Example sentences of "that [subord] he [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew that if he kept under the trees , he should be able to crest the Monument yet remain hidden from the mysterious workers . |
| 2 | The theory is that if he stayed with the females throughout the year , he would compete with them for food and would probably take the best of what was available . |
| 3 | It seemed a shame that while he stood in the Chuckwagon queue he called his girlfriend ‘ Tray ’ . |
| 4 | A vicar in Battersea told me the other day that when he went to the church festival of Christmas at the local primary school — one of the schools within his parish — there was plenty of Father Christmas and jingle bells , but not one reference to Jesus . |
| 5 | She allowed him to lead her back to the living-room , her defences momentarily lapsed so that when he paused on the threshold to slide an arm around her waist and draw her into his embrace she was too shocked to remonstrate . |
| 6 | He says that when he got into the room the double bed was alight , he picked up the babies and got them out as quickly as he could . |
| 7 | The Earl of Shrewsbury once told me that when he walked in the park , Wolsey would suffer no one to come within bowshot of him . |
| 8 | He noted gloomily that when he dined with the King in May the Simpsons were both present , and that when another semi-political dinner party was given in July Mrs Simpson was announced in the Court Circular as being present alone without her husband . |
| 9 | Mr Templeton said that when he arrived at the fire after 10pm , he had spoken to a man who was being treated for injuries in an ambulance . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's a comfortable place to sleep , ’ he thought , and he was so tired after his long , disappointing day at the fair that when he climbed into the cart , he fell asleep immediately . |
| 11 | I wa I was talking to erm Mr the other day and he was saying that when he started at the Co-op it was a , a very , very good place to work . |
| 12 | Would I one day show people this jacket and say that it had been a lovely afternoon in Central Park when he gave it to me and , in closing , would I say that as he disappeared into the trees , I never saw Oscar Wilde again ? |
| 13 | He 'd rehearsed that as he walked from the station , but it was still blurted . |
| 14 | The oddity which the fellow-curates remarked was that as he walked in the procession from the vestry up the aisle he could be heard whistling . |