Example sentences of "but when he [verb] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Picking her way through the guests , she eventually found him talking to Edward , but when he saw her approaching he left his host and came to meet her . |
| 2 | But when he saw us running towards him , he shouted something to the driver , and the taxi drove off quickly down the road . |
| 3 | She lay in her room and waited for him , and when he came I did not listen , but when he left I heard . |
| 4 | But when he drank he lost himself somehow . ’ |
| 5 | Philip at first took no notice of what he said ; but when he heard him repeat the same thing several times , and saw he was greatly upset by the horse being sent away , eventually replied : ‘ Are you criticising those who are older than yourself , as if you knew more , and were better able to manage him than they ? ’ |
| 6 | But when he heard what had happened that morning his face darkened and he turned angrily on Sam . |
| 7 | But when he thought he had reached the peak of his misery and was regretting ever coming to this place the rain started to slow and ease off . |
| 8 | But when he lets me switch it on |
| 9 | At two o'clock in the morning the doctor gave him a sedative and he went into a deep sleep , but when he awoke he did not speak to anyone , and the police found great difficulty in questioning him too . |
| 10 | He bought a quantity believing they were Ecstasy , but when he tried them found that they were another drug altogether . |
| 11 | But when he talked he looked the same as he had always done ; eager , intent , screwing up his boneless nose , gesturing with broad , stubby-fingered hands . |
| 12 | But when he did they showed no interest at all , they just said the officer concerned was not there . |
| 13 | But when he did nothing to help them and they were defeated by troops loyal to Saddam , they decided the West no longer supported them . |
| 14 | As the years went by , Dexter saw the look less frequently but when he did it irked him as much as ever . |
| 15 | He did n't say much , but when he did it knocked you off your feet . |
| 16 | Nicholas 's voice checked him for a moment but when he turned he saw that the taxi driver was out of the cab and attempting to restrain him . |
| 17 | He was just a hat and a cloak levitating in the grey plume of his own breath , but when he called we came . |
| 18 | He said that he had a video which he would bring round , but when he arrived he claimed to have lost it and still did n't provide a written description , so I would n't tell him where the dogs were . |
| 19 | He secured two admission tickets but when he arrived he found they were only good for the front doors where ‘ already hundreds were waiting ’ . |