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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a time when somebody" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a specific moment or period in the past involving a particular person.
Example: "I remember a time when somebody helped me through a difficult situation."
Alternatives: "a moment when someone" or "an occasion when a person".
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The draft bill – promised before Christmas – doesn't look as though it will break much new ground into the realms of economic or social rights, for example: this must be a relief at a time when somebody such as Iain Duncan Smith could end up on a drafting committee.
So, there's a term that we use called the teachable moments and the teachable moment is a time when somebody is most amenable to make the lifestyle change and it happens to be, for example, when somebody's told they have a cancer, that could be a threat to their mortality, and that's when they are likely potentially to make a change for the better.
Regardless of how lenient the crew captain might have been under the circumstances, there was a time when somebody in charge said, in effect, "Alright, guys, time to go back to where all the human shit is and get back to work.
Regardless of how lenient the crew captain might have been under the circumstances, there was a time when somebody in charge said, in effect, "All right, guys, time to go back to where all the human shit is and get back to work.
There will come a time when somebody tries to talk to you maybe about growing up or dating.
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You have to have a partnership that has room for a partner at a moment in time when somebody is on the market and that person has a skillset that's needed in that partnership.
JB: Yeah, it was a moment in time when somebody asked me to do something I thought was kind of cool.
This was a hospitable society where, at one time, "when somebody invited you for lunch, you found you were there for dinner," Dr. Margoob said.
"Almost 100percentt of the time when somebody goes off, it's broadcast in advance to friends.
"You don't realise at the time when somebody's dying how stressful it is.
"There's always that lag time when somebody sits in their car and is like: 'Oh, I know somebody's waiting – I think I'll do my makeup.' Or: 'I think I'm going to check my phone.
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