Example sentences of "when he was [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 When he was done he unstrapped himself , then took one of the white sheets from the side and threw it over her , watching as the blood spread out from the centre of the white ; a doubled circle of redness that slowly formed into an ellipse .
2 He had been her youngest son ; when he was born his two elder brothers were nearly grown , twelve and fourteen , and his father was already an invalid , dying in a nursing home on the south coast .
3 Alfred Pacquement and Jack Cowart of the National Gallery , Washington , the curators of the exhibition ( at the Jeu de Paume until 24 May ) , have focused on Kelly 's early years , the late Forties and Fifties , when he was developing his Abstract manner .
4 After all , if the British government knifed him in the back when he was pursuing their patriotic interest , what was the point of going on ?
5 ‘ I 'll find you a book , ’ said Joe , who needed to keep his living-room to himself when he was doing his specialized work .
6 According to popular myth , Law discovered he was on the list to leave Old Trafford from a TV report when he was visiting his sick mother in Aberdeen .
7 Says David : ‘ That was at York four years ago when he was won his ninth race of the season .
8 David and June met and married when he was running his own funeral business and she was the florist
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