Example sentences of "when he [vb past] [verb] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It no longer aroused feelings of exasperation , as it had done when he failed to link what had amounted to a form of work paralysis with the hopelessness which Dave must have felt about himself both at home and at school . |
| 2 | When he failed to persuade her to cancel it , he asked her for a date — and romance blossomed . |
| 3 | When he finished talking he shook hands again . |
| 4 | In their few days together Thomas had made no reference to that night in the car when he had asked her to touch him , there . |
| 5 | But when he had asked her to marry him , she had declined out of nothing more than pique . |
| 6 | When he had gone they stood in silence , watching keenly , but without much hope . |
| 7 | When he had gone I remembered the Christmas plate . |
| 8 | When he had gone she faced things all over again , glad to have the advice of someone so level-headed . |
| 9 | I 'll be seeing him tonight , ’ Joanna promised , and when he had gone she turned to Sophie . |
| 10 | When he had done I followed him out of the room and shut the door . |
| 11 | At first I found him a difficult subject to interview because , to paraphrase Donne , when he had done he had not done , he still had more ; and I had to learn to give him at least five seconds , grace before moving on , because his afterthoughts were often gems . |
| 12 | Sien had ‘ that Dolorosa expression ’ which had affected him so deeply when he had seen it depicted in the picture Woman in Mourning . |
| 13 | It was as though they had returned to the relationship there had been between them on Ridgery Butts when he had taught her to use the bow , and encouraged her with gentle praise . |
| 14 | When he had begun she had been inclined to send him off or run away herself ; but his determination had kept her listening and she had watched him walk away with his plan — it was more of a plan than a proposal — well lodged in her mind and unexpectedly endearing . |
| 15 | In his grief he had cut himself off from people and when he had recovered he had lost the habit of socializing . |
| 16 | Was it when he had forbidden her to rehearse aloud while he was writing ? |
| 17 | And when he had spoken they did hasten unto Kuwait , Saudi Arabia and Texas , saying , ‘ These also are the promised lands . ’ |
| 18 | Later , the only Gentile writer in the New Testament tells us that on one occasion the disciples found Jesus praying and when he had finished they asked him , ‘ ’ Lord , teach us to pray . ’ |
| 19 | When he had finished I asked him what it meant . |
| 20 | When he had finished he had a worried look on his face . |
| 21 | When he had finished he leaned back in his chair , puffed out his cheeks and exhaled noisily . |
| 22 | When he had finished he sat glaring at them in defiance and pride . |
| 23 | He seemed to be counting and when he had finished he turned and reacted as Wexford had expected he would . |
| 24 | He was speaking for some time and when he had finished he turned to his wife . |
| 25 | When he had finished he put his bowl beside theirs . |
| 26 | He went back to the shaving mirror to comb his hair and when he had finished he pushed a folded handkerchief into his sleeve with quiet satisfaction . |
| 27 | When he had finished he pulled the blankets back over her . |
| 28 | I worked beside Bill and when he had to resign it seemed appropriate for me to step forward . |
| 29 | But as soon as he cursed himself for being taken in last night by Isabel 's distress , two insistent memories shook his belief that it had been an act put on for his benefit : the way she had clung fiercely to his hand when they had passed the dungeons , her grip almost painfully strong , and the stricken expression on her face when he had ordered her to strip . |
| 30 | She had always resented Luke , and feared the way he made her feel — because she must have sensed from the beginning the power he could and did have over her ; because he had deprived her of himself when he had had her dismissed from that very first job back in South Africa ; because something had led him to misjudge and despise her , and he was unable to see the truth ; because she had always known that he could break her heart … |