Example sentences of "when he [verb] [pron] [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How dispiriting for Father Watson to tell her this , Nenna thought , and how far it must be from his expectations when he received his first two minor orders , and made his last acts of resignation . |
| 2 | ‘ I was with him when he had his third mild heart attack . ’ |
| 3 | The Fawlty Towers star nailed his colours firmly to the mast when he married his third American wife this week in a secret ceremony in Barbados . |
| 4 | No man could have been more gracious in victory ; champagne for the journalists ; a special bottle to the sports editor of the Surrey Herald who saved him from being disqualified when he mistook his first round starting-time ; personal thanks to the Royal and Ancient Secretary ; even a tip at the airport of a new sports shirt because he had spent all his pounds . |
| 5 | The ink was scarcely dry on the takeover agreement when he made his first inept move against me … |
| 6 | When he took his second 6 at the ninth after tangling with bushes , he looked a lost cause . |
| 7 | BJORN BORG who , at 36 , is still contemplating a return to Grand Slam tournaments , faces Olivier Delaitre , of France — ranked 44th in the world — when he plays his first official men 's singles match for almost a year in Nice tomorrow . |
| 8 | ISRAELI pilot Isaac Fuchs knew he was going to die when he spoke his last five words . |
| 9 | Johnny 's silky touches and ball playing skills , nurtured by the great Arthur Rowe , drew huge admiration from Palace fans and he inevitably became a target for the bigger clubs , but he was still with the Palace when he gained his first full England International cap ( against Northern Ireland at Wembley on 22 November 1961 ) and Palace 's first such honour in thirty-eight years . |
| 10 | But Ally McCoist put the Scots back in the game when he hit his 13th international goal in the 13th minute . |