Example sentences of "when he [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Great therefore was my respect for our swift and silent counter of books and boxes when he announced at the end of his calculations , made just before the sale : ‘ You have about 4,000 more books this year . ’ |
| 2 | Politicians with a burgh interest regularly made contributions to the cost of public works in the communities with which they concerned themselves , as Lord Panmure did in 1761 , when he subscribed for the construction of a new town hall in Montrose . |
| 3 | Did Humphreys suffer his major injuries when he fell from the disc jockey 's platform at the Hippodrome , or in the streets later on when he fled from the ambulance and was restrained once more ? |
| 4 | Edmund McCarten was born in Millom on 30th March , 1912 and he went to school in Millom until the age of 14 when he transferred to the seminary at Ushaw and there studied for the priesthood . |
| 5 | However , Bush created some confusion on Oct. 9 when he indicated in the morning that he might accept increases in income tax in return for cuts in capital gains tax , but in a meeting with Republican Senators later that day declared that both were " off the table " . |
| 6 | Mr Lang angered opposition MPs when he said of the sackings : ‘ That is a matter for the trusts . ’ |
| 7 | Prime Minister Harold Wilson appeared to give some credence to this view in 1966 when he said in the House of Commons that it was the duty of the government to consult with the Trades Union Congress and the Confederation of British Industry . |
| 8 | Suppose , he says , that Neil Armstrong 's famous words when he stepped on the surface of the moon had been ‘ one small step for a white ; one giant leap for whitekind ’ . |
| 9 | NO FANFARE , no TV crews , no government ministers were there to greet former hostage Ali Bourequat when he stepped off the plane in Paris after 19 years in Moroccan jails . |
| 10 | ‘ I remember him , of course , from when he played for the Giants . |
| 11 | A superbly energetic and inventive open-side flanker , he was 21 when he played in the Scarlets which beat the 1972 All Blacks . |
| 12 | It cost rather a lot , Nigel discovered when he looked at the bills he was expected to pay . |
| 13 | Find out what kind of birds and animals Columbus might have seen when he landed in the Bahamas . |
| 14 | There was a certain entrepreneurial spirit about our man ; he seems to have had an eye for the main chance , and at no time more so than in 1854 , when he left behind the delights of Hoxton and begun a brief flirtation with the idea of running a lodging house . |
| 15 | Darwin 's acceptance of Lyell 's views was complete by mid-1834 when he sailed around the Horn . |
| 16 | Mr Morris , whose own house suffered relatively little damage , said he realised the potential danger early on Thursday evening when he asked for the river to be kept clear of debris before the level grew too high . |
| 17 | during the 1650s , when he assisted in the transfer of works of art from York House to Holland , where they were to be sold , and in 1656 he accompanied his friend , the painter ( Sir ) Peter Lely [ q.v. ] , |
| 18 | Andrew , now 29 , was 15 that summer when he knocked at the door and introduced himself . |
| 19 | This was nothing new , as movie stars had supported John F. Kennedy when he ran for the White House . |
| 20 | From 1924 until 1932 , when he succeeded to the peerage , he made use of his scientific training as livestock officer , and later marketing officer , in the Ministry of Agriculture . |
| 21 | THE spontaneous and knowledgeable applause which greeted Charlie Swan when he rode into the winners enclosure at Navan in December 1992 said it all . |
| 22 | Since the England manager acted as one of Ward 's referees when he applied for the York job , it was no surprise when Taylor turned to one of his trusted lieutenants to take charge of England 's Under-21 squad for the end-of-season international tournament in Toulon . |
| 23 | His first film break came in 1980 when he starred in the movie version of his great Broadway success The Pirates of Penzance . |
| 24 | Remember when he came up the steps ? |
| 25 | I belonged to that great multitude who could n't help liking Dick Crossman : he and I were always nice to one another , right to the day in 1974 shortly before his death when he came to the Birmingham Bull Ring in acute physical discomfort to hear me advise my fellow-electors to vote Labour if they wanted out of the Common Market . |
| 26 | For example the other week , I was looking after Sir Harry Secombe when he came to the theatre . |
| 27 | Does he remember the period after 1985 when he came to the Dispatch Box and abolished the death grant and took away maternity grant and income support for 16 and 17-year-olds , while all the time pensioners were losing £14 a week ? |
| 28 | She was in the middle of Act Three when he came into the library . |
| 29 | Sir Bryan greeted Patrick when he came into the drawing room . |
| 30 | She managed it until lunchtime , when he came into the staff room just as she was leaving . |