Example sentences of "when he [vb past] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first place , in a style in which one of the fundamental problems had always been the reconciliation of solid form with the picture plane , the letters written or stencilled across the surface are the most conclusive way of emphasizing its two-dimensional character ; Braque has stressed this when he said of the letters : ‘ they were forms which could not be distorted because , being quite flat , the letters existed outside space and their presence in the painting , by contrast , enabled one to distinguish between objects situated in space and those outside it . ’ |
| 2 | The former Kray henchman dashed Fleet Street scribes ' hopes for a headline such as ‘ The Silence Of The Lambrianou ’ when he said of the underworld bloodletting : ‘ It was the biggest mistake the Krays made . ’ |
| 3 | Paul Oldfield topped the lot in Melody Maker when he wrote of the track ‘ Living And Learning ’ that it ‘ made me think of a man who favoured The Jasmine Minks and My Bloody Valentine , but whose bedroom was so damp that miraculous spores and mildew afflicted his brown suede and paisley . ’ |
| 4 | At the door which led back on to the landing he was looking around for a prop or a wedge to pin it open when he thought of the parcel that he 'd been hugging since the zoo . |
| 5 | When he thought of the law , his chosen profession , his head filled with the savour of dust ; he could taste it on his tongue , mousey and dry , and smell the foist of the archives where he had to pore over the huge books of cases , statutes , precedents . |
| 6 | Howbeit all these things appeared as nothing to Rodrigo when he thought of the wrong done to his father , the first which had ever been offered to the blood of Layn Calvo . |
| 7 | " That Cassowary will come to a band end , " grunted old Owl when he heard of the goings-on . |
| 8 | That is why Paul was so angry and distressed when he heard of the divisions in the Christian church at Corinth . |
| 9 | Smith was annoyed when he heard of the decision for a jump-off in Belfast this weekend which will determine who will join the team for the championships in Rome later this month . |
| 10 | When he heard of the incident he imprisoned Bothwell in Edinburgh castle , but continued to fear the earl 's powers . |
| 11 | When he heard of the disappearance of Mrs Wilks , 22 , he drove back down the motorway and noted the marker post number where he saw the car . |
| 12 | With some exceptions , the gentry and clergy readily accepted the Restoration in 1660 ; few went as far as the Reverend Dr William Oughtred who , at the age of 86 , ‘ died of excess of joy when he heard of the restoration of the monarchy ’ . |
| 13 | When he heard of the murder this morning , he was terrified of being questioned , imagining that Vera would somehow get to hear that he 'd spent the night at the Lodge — especially if he was detained . |
| 14 | But big-hearted Gerry laughed when he heard of the prank . |
| 15 | On occasions Mr Parry was seen to wring his hands as he struggled with his emotions when he spoke of the impact of recent events , since the double IRA bomb blast cut down Tim and three-year-old Johnathan Ball in Warrington town centre on Saturday March 20 . |
| 16 | When he talked of the hostages or the contras something of the old fire returned , together with the old emotional lines from cabinet meetings and television speeches . |
| 17 | Mr Anderson went across to his home to inform his wife and when he learned of the family circumstances he immediately paid Mrs Stevens £50 . |
| 18 | It was that the Pope grew angry and anti-Galileo when he learned of the events of 1616 , of which he had never been informed . |
| 19 | Walter Raleigh , Merton Professor of English Language and Literature at Oxford , also emphasized this negative role for the intermediary between text and reader when he warned of the dangers of any " immodesty " on the part of the teacher . |