Sentence examples for were when he took from inspiring English sources

One tends to forget just how absurd Greek finances were when he took over.

In other words, people were less persuaded by Reagan when he left office than they were when he took office.

Of course not, but are we better off than we were when he took office?" Mr. Clinton said, pausing as the crowd roared in approval.

Polls from the Indonesian Survey Circle reported that the president's satisfaction ratings had hit a low of 38%, half what they were when he took office in 2004.

How many more points will Obama lose in Afghanistan, where there are twice as many troops as there were when he took office?

He understood that the Knicks were further from winning a title today than they were when he took the job, that they simply had no real inside presence to advance in the playoffs.

"The downfall was when he took the stand.

But he is not nearly as popular as he was when he took office in 2008.

It is a stabler, richer and more important country than it was when he took over.

That's when he took percussiveness in his solos to new extremes.

Jakarta seems much the same congested, dirty, flood-prone place it was when he took over.