Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] time when " in BNC.

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1 He later explained his reasons in English Farming , and Why I Turned It Up ( 1894 ) in the preface to which he wrote : ‘ I can remember the time when people used to talk to me about farming and explain how I ought to go about it .
2 It is true that William Cobbett , born in 1766 , was to write , " I do not remember the time when I did not earn my living " , but he was the son of a moderately successful small farmer in a district where hop growing enabled a decent living from small acreages for a family with three sons to help work it .
3 Although , erm you know , I I can remember the time when I have not been a , quite enjoyed having bread and butter and chips .
4 Yeah that 's right no reflection on you it 's just that I 'm thinking oh I ca I just ca n't see the time when I would ever drive through a gap like that that confidently that 's all .
5 Most secondary schools have now reached double figures in their stocks of micros — but only a few years ago the authors of a book ( Howe and Ross , 1981 ) could gently suggest that ‘ we can readily envisage the time when every educational institution in the country will have access to at least one microcomputer ’ .
6 She could n't actually now pinpoint the time when she began to dislike the room , the furniture , the colour of the carpet , the curtains … the ever-changing curtains .
7 British pubs and restaurants should follow it without hesitation and who knows , we might all see a time when smoking is considered a bad habit of the past .
8 Just as Maggie could not remember a time before there was Fenna , and a time before there was the big house and the three women living in it , so she could not remember a time when there was not the constant tug of tension between her grandmother and her mother .
9 He can never remember a time when he did n't have a detective to guard him , or private cars , planes or trains to transport him .
10 Gedge can not remember a time when he did not want to be in a pop group .
11 And I ca n't remember a time when he said , ‘ Do n't play that ; play this . ’
12 Dinah Asshe could not remember a time when she had not enjoyed dressing up .
13 On the other hand , he could not remember a time when it had not been taken for granted the Hall would one day be his own .
14 Looking back , I ca n't remember a time when I did n't love you .
15 He could not remember a time when he had not known .
16 He could remember a time when he had fallen asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow , and when he had always had a healthy appetite .
17 They could n't remember a time when they had been without it .
18 He could n't remember a time when going to bed with a woman had n't dulled his interest , acting almost inevitably as a cure for his fascination .
19 ‘ It 's what I 've wanted to do for a long time , so long that I ca n't remember a time when the name Tony Radcliffe did n't send me into a violent rage ! ’
20 The amount that we do overseas fluctuates but I can not remember a time when we have not had an overseas project going on .
21 The equipment — in perfect condition after lying hidden for 50 years — will chronicle a time when each factory had its own firefighting force specially trained to deal with the Luftwaffe 's terrifying weaponry .
22 The Histories of Cumberland , by Dr. Burn , and Mr. Hutchinson , do not mention the time when Lord 's Island , as a seat , was abandoned by the Radcliffe family .
23 Then will come the time when she has the baby .
24 There will come the time when he will withdraw the Holy Spirit , when he will be taken out of the world , but as long as the church of Jesus Christ is here that will not take place .
25 Does n't it recall the time when the church taught that our Earth was the centre of the universe , and the stars just little pinpricks of light set in the sky for our delight ( or , even more absurdly presumptuous , that the stars go out of their way to exert astrological influences on our little lives ) ?
26 ‘ There must come a time when it is called to a halt , ’ Lord Donaldson said .
27 OK , so they 'll come a time when I 'm not challenging the world record .
28 We 've been together now for 18 years and it do n't seem a day too long , but I can see there does come a time when it 's good for mother and child to view one another from a distance .
29 There will come a time when that joke is n't funny anymore .
30 There will come a time when you will want to fish with two rods , which means you will have to buy another rod and reel .
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