Example sentences of "when he [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ogden immediately before it , and Science and Poetry and Practical Criticism , which first appeared in 1926 and 1929 respectively , was published early in Richards 's long career ( he was born in 1893 , and died in the United States in 1979 ) , when he was teaching English literature at Cambridge . |
| 2 | Bill , could I come back to a quotation by another former Tory Prime Minister in the nineteen sixties , erm they were ragging old Douglas Hume unmercifully , the Labour Party did , when he was made Prime Minister , and , you know , erm all 's fair in politics , and Harold Wilson , I think , made the comment that the democracy of this country had ground to a halt with the appointment of the fourteenth earl , and Douglas Hume , in his sort of very self-deprecating way and his very modest way , says ‘ well , you know , I suppose if one were to ask , he 's probably the fourteenth Mr Wilson ’ . |
| 3 | ANDRE AGASSI was given a helping hand last night in his bid to retain his Wimbledon title when he was elevated five places above his world ranking to No 8 seed for the Championships , which begin next Monday . |
| 4 | The case of the plaintiff is that he should still have been told and advised about the er availability of this provision , particularly when he was clearly er fearful of the financial consequences to him of completing this and when he was expressing those fears forcefully er to Mr . |
| 5 | Brett weighed a mere 1lb 5oz and was as short as a watchstrap when he was born seventeen weeks early . |
| 6 | Sam weighed only 1lb 6oz when he was born 18 months ago . |
| 7 | Alan Keen , Boro 's former tactical scout , won political promotion when he was elected Labour member for the Middlesex constituency of Feltham and Heston on April 9 . |
| 8 | Erm of Laurence Olivier , emphasized wro wrongly you know , when he was speaking certain parts into the if he thought the audience was flagging then he 'd speak a bit louder to you know |
| 9 | When he was holding that boat . |
| 10 | James Richardson , prosecuting , said documents found at Bedworth 's home in North Parade , Ilkley , West Yorkshire , when he was arrested two years ago , contained the teenager 's views of his hobby — views the Crown claims left even top experts worried . |
| 11 | ‘ We are horrified that such an innocent young lad as our son Craig could be cut down in this way when he was doing humanitarian work , ’ he said . |
| 12 | He took no special notice of her , but she felt welcome , and when he was explaining some method of or reason for the cultivation of certain trees , she sensed he was talking to her as much as to the boys and girls around them . |
| 13 | And you used to see you dad 'll you you more blisters dad get for when he was chopping this lot . |
| 14 | ‘ Monty ’ was ‘ married ’ to his army career and favoured bachelor officers , but when he was approaching forty years of age , he met a widow , Mrs. Betty Carver , an artist who lived at 2 , Riverside Cottages , Chiswick Mall . |
| 15 | Shaved this Lieutenant Sergeant Major eyebrow off when he was sleeping one night , and he was in front of the , the Colonel Chief and Regional so what he did , he , cos it , it took , taken ages , took about three months to grow back , so what he did was he shaved the other one off as well |
| 16 | His request was refused , and attempts to persuade the English courts to order the alteration failed when he was refused legal aid . |
| 17 | Lineker also reveals his anger when Taylor criticised him after an international against the Republic of Ireland and when he was dropped 24 hours before a friendly with France . |
| 18 | He was all ready to be wheeled into theatre at Oxford 's John Radcliffe Hospital for an artery replacement in his heart when he was told this afternoon that the operation was off.The intensive care unit bed he would use to recover from after surgery had been taken by another , more urgent case . |
| 19 | The Committee was one of the stalwarts of the Scott stable five years ago when he was landing hurdling prizes . |