Example sentences of "he [vb past] [prep] [art] [noun] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , he lived at a time when the centuries-old Almagest of the Egyptian scholar Claudius Ptolemy was still being used by the Church to defend the doctrines of Scripture with ‘ evidence ’ and ‘ confirmation ’ ( not that Ptolemy had ever had the remotest idea that his book would support the Bible ! ) . |
| 2 | He played in the days when the maximum wage was in force for professional soccer players and , unlike his modern counterparts , never grew rich on the game . |
| 3 | He arrived at a time when converging philosophical , political , scientific , and economic influences had inspired a number of English landowners to transform their estates into prosperous miniature centres for civilized living . |
| 4 | He gambled at a time when the Mob ran gaming , and he never expected to lose . |
| 5 | He thought of the days when he had a mother , and friends , and beautiful things in his life . |
| 6 | A pilot for Rolls Royce , he died at the weekend when the Spitfire he was flying crashed onto the runway during an air display in Lancashire . |
| 7 | He hesitated for a moment when he saw the girl sitting on one of the large black leather sofas that were ranged along one wall . |
| 8 | He must have had as fine a view of the burgeoning industry of Glasgow , as he had of the stars when he peered up at the heavens from the University Observatory at Dowanhill . |
| 9 | He did n't mind what Jack knew about him , within reason , that is , although he had ceased to confide in him as absolutely as he had in the days when they passed through Kingsmarkham Primary School together . |