Example sentences of "when he [verb] [adv prt] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coleridge had rolled in his sleep down the hill slope to within a few yards of the river , and when he woke up at dawn , he found he was unable to move or even to call out to the shepherds and workmen he could see near by . |
| 2 | The boy was shaking , and when he looked up at Rory there were tears in his eyes . |
| 3 | When he looked back at Jimmy , he had a smile of disdain . |
| 4 | Uncle brought his own horse when he took over at Low Birk Hatt , an old grey mare called Madge . |
| 5 | He made a big difference when he came on at Loftus Road . |
| 6 | So devoted was Meirion that when he came in at dawn once , to get the boilers going , he tripped on a pipe in the shunting shed and broke his forearm . |
| 7 | ‘ Do n't you mean when he came in at dawn ? ’ she breathed provocatively . |
| 8 | I wrote a note to Leon , left it on the hall table for him to find when he came down at God knows what time , and went into breakfast . |
| 9 | His mother was out when he arrived back at Cornerways , and so was Rose-Ann . |
| 10 | Anyway , he was told that he was no longer being considered for flying , and when he turned up at Bourn he was an ordinary AC2 , with no flash in his cap , and was put on General Duties , which seemed to consist , most of the time , of cleaning out the ablutions . |
| 11 | I should n't , but I like it when he comes in at lunch-time from wherever he goes . |
| 12 | When he staggered out at Swiss Cottage the youngest and tallest of them went to the door , apparently to check that he did not re-enter the train . |