Example sentences of "when he [verb] [pron] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a word may be useful to a literary man but it throws little light on Green 's intentions except when he uses it in a negative sense ; in one chapter he states a subject was ‘ unpicturesque and consequently not worth an artists attention ’ . |
| 2 | But it is pure silk encrusted with sequins and it did give Yul Brynner a regal air when he wore it in The King And I in 1956 . |
| 3 | Fran must have made some noise , some movement , some tiny betraying gesture , because he swung round , his face hardening when he saw her in the doorway . |
| 4 | The poem is remarkable for its Gothic horrors and its energy , for example : This is not a ‘ Wordsworthian ’ view of Nature , but it helps to explain what the poet meant when he told us in The Prelude that he was haunted by mysterious ‘ presences ’ during childhood and youth ; The Vale of Esthwaite anticipates The Prelude in other ways — the interest is in the mind of the poet , and the effect of the imagination on landscape . |
| 5 | Can be proved by describing the duty being performed , e.g. ‘ I said to John Brown ‘ You are being arrested for conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace ’ and was just about to hold his arm and caution him when he struck me in the face with his left fist etc . ’ |
| 6 | Close to , she discovered , Pete smelled of carbolic soap , a dreadful turn-off , and when he kissed her in the dark it was so wet and sloppy she longed only to search for her handkerchief and wipe her mouth dry . |
| 7 | When he met him in the office , or on the stairs , his habitually offensive glance seemed to have a new dimension of thoughtfulness . |
| 8 | Thus , when he suffers what in the past he would have regarded as a disaster , he can move now into the transcendent and in a few moments compose himself . |
| 9 | She giggled when his second attempt ended in the same way , and when he grasped her in a great bear hug , she was able to slip away as easily as if it were a child holding her . |
| 10 | ‘ And he tried to put his tongue in my mouth and when he pulled me in the doorway he — he unfastened the front of his trousers . ’ |
| 11 | She is told that if she catches sight of him when he visits her in the darkness , he will leave her . |
| 12 | In 1968 the Government introduced the Newspaper Ordnance ( Amendment ) Bill , which empowered the president to order a newspaper to cease publication when he considered it in the public interest to do so . |
| 13 | When he puts you in a sheet of plastic . |
| 14 | Why do I need him to stay here when he weakens me in the way an earthquake undermines a city ? |
| 15 | Surere was already looking sleeker , Huy thought , as he tried to banish the servile feelings which still rose to the surface when he found himself in the company of his former superior . |
| 16 | He also injured Thomas 's common-law wife when he hit her in the legs with the stick , Teesside magistrates heard . |
| 17 | But Cindy , when he joined her in the garden , seemed withdrawn and cold . |
| 18 | She could n't even accuse him of laying a finger on her , since she was always fast asleep when he joined her in the large bed , and the twins arrived to wake her up in the morning . |
| 19 | Hudson , who had played the most fluently for his 30 from 54 balls , was caught behind trying to cut Harper , who was also rewarded with the wicket of Rushmere when he beat him in the flight . |