Example sentences of "when he [verb] [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he filled in a South African immigration questionnaire in 1947 he wrote ‘ Human ’ in the space marked ‘ Race ’ . |
| 2 | DAVID Sinclair made himself the ideal employee when he filled in an application form for a sales job , a court heard yesterday . |
| 3 | When he woke up the music was still there . |
| 4 | So when he woke up the donkey was looking at him . |
| 5 | When that old moron in the wig , when he read out the sentence — oh , I thought , he mat be talking about someone else . |
| 6 | I hope that the hon. and learned Member forgave me when I chortled happily when he read out the names of about four members of the Scottish Conservative party who are in favour of this assembly . |
| 7 | But with 15 minutes left Dyer gave the visitors some hope when he chested down a cross and struck a strong shot past Muggleton from close range . |
| 8 | ‘ This hunger-striking buffoon sneaks out to eat so he can be well fed when he takes over the presidency , but he is screwed , ’ General Noriega said of his opponent . |
| 9 | BILL CLINTON has given a chilling warning that Britain 's cosy relationship with the United States is heading for the big freeze when he takes over the White House . |
| 10 | When he looked up the light was pearly and the sky a blue so tender he could hardly take his eyes off it , with the result that on several occasions he collided with people coming the other way . |
| 11 | When he looked back a moment later , the dishevelled old tramp was walking after him . |
| 12 | When he looked back the gas-bag was roaring , a spherical furnace illuminating the early dusk . |
| 13 | When he got back the house looked empty . |
| 14 | Mr Chris Patten , the Environment Secretary , said he was sure Mr Chope could reply comprehensively when he summed up the debate . |
| 15 | His code was no problem ; had n't she seen it enough times anyway when he powered up the network ? |
| 16 | And he is known for his after-match tantrums , which include an incident when he kicked down an advertising board . |
| 17 | He closes face when he picks up the bat . |
| 18 | When he dragged out the table and the lamplight spilled onto the splodges of cadmium yellow and scarlet lake , he thought of the girl who had shown him to his dressing-room on the morning of his arrival . |
| 19 | No one was really surprised when he checked out a week later after an argument about drinking beer in his room . |
| 20 | I also note that the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands , East ( Mr. Smith ) — who said , when he took on the job that there would be ’ no more phoney shadow Cabinet Budgets ’ — has now promised that there will be a phoney shadow Cabinet Budget . |
| 21 | I met him for the first time ever when he took over the leadership of the party from the recently deceased Hugh Gaitskell in February 1963 . |
| 22 | It was 1837 that it became Ring & Brymer , an entity retained by Lord Forte when he took over the company in 1962 . |
| 23 | It was logical , when he took over the Foundation , to concentrate on dance , and Gulbenkian in Lisbon approved . |
| 24 | Caesar found a census of the population in the Greek script when he took over the camp of the Helvetii ( Bell . |
| 25 | It took Cuckney four years to overcome the financial crisis he encountered when he took over the Crown Agents in 1974 . |
| 26 | 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 ’ . |
| 27 | Spittals had insisted it should be laid when he took over the office . |
| 28 | 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 ) . |
| 29 | Bremner is one of many Scottish players who made a remarkable transformation when he took up a career in management . |
| 30 | Secure in business and society — he was a Merchant Adventurer , Muscovy merchant , and MP at the time of his marriage — Smith abandoned a conventional career in commerce when he took up the collectorship of the subsidy on imports at the port of London in 1558 . |