Example sentences of "when he [vb past] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 When he launched a well-timed attack on the greed of the boss class and their salary increases he was again made to feel that he had spoken out of turn .
2 This was the same formula that Harmsworth ( Lord Northcliffe ) used when he launched the Daily Mail in 1896 .
3 Campra based his key plans on the Lullian model even when he assumed an Italian manner , as may be seen in ‘ L'Italie , ‘ Orfeo negli Inferni ’ the ‘ Motet a la maniere italienne ’ and the immensely popular Les fêtes vénitiennes ( 1710 ) .
4 Nicol , who escaped with a close call when he sliced an attempted clearance close to his own goal in normal time , suffered a costly relapse 10 minutes into the extra period .
5 He felt , when he woke the next morning , that his life was at an end-a complete disaster .
6 Graham had been working on his yacht , the Sea Eagle , during a break on a long sailing trip , when he suffered an electric shock .
7 Ambling into the nets , he had barely taken guard when he suffered the one embarrassment all England batsmen fear on overseas tours .
8 He has stopped driving out to Wellport but I bet he misses our time there , its vigourlessness so safe and morally neutral , when he wore the passive uniform of old age .
9 A recent anthology on spirituality has a quotation by Martin Buber from Rabbi Zusya when he said a short while before his death , " In the world to come I shall not be asked why were you not Moses ?
10 Wyss , in the lead , was only some fifty feet from the top when he saw a tiny movement in the snow ahead of them .
11 He was approaching the track leading to the bell tower , a dark grim silhouette in the moonlight , when he saw a great glow of light to his right in the distance .
12 Train driver Graham Lumsden , of Duke Street , Hartlepool , said he was driving the train from Port Clarence to Thornaby and was approaching the North Shore signal box , about a quarter-of-a-mile north of Stockton station , when he saw a dark-haired male dash out from some bushes and place his head on the line .
13 In the 25th minute Ferdinand was again unlucky when he saw a deft flick picked off by Hooper .
14 His concern was heightened when he saw a local trouble-maker , a man called Slatter .
15 He hated other people 's leaving him for bed , and when he saw a hard mood ahead he often took a sleeping pill at supper to stop himself from being clamorous , though at the same time he found his terror about the end of a day daft in a creature who was surely intended by build to signify immortal fun .
16 A cry of horror came from the artist when he saw the terrible face in the portrait .
17 His compassion intensified when he saw the other inhabitant of the bed — a small , shabby teddy-bear .
18 When asked what use it was , Franklin gave the same reply as when he saw the first balloon ascent in 1783 … ’
19 when he saw the stranger change into Doctor Jekyll in front of his eyes .
20 He stopped when he saw the twisted grin on Luther 's face , and it made him remember with a falling heart that this man was not his real father .
21 Look at the splendid sight , ’ he waved his hand , just as Mr Blackwell the owner appeared , but who almost disappeared again when he saw the vast crowd about to troop up and down his narrow staircase and crowded rooms .
22 Alejandro , fed up with Raimundo 's laziness and his exorbitant whining demands , was put in such a good mood when he saw the black eye that he agreed that Perdita could take over the breaking of little Tero .
23 When he saw the finished portrait Cocteau was shaken and described it privately as ‘ diabolical ’ .
24 He was furious when he saw the rubbishy episodes .
25 Kenneth smiled when he saw the hand-painted sign at the outskirts of the village that said , ‘ Thank You . ’
26 I found a plumber , but when he saw the solid fuel monster in the kitchen , he paled visibly .
27 Returning from a London party , he was driving down Radnor Walk when he saw the unmarked vans parked by the kerb in front of Tweed 's terrace house .
28 When he saw the blue uniforms of the New York police , did Buddeke show them some sort of identification or did he just leave ?
29 Only when he saw the two girls actually standing up to peer at him past the curtains of Healy 's window did he show any reaction .
30 When he saw the black-haired woman sitting beside the stream , he thought at first she was simply another ephemeral vision transmitted by the trees .
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