Example sentences of "day [Wh adv] it be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most days when it is severe , I simply get up and immerse myself in work . |
| 2 | There are days when it 's best to pretend that the children are someone else 's |
| 3 | There are days when it 's best to pretend that the children belong to someone else and yesterday was one of them . |
| 4 | The humble fryer has come a long way since the days when it was little more than a heating element and a thermostat . |
| 5 | Ever photogenic , Castle Street in Farnham in the days when it was possible to capture the scene without any parked cars . |
| 6 | These were the days when it was possible to have a lease for life . |
| 7 | As for heating bills — this was summer-time — what was his wife burning on the occasional days when it was cool — gold-dust ? |
| 8 | Although many new additions cluster around the older buildings , the old mill still stands proudly over all , a reminder of the days when it was one of the biggest and most important mills in the area . |
| 9 | Do you remember the old days when it was standard practice to put one paper on top of another ? |
| 10 | I also became a university student in the days when it was axiomatic that higher education was ‘ free ’ . |
| 11 | There were days when it was hard to find a script . |
| 12 | We 'll plot and plan together for the day when it 's opportune to strike ! ’ |
| 13 | ( a ) Every such office shall be attended on each day when it is open to the public or open to telephone calls from the public by : |
| 14 | Since then , we have gone on making love at the club during the day when it is quiet . |
| 15 | He qualifies this using two examples of Caesar 's ‘ humanness ’ , the first of a day when it was cold and windy , an the river Tiber was rough and in flood , and Caesar and Cassius were at the shore , Caesar asked Cassius to swim across with him as a sort of dare , almost , and so Cassius did , followed by Caesar , and they battled across . |
| 16 | Unfortunately one day when it was earlier on he , he got his commands mixed up and we was m marching down the yard and the drive , and we was marching towards the factory up and down and right wheel and about turn , left wheel , basic foot drill you know it had been going for about ten minutes and all and we was going down towards the factory and erm we kept on going , we was getting close to the factory and he , he he forgot his words forgot what er command he wanted to give and he shouted stop you 'll be in the bloody factory in a minute instead of sa shouting halt , you know , he , he got flummoxed . |