Example sentences of "when he was [verb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even later in his career when he was drawing master to the Queen , and published a book of nonsense , a travel book , a volume of landscape drawings and numerous natural history illustrations , Lear made a profit of only £100 . |
| 2 | ‘ We are currently extending our cellars so that we can lay down more young wines , ’ said Dr Davies , who established the cellars at Derby Hall when he was appointed warden in 1984 . |
| 3 | Woods worked directly under Michael Balcon when he was appointed head of production in 1947 and was responsible for employing Ardizzone , Bawden , Barnett Freedman , Peake , Minton , Piper , Searle and others , to produce posters and other advertising material . |
| 4 | And it should be remembered that despite a tremendous volume of criticism that heralded the Bennett appointment as the Commandant of Pathfinder Force , it was but a murmur compared with that when he was appointed AOC of No 8 ( PFF ) Group at the tender age of 31 . |
| 5 | The most impressive telescope , of 36-feet focus , was provided for Wren 's use when he was appointed professor of astronomy at Gresham College , London , in 1657 . |
| 6 | The Poitevin barons must have felt the way Henry Morgan 's old associates were to feel when he was appointed Governor of Jamaica with orders to stamp out piracy . |
| 7 | One of his proudest moments came when he was appointed provost of the Royal Burgh of Selkirk , a position he was to hold for seven years , He was the town 's last official provost before regionalisation . |
| 8 | By October 1915 his salary had doubled to £120 per annum when he was appointed Cashier in Banagher . |
| 9 | ANDREW Morton , author of the best-seller , Diana : Her True Story won his second award in a week at the What the Papers Say Awards lunch when he was named investigator of the year for his delving into the Royal Family which led to his best-selling book Diana : Her True Story . |
| 10 | When he was given work at a lathe that rounded and spiralled chairs ' legs he took no advice from the foreman , and instead watched the man next to him to study the working of the machine . |
| 11 | He had twice been badly wounded and was still hobbling around with a stick when he was given command of Fort Vaux , the smallest of the forts ringing Verdun but crucial to the defence of the important Fort Souville . |
| 12 | When he was proclaimed King in February , there was popular rejoicing throughout the realm . |
| 13 | When he was elected Governor-General of Canada , Georges Vanier felt deeply inadequate for the heavy duties he had to face . |
| 14 | He committed himself to helping the future of rugby when he was elected president of a relaunched Young England Club . |
| 15 | Ayliffe was therefore Superintendent Missioner of that city when he was elected President of the BDDA . |
| 16 | ‘ Edward made this tray when he was doing handcrafts in the bin , ’ she said . |
| 17 | Dustin never forgot the importance of Henry Livings 's play in his career , and many years later , when he was making Agatha in England , he sought the modest playwright out and took him to lunch at a smart restaurant . |
| 18 | Voight first got to know Dustin well when he was playing Rudolpho in A View from the Bridge in January 1965 , on which Dustin had been assistant director . |
| 19 | But in 1984 he suffered further humiliation when he was fined £100 for an act of gross indecency with a lorry driver in a public lavatory in Reading . |
| 20 | Robert Burns called John Tennant , ‘ a worthy , intelligent farmer , my father 's friend and my own ’ and his regard is borne out by the fact that when he was offered tenancy of Ellisland Farm , Dumfries , it was to John Tennant he turned for advice ; they travelled together to the farm and after an inspection , the older man recommended it to his young friend . |
| 21 | Joe was remembering how he thought he heard someone behind him when he was carrying Dolly through Newington Butts . |
| 22 | My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State alluded to the problem when he was giving evidence to the Select Committee . |
| 23 | Which is if , I mean when he was giving lectures in government and binding , people would invited him would put up posters saying government and binding so he got all the wrong audiences . |