Example sentences of "when he [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 But it is pure silk encrusted with sequins and it did give Yul Brynner a regal air when he wore it in The King And I in 1956 .
2 Well it sounded so simple when he said it over the telephone about two months ago .
3 She handed him the long cane , and flinched when he swished it through the air to produce a vicious , menacing whistle .
4 She was curious as to how he felt when he saw her at the docks the other day .
5 Fran must have made some noise , some movement , some tiny betraying gesture , because he swung round , his face hardening when he saw her in the doorway .
6 He paused when he saw her by the iron railings that separated mown lawn from pasture .
7 However , when he surrenders himself to the moods and atmospheres of the hills , something authentic comes through :
8 When he sold them around the pubs and to neighbours that evening , the money would subsidise his meagre pension .
9 The star lot , Holbein 's Lady with a Squirrel , was withdrawn two weeks ago by Lord Cholmondeley , when he sold it to the National Gallery for £10 million .
10 It had made the Marchese a small fortune when he sold it to the deputy of the English connoisseur in Naples who was going to ship it away in boxes ; it was being stripped from the walls when the Government heard of it and came and sealed up the villa again , but not before one of the intermediaries had sliced enough off the top of the deal to pay his passage to America , promising to send after him for his family .
11 It was hanging on the wall , and when he applied it to the p'tar 's rump the beast screamed once , as if outraged , and then it trotted sedately out of the stall and allowed itself to be backed between the shafts of the cart .
12 Sharp whey-like sweat came off hum as she smelt his closeness ; he was walking her backwards into the recess of the arched double doors of a neighbour 's carriage entrance , sticking to her awkwardly , like children playing at dancing , standing on each other 's feet , and when he had her against the door , he took his hand from the underside of her breast , and fingering her nipple , made it rise , then tweaked it till it stood up higher ; twinges darted from her breast to her groin , and Rosa closed her eyes with a little gasp .
13 But when he got it to the check-out the girl assistant asked him to pay £1.99 .
14 However , I can remember clearly my own alarm , bordering on terror , when he told me about the Butcher 's measuring rod .
15 I remember him chuckling when he told me about the big farm men who came to have their teeth extracted .
16 When he told her about the children at Dovercourt she and a friend went along to help in teaching English .
17 Hilbert leant towards Lewis when he told him about the will and gave him a pat on the knee .
18 The poem is remarkable for its Gothic horrors and its energy , for example : This is not a ‘ Wordsworthian ’ view of Nature , but it helps to explain what the poet meant when he told us in The Prelude that he was haunted by mysterious ‘ presences ’ during childhood and youth ; The Vale of Esthwaite anticipates The Prelude in other ways — the interest is in the mind of the poet , and the effect of the imagination on landscape .
19 But a financier : when he lays it on the line it 's going to be portraits of presidents cashable in solid US any place on the globe .
20 Can be proved by describing the duty being performed , e.g. ‘ I said to John Brown ‘ You are being arrested for conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace ’ and was just about to hold his arm and caution him when he struck me in the face with his left fist etc . ’
21 It was made by the furious last sweep of his indestructible sword Durandal , when he struck it against the rock in a vain effort to break it and so stop this epic weapon from falling into the hands of the Saracens :
22 He had noticed the same man several times during the day , culminating about 5.40pm when he noticed him on the corner of Cross Street and Friar Street .
23 The one time Mayor of Arden , father of the bruised Grace ( ‘ Had it been Paddy Ashdown I would n't have minded one little bit ’ ) , had checked in at the desk and was about to carry his overnight bag up to his room when he noticed her through the glass door of an adjoining room .
24 Close to , she discovered , Pete smelled of carbolic soap , a dreadful turn-off , and when he kissed her in the dark it was so wet and sloppy she longed only to search for her handkerchief and wipe her mouth dry .
25 The Palace was Whibley 's only League club and , when he left us at the end of 1922–23 , he returned to his home town to play for Sittingbourne .
26 It had ended when he knocked her to the ground and slammed out of the room , hearing her laughter following him down the corridor .
27 When he met him in the office , or on the stairs , his habitually offensive glance seemed to have a new dimension of thoughtfulness .
28 He thought of startling Fred and Daisy with a flood of Italian when he met them off the boat train at Victoria Station , but at the sight of them his plans fled for excitement .
29 Then when he followed you down the corridor I thought I 'd better make sure you were alright . ’
30 He was almost in tears when he took her to the station , and when he said his farewells his reedy voice was quite unsteady .
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