you can hear a pin drop because you 've got them totally captivated in the drama . ’ |
| 4 | Reed warblers are no more likely to eject a model cuckoo 's egg when it is simply added to those already in the nest than they are when a substitution is carried out . |
| 5 | Other typical situations where barking can be a problem are when a dog wants to come indoors or resents being left in a car on its own . |
| 6 | He remembered Edith as she had been when a girl . |