Sentence examples for thing when it was from inspiring English sources

David McKay We did the whole thing when it was pouring with rain at one o'clock in the morning.

Even jihad was viewed as a good thing when it was understood as motivating the fight against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan.

He "was perplexed by this thing when it was brought to his attention a few days ago," Pavel Palazhchenko, Mr. Gorbachev's personal aide and translator, wrote by e-mail.

What I mean is that from a voter's point of view, they might read some claim in the Daily Telegraph, or a clip on the news, but they've been hearing for about a decade now week-in week-out from all the Liberal Democrats: this was our thing when it was first delivered.

"Some of the traders could not find the money, and some did not want to join in a complicated thing when it was not clear it would work," said Mir Agha, a former teacher and salt trader for 10 years, who heads the collective that eventually formed.

"I did the same thing when it was over and went back to my desk red in the face," he says.

Activism is a fine thing when it's done well, but Electra was the wrong target.

"A station starts by pretending to be one thing when it's actually something else.

A meal is not the same thing when it is not shared.

No one gets extra credit for doing the right thing when it is easy.

But he can't do a thing when it's payoff time.