Sentence examples for was elsewhere when from inspiring English sources

IT WAS just plain bad luck that attention was elsewhere when Keizo Obuchi, Japan's prime minister, arrived in Washington for his carefully planned summit with Bill Clinton on May 3rd.

My attention was elsewhere when the craft beer craze started, so I was caught off guard when my friends started talking about ales with a kind of snootiness one normally finds at a Grand Cru wine tasting.

'Was it, in short, ever well to be elsewhere when one might be in Italy?' wrote Edith Wharton.

I always feel like I'm elsewhere when I visit – it doesn't feel like the Sussex countryside".

Most of the non-Anthony players on the current Knicks roster could very well be elsewhere when (if) the formula ever leads to a championship contender.

Bread baskets remained empty, runners hadn't a clue as to where to place dishes and waiters were elsewhere when needed.

So instead of being elsewhere when the house is shown, as instructed by their agent, they should be in the midst of cooking and eating breakfast, lunch or dinner when buyers come to look.

She won, for example, 23 of 25 points at net against Wozniacki, who looked like she would rather be elsewhere when she made her own forays to the net, particularly when overheads were involved.

Half the men present exulted that their former oppressors were dead, while the others dismissed the images as forgeries because the dictator's sons were elsewhere when the attack occurred.

The property of having been conceived in Provo is a permanent property of Susan but contingent, as her mother could have been elsewhere when Susan was conceived.

All but two of the accused – Allen and Larkin – claimed that they had witnesses who would testify that they were elsewhere when the police van was attacked.