Example sentences of "when he [verb] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He understood it a little better when he saw what a state the survivors were in . |
| 2 | He wondered whether he dared ring Victoria or Emma , but when he saw what the time was , he knew he could not . |
| 3 | Peter even received a hand-written reply from Mr Major when he sent him a copy of his book , saying it would come in ‘ very useful ’ . |
| 4 | She had obviously forgiven him now for all those cruel but necessary things he had said when he dropped her the year before . |
| 5 | ‘ But unfortunately for him when he told me a bit about what was on the disk I had a blinding flash of inspiration . ’ |
| 6 | I was shocked when he told me the truth . |
| 7 | When he told her the truth it sounded like cruelty . |
| 8 | Blanche plugged in the electric kettle and spooned coffee into the percolator while she listened to the sergeant 's account of his afternoon , swearing softly when he told her the news from the forensic labs . |
| 9 | They had no level of communication at all , and a bus ride with him was an ordeal rather than a pleasure , for she had to rack her brains to reply to his remarks about the weather , the town 's football teams , the cinema , his headmaster , and so forth , but nevertheless when he wrote her a note saying : |
| 10 | Then , with their pack gaining the upper hand , Rugby once again benefited from Mr Lander 's judgment when he awarded them a penalty try . |
| 11 | It was Chief Fyvie who first introduced me to the fine travelogue books of H.V. Morton when he loaned me a copy of ‘ In Search of Scotland ’ . |
| 12 | Shae leaned against him , dizzied by the mental pictures he was creating , and when he kissed her the touch of his lips sent a scorching heat right through her . |
| 13 | Now , they smiled , standing with fingers entwined , bodies touching , and even when he left her the smile would remain and she would save her tears until his train was out of sight , trying not to think of the brave goodbye that might be their last . |
| 14 | As I was saying : they dig up that and also Francis 's moment of passion when he made himself a father — which must have been more than twenty years ago ! |
| 15 | Next time , we 're going back with a record player and a Thin Lizzy record , we 're going to plug it in and when he asks what the hell we 're doing , we 'll say , ‘ Just listening to that Les Paul on the wall there ! ' ’ |
| 16 | But his concentration was poor these days : he could hardly keep his mind on anything for more than a moment … and even when he heard what the Padre said it made no sense … " the Editor of The Times as wise as God Himself ! " |
| 17 | Llewelyn was close in his chamber with his chaplain-secretary and Ednyfed Fychan over the dictation of letters , and his seal was already on the credentials of the envoys who were to represent him in Shrewsbury ; but David , when he heard what the messenger had to report , on his own authority brought him in to the conference and shattered it . |
| 18 | When he brought her a whisky , mixed with lemon and sugar and hot water , she was in bed . |
| 19 | You need some fresh air , he said to Dolly when he brought her a cup of tea , and he pulled the top window frame down a little . |
| 20 | They looked back at him with the bright eyes of rats in old people 's faces and when he asked them a question . |
| 21 | A BEER-loving juror astonished a judge when he slipped him a note asking : ‘ When is it dinner time ? ’ |
| 22 | He was right next to the linesman when he called him a name and he deserved to go . |
| 23 | But when he handed her a cup of coffee and sat down opposite she saw that his face held the cool , ascetic look of a lawyer rather than the heated sensuality of a lover . |
| 24 | When he handed her the cocoa she looked up at him and said , ‘ Only three weeks to Christmas . |
| 25 | The advice sounded incomprehensible to her but when he handed her the phone receiver back , the car man said , ‘ OK , I 've got that . |
| 26 | When he gave me a copy of his complete works in September of 1943 inscribed from a ‘ sincere friend ’ , I noted the four lines opposite the title page : |
| 27 | ‘ And that from an Aussie ? ’ she was startled into answering , then went pink when he gave her a look of what she could only describe as approval . |
| 28 | He thought of the widow in her ramshackle hut at the end of the village and the gratitude in her eyes when he gave her a purse of coins . |
| 29 | The light above the front door was switched off , and a cleaner emerged from the theatre with a black plastic bag of rubbish and a broom , and began to brush the foyer , ignoring Jude — who was the last visible occupant — until he reached her , when he gave her a glance of such venom she decided to put up her umbrella and stand on the darkened step . |
| 30 | She went to see Mr Bailey , the manager of the factory , and she was surprised and happy when he gave her the job immediately . |