Example sentences of "when he [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hollywood glories in sadism and presents brutality as light entertainment , according to Medved , citing Danny Glover 's comment in Lethal Weapon 2 , when he kills two thugs by applying a nail gun to their temples : ‘ I nailed 'em both . ’ |
| 2 | When he reanimated this girl on observer shot him because he was terrified of this ugly creature . |
| 3 | He then ended up on the floor twice at Fairyhouse and Punchestown before he ran against championship class when he filled fifth place behind General Idea in the Chase at Leopardstown over Christmas . |
| 4 | Tolkien , when he read this suggestion after Lewis 's death — and after his own relationship with Lewis had become less than happy — rejected it as entirely unworthy . |
| 5 | He also liked it when he saw other men around the ringside looking at her approvingly . |
| 6 | Kenneth Clark was enthusiastic when he saw some hanging in Epstein 's home . |
| 7 | ‘ He ran for cover when he saw this scruff on the doorstep , ’ said Andy . |
| 8 | Specifically Sir Joh was accused of lying to the Commission when he denied any knowledge of the business plans of a Singaporean entrepreneur Robert Sng , from whom he had received a " contribution to party funds " of A$100,000 . |
| 9 | Gorbachev undermined the position of the Politburo when he transferred executive power to the presidency , advised by the presidential councils . |
| 10 | I can not forget one match , when he scored four goals at Sheffield when England Under-21s beat us 6–1 . |
| 11 | And Patrick Scott threw Britain a crucial lifeline when he scored six minutes from time to cancel out Miroslav Tomasik 's second goal for Poland two minutes earlier . |
| 12 | Ginger 's greatest single claim to fame is that he set up a record for an inside-forward that has never been beaten at our club , when he scored five goals in the game against Southend at The Palace on 25 September 1909 . |
| 13 | When he conveyed this message to the Shah 's entourage , the US ambassador , Richard Parker , warned that as the situation in Iran changes so might the attitudes in Washington . |
| 14 | Mr Peter Sutherland will end a 20-year teaching career when he takes early retirement from Tilery Primary School in the summer , at the same time as Mr James Burton retires from Bishopsgarth School after ten years in the profession . |
| 15 | And Salsburg found that , when he applied statistical tests to the NCI data , between 3 and 70 per cent of the compounds either caused or protected against cancer , depending on the stringency of the decision rule used . |
| 16 | Even when he had clear sight of goal , England 's number two goalkeeper saved with his legs from his 44th minute close-range cracker . |
| 17 | One of the reasons for their homelessness is that the Prime Minister , when he had ministerial responsibility for social security , changed the rules and regulations . |
| 18 | I mean , I bet he never complained when he got 8 weeks off when he was a boy . |
| 19 | ‘ It was the same when he got that job on a building site and was sacked after a few days , although they said there was nothing wrong with his work . |
| 20 | Goalkeeper Alan Main fumbled a Glynn Snodin corner and , in the process , allowed Baird to scramble home his tenth goal of the season after John Robertson had failed to connect when he got first bite at the cherry . |
| 21 | She seemed to believe him when he invented another meeting with Verrall , to discuss the Jacobite research . |
| 22 | but I saw him on the television last week , breakfast T V , not last week , week before , just before I got into work , and this woman on the television asking this stupid question , she said why do n't you put any opposition up in Parliament , and he hit the roof , but what the television did , they did n't switch off when he played bloody hell with 'em , excuse my French er President , but this is how it went , he could n't give a damn about you bloody lot , he kept the television on , it just showed his frustration . |
| 23 | It was like the feeling he used to get when he played another game from his childhood ; that of closing his eyes and walking for a certain number of steps along , say , a wide path in a park . |
| 24 | Roy Toulson was among the fish on Saturday was well when he landed 43 chub for 40–8–0 in the Notts Fed Open at Burton Joyce . |
| 25 | As this might be my last opportunity to draw the attention of my hon. Friend the Minister to the topic of the proposed M12 between Chelmsford and the M25 , I seek his assurance that when he receives alternative proposals for that motorway 's line of route , he will take into account that such a motorway may not be required . |
| 26 | Like all mystics Rolle understands the essence of contemplative life to be a progress and he borrows terminology from Richard of St Victor when he describes this progress as three degrees of love " insuperable " " inseparable " and " singular " . |
| 27 | It will be argued that the decision to put something in other words is essentially a decision about style , a point which is , perhaps , anticipated by Burton-Roberts when he describes loose apposition as a rhetorical device . |
| 28 | When he acquired new territory in 869 , some twenty new mints were set up there . |
| 29 | Tolkien did best when he kept mythic invention on the borderline between literal story and a wider suggestiveness ( Fangorn , Bombadil , Lúthien , Roads and Rings ) ; too conscious an approach to ‘ mythopoeia ’ would have ended only in allegory . |
| 30 | Can my hon. Friend confirm that when he announces new proposals for deregulation he will ensure that he and his officials have consulted the Minister for small businesses to see that every effort is made to take into account the needs of small businesses and that deregulation , wherever possible , is increased , so that small businesses can get special exemptions where possible from what can be very complicated regulations and procedures that the Government introduce ? |