Example sentences of "be when [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The record of the health service is improving dramatically and waiting lists are now very much shorter than they were when the Government first took office . |
| 2 | Luce was about to ask a second time where they were when the door was opened by a plump , middle-aged woman wearing a neat black dress . |
| 3 | If they are witnesses to fact , you will need to know where they were when the accident occurred and how good their line of sight was . |
| 4 | But inquire where they were when the news of Margaret Thatcher 's resignation as Prime Minister came through and most will gaze at you blankly . |
| 5 | Edible things tended to crumble when packaged and someone was going to have to remember where they all were when the time came to unpack them . |
| 6 | ‘ The most fascinating part of any business is the early days , because that 's when every experience is a new experience . ’ |
| 7 | That 's when a lot of the girls started banging on the door , screaming and shouting . |
| 8 | Erm when the when that 's when the sun 's directly |
| 9 | That 's when the name is chosen . |
| 10 | It 's when the vomit comes out your mouth that does it is n't it ? |
| 11 | That 's when the fur really flies , ’ he explains , his hands mimicking flying fur . |
| 12 | Well there was a , there was a debate or something and that 's when the committee |
| 13 | Ten thirty , that 's when the Mayoress will open it . |
| 14 | And when they 're all together , that that 's when the problem is . |
| 15 | When they asked me why I did n't have a British passport that 's when the immigration problems started . |
| 16 | It 's when the foot 's twisted round , it wo n't stay square . |
| 17 | Afterwards , looking back , Sara knew that if she were asked she would put a circle round this evening , this particular point in time , and say , " That 's when the heartache began , " a tiny little pain to begin with , no more than a tremor of consciousness , the veriest pinprick . |
| 18 | Normally , she preferred to stay over at Antonia 's when the occasion arose . |
| 19 | But when one of the little blue aliens made some John Travolta-style dance moves , indulged in a comic face-pulling session with Walken , then gave him five , that 's when the film lost them . |
| 20 | That 's when the Press will really start having a field day . ’ |
| 21 | That 's when the public turned against me . |
| 22 | That 's when the idea of an escape tunnel came to me . |
| 23 | Well that went to the secretary of the sectional council , and that 's when the negotiating machinery of negotiation started . |
| 24 | That 's when the course will actually finish . |
| 25 | That 's when the engine seized solid because there was no oil in the engine . |
| 26 | ‘ No , it 's when the government pays you not to grow crops in the fields . ’ |
| 27 | That 's when the man with the gun shoots the tiger . ’ |
| 28 | Well actually I think your quite right , but I think the problem is that the older reader reads it for escapism and enjoyment , its , its fun , but I think the younger reader reads it and thinks that 's what life is should be like and that 's when the trouble starts . |
| 29 | The armchair sailors shifted guiltily in their armchairs , and that 's when the trouble started . |
| 30 | er , and then they start and that 's when the trouble starts . |