Example sentences of "so when it [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 Then , as now , people were at a loss to help the whales back to deep water , and even more so when it came to explaining the phenomenon .
2 So when it came to er I have n't really asked you whether you found the process of selling painful .
3 Having learned from his first assignment that the general effectively controlled the hostage situation in Beirut , Coleman now came to realize that , in a broader frame but in the same sense , Kenaan also controlled the nature and scope of narco-terrorism itself — ; or , at any rate , could do so when it suited President Assad 's purpose .
4 So when it seemed the conversation was nearly over and , for the first time since he had known her , she appeared to have called for no reason , he was almost relieved to hear her ask , ‘ Now then , David , have you heard from him ? ’
5 So when it had come playtime I went home .
6 Domestic radio ( in contrast to the World Service ) barely touched on the run up to the cancellation of Yeltsin 's trip to Japan , so when it happened we did n't know why , we did n't know how important it was .
7 And he so when it started he said sometimes my drives me mad .
8 Even when , as we show later , Brazil had an opportunity to do so when it invited the multinationals to establish its automobile industry , it chose not to exercise its power for fear of discouraging potential entrants .
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