Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] he [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Castro later admitted to Herbert Matthews that when he took over the refineries he did not know whether or not Moscow would supply Cuba with oil ( Matthews : 1969 , p. 171 ) . |
| 2 | I told him that when he came up the ramp he must accelerate on the throttle at speed so that he got the front wheel up in the air , so he would n't nosedive and hurt himself . |
| 3 | Is the Minister seriously saying that when he drew up the disposal scheme and the scheme for professional advice he had no consultation with the Secretary of State for Transport ? |
| 4 | Peter Lunnen , who took the call , said at Shrewsbury Crown Court that as he shouted down the telephone line to Mrs Wilks , he heard her speaking in the distance . |
| 5 | The water in the moat was deep , and if he pulled up the drawbridge over the moat , no one could get to him . |
| 6 | She would send him off to some lecturing engagement with butter and other rations to give his hostess , and when he came back the rations would be found as a soggy mess in his pocket . |
| 7 | The watchman went to tell the local Chief and when he came back the body was gone . ’ |
| 8 | He loved his ‘ Jocks ’ without a trace of condescension , and when he took over the regiment as lieutenant-colonel in North Africa and Italy , his double-barrelled beer name earned him the affectionate sobriquet of ‘ Colonel Screwtop ’ . |
| 9 | Naturally he he wanted to keep his place open and when he got up the next morning somebody had painted the side of the van completely over . |
| 10 | She was dressed as a munitions worker , and when he switched on the light her hair had blazed under the dim bulb . |
| 11 | Caruth , out of the rink since last August , was slow to warm up but once he shook off the cobwebs he looked the winner all the way . |
| 12 | But when he put down the phone , he was wearing what Celia called his crisis face . |
| 13 | But when he held out the bread to Charlotte , he could not do it , because he was shaking and crying so much . |
| 14 | He had to return to base , but as he flew back the thought crossed his mind that if he could get refuelled quickly enough the opportunity might still remain . |
| 15 | It was a fatal move , of course , because when he turned back the leprechaun had gone . ’ |