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

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1 This was the same formula that Harmsworth ( Lord Northcliffe ) used when he launched the Daily Mail in 1896 .
2 He felt , when he woke the next morning , that his life was at an end-a complete disaster .
3 Ambling into the nets , he had barely taken guard when he suffered the one embarrassment all England batsmen fear on overseas tours .
4 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 .
5 A cry of horror came from the artist when he saw the terrible face in the portrait .
6 His compassion intensified when he saw the other inhabitant of the bed — a small , shabby teddy-bear .
7 When asked what use it was , Franklin gave the same reply as when he saw the first balloon ascent in 1783 … ’
8 when he saw the stranger change into Doctor Jekyll in front of his eyes .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 When he saw the finished portrait Cocteau was shaken and described it privately as ‘ diabolical ’ .
13 He was furious when he saw the rubbishy episodes .
14 Kenneth smiled when he saw the hand-painted sign at the outskirts of the village that said , ‘ Thank You . ’
15 I found a plumber , but when he saw the solid fuel monster in the kitchen , he paled visibly .
16 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 .
17 When he saw the blue uniforms of the New York police , did Buddeke show them some sort of identification or did he just leave ?
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 Gorphal picked up the parchment and raised one eyebrow slightly when he saw the familiar ideograms of the Golden Empire .
21 He obediently followed her into the back kitchen , and gave a delighted whoop when he saw the big pot of homemade faggots and mushy peas simmering on the polished black range .
22 FitzAlan glanced over his shoulder , turning fully when he saw the ugly discolouration along her cheekbone and the narrow line of dried blood where she had been cut by a ring .
23 In the end , when he saw the red crosses , he let us go .
24 One of the works engine drivers had a traumatic experience when he saw the old tramp pass straight through the train of works wagons as he was moving them .
25 And of course the old keeper knew what was there alright when he saw the old dog coming out .
26 Laidlaw glanced at it , turned it over , and was about to discard it when he saw the handwritten note scrawled across it .
27 Almost immediately he became the anchorman of the Hampshire batting and he was to score over 1,000 runs in a season twenty-seven times , including twice when he passed the 3,000 mark , and nine times when he exceeded 2,000 .
28 His father 's penury prevented Machen attending university , and his attempt to pursue a medical career proved short-lived when he failed the preliminary examination of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1880 .
29 Iain MacPherson was spared this when he failed the common entrance examination for Merchant Taylors .
30 She stood there for hours watching the stonemason so that when he returned the next day , he gave her a piece of stone and two chisels .
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