Example sentences of "[adj] when he [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A vet who checked family records discovered he was 17 to 18 years old when he examined him at the Halewood RSPCA shelter yesterday evening . |
| 2 | Well it sounded so simple when he said it over the telephone about two months ago . |
| 3 | I was experiencing something very like despair , which was not altogether relieved when he turned me towards him and said , " I 'd love you if you were as bald as a coot . |
| 4 | He has worked hard on it , and perhaps he is at his most content when he has something in his game on which to work . |
| 5 | I never went there to stay , but I was always glad when he visited us at Canonmills . |
| 6 | ‘ He telephoned to tell me about it … he was very angry when he saw you with that book and I could tell that he had said things he should not have said . ’ |
| 7 | But because it was idealistic it was the more persuasive when he preached it to his young contemporaries . |
| 8 | The Trevi Fountain was magnificent , too , although Nicolo was almost apologetic when he showed it to Caroline . |
| 9 | Ben and his young friends had been told at the start of the meeting to behave themselves and not get in the way of the other archers , so they were not too pleased when he beat them at their own game . |
| 10 | She could n't even accuse him of laying a finger on her , since she was always fast asleep when he joined her in the large bed , and the twins arrived to wake her up in the morning . |
| 11 | The architect and writer Frank Pennink was right when he described it as ‘ an outstanding course where anyone who can play to his handicap is doing well ’ . |
| 12 | He was the first to admit that he had been psychologically screwed-up when he joined them after eleven years with the elite American anti-terrorist squad , Delta — a state of mind that had come about as a result of his last Delta mission . |
| 13 | And had she not felt elated when he praised her in that soft , beguiling voice ? |
| 14 | Most of the unexpected visitors were passing girl-friends of Roger 's , so I was surprised when he informed me of the pending arrival of a very special girl-friend . |