Example sentences of "when it was [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it was Lord Thurso 's time to speak he was able to joke " Your Territorial Commander and I see eye to eye . |
| 2 | When it was dusk , Colt walked out of the village of Al Mansuri-yah . |
| 3 | His shop was on the top end of Road , when it was Road . |
| 4 | Philip could n't persuade her to say pudding , when it was ice cream or some sugary mousse . |
| 5 | When it was midnight and Rodrigo was fast asleep , the leper breathed against him between his shoulders , and that breath was so strong that it passed through him , even through his breast ; and he awoke , being astounded , and felt for the leper by him , and found him not ; and he began to call him , but there was no reply . |
| 6 | When it was midnight they took the body of the Cid , fastened to the saddle as it was , and placed it upon his horse Bavieca , and fastened the saddle well : and the body sate so upright and well that it seemed as if he was alive . |
| 7 | Well , you learned to hold your own in those days , but some , some of them were n't too particular about bathing and what washing you know things like that , but er you got the usual crop of pigeon flies but there was no hooliganism , occasionally when , when it was election time and when Sir Richard was candidate for one year I remember , they came round and the people from Street and round that road they paraded through Caldmore and Palfry and there was a little bit of rough stuff went on there heckling and booing and shouting , but I do n't think any harm done . |
| 8 | Oh perhaps when i when it was Carfour |
| 9 | Years ago this was when it was Carfours |
| 10 | erm we did n't have a holiday for that but we used , when it was Willenhall er our mums knew that we should be like going home and we used to go straight from work to the Wakes you see , which was a , it was really a good wake then but then you 'd got to walk home . |
| 11 | Such sites can be useful , however , as a collection of pottery may indicate earlier occupation on a site than could be discerned when it was pasture or a field of unploughed earthworks . |
| 12 | ‘ And when it was lights out they 'd say , ‘ Last one in pulls up the ladder . ’ ' |
| 13 | When it was Sally 's turn she took a large breath . |
| 14 | as I say when it was sunlight shining through the bloody thing on his face . |
| 15 | When it was Meehan 's turn and they asked him what he had been doing that night , he said he had driven to Stranraer ( to case the motor taxation office , he admitted later ) with an Englishman called Jim Griffiths ; and they had come back via the outskirts of Ayr in the early hours of the morning . |
| 16 | He especially liked them when it was William who had the plaster that had to be taken off . |
| 17 | MOST of Ravenna 's history and its art treasures revolve around the years 402-476AD when it was capital of the Western Roman Empire . |
| 18 | How many folk used to work here when it was kind of at it 's ? |
| 19 | I found work but I did n't tell them I had nowhere to stay , that when it was night time , I got on the night buses and stayed there until morning and then went back to work . |
| 20 | When it was Spencer 's turn he found that although he had quite a few hours in his ‘ Fury , the Spit was a harder aeroplane to fly . |
| 21 | He worked now with his father at the farm , going every morning as the sun came up and not getting back until it was due to set again , so she hardly saw him unless she hid from Ma when it was bedtime . |
| 22 | Some readers may remember attending the building when it was St Mary 's Junior School , indeed many nostalgic , even misty-eyed visits are made to the building by people who remember the school as it was many years ago . |
| 23 | It was winter , I 'd go in when it was pitch dark at 8 a.m. and come out again in the dark at 5.30 pm , still in the dark . |
| 24 | Right when it was pitch dark , yeah , I was half , I was still pissed and I was half asleep and you were p taking the piss out of me behind my back about that . |
| 25 | Er I 've known er one bloke he , he 'd send for a pint of Shipstons beer when it was sixpence a pint , and then he 'd send for another pint and he 'd be drunk , or , or he 'd be ready f to fight anybody that wanted to fight him . |
| 26 | But that but that 's tha that 's defeating the whole object of the exercise of getting you know more foot patrols , because it 's foot patrols that they 're talking about all the time , if you give 'em a car you go back to the you know the fire brigade syndrome when it was zip zip zip |
| 27 | He was very good when it was subjects he understood , like girlfriends or summer holidays , but when we brought in a political issue he was n't quite so sure of it , but he grew into it very well . |
| 28 | It all looked better when it was days or weeks away , but now when it was — |
| 29 | It was the whole situation of it , in the middle of Covent Garden when it was Covent Garden . |
| 30 | When it was time for them to go , she rolled up the carpet full of soil and put it in her bedroom . |