Example sentences of "when he [vb past] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Julian Lewis , from Caerphilly , Mid Glamorgan , was on a trail at Rhydyfelin when he toppled over the edge . |
| 2 | She had hit him and fed him , shouted at him for being idle and comforted him when he woke in the night and was afraid . |
| 3 | Of course , he flung her off when he woke in the morning . |
| 4 | The former Kray henchman dashed Fleet Street scribes ' hopes for a headline such as ‘ The Silence Of The Lambrianou ’ when he said of the underworld bloodletting : ‘ It was the biggest mistake the Krays made . ’ |
| 5 | Coach Phil Larder also pinpointed shortcomings in the Widnes tackling at Leeds when he said after the match : ‘ Some of our defence was unbelievably bad . |
| 6 | In my opinion Lord Roskill was undoubtedly right when he said in the course of the passage quoted that the assumption by the defendant of any of the rights of an owner could amount to an appropriation within the meaning of section 3(1) , and that the removal of an article from the shelf and the changing of the price label on it constituted the assumption of one of the rights of the owner and hence an appropriation within the meaning of the subsection . |
| 7 | Hugh Gaitskell made the Tory Government 's case for it when he said in the House of Commons Defence debate : |
| 8 | On the following day , Lewis returned to the position of before the competition , when he said in the House that the land authorized under the 1855 Act ‘ would be sufficient for the site of the two offices which it was now contemplated to erect ’ . |
| 9 | One of my colleagues , John Savage , put it forcibly when he said in the programme that pure road racing — that is racing on public roads — was at the crossroads because of lack of numbers and I 'm inclined to agree with him . |
| 10 | When he passed through the doorway and closed the door behind him Paige could scarcely credit what had happened . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's an unexpected and welcome bonus , ’ declared Tom , happily , when he passed on the news . |
| 12 | Alistair McAlpine , the merchant builder , had , when he served as the Party 's treasurer during the Thatcher years , begun the tradition of a lavish party to which only la creme had been invited . |
| 13 | But when he returned to the ministry in 1913 , after a long spell of service in Rome , a great deal had changed . |
| 14 | When he returned to the cottage he extinguished all but one of the candles and took it through to the bedroom . |
| 15 | When he returned to the Gold Coast he had been absent for 12 years : he had departed far too young to have made any mark . |
| 16 | When he returned to the theatre in 1983 for Chaplin , it was an almighty flop . |
| 17 | Jackson was still smarting when he returned to the station in the city centre . |
| 18 | When he returned to the dairy , in the sleepy afternoon heat , nobody was awake . |
| 19 | Five minutes later , when he returned to the lawn , she was sitting with her back to the tree and , standing before her , he said , ‘ I do n't know how to thank you for your kindness . |
| 20 | He wondered suddenly what he would find when he returned to the hut . |
| 21 | Simpson , of Hollyfield , Coulby Newham , was arrested when he returned to the scene shortly afterwards and a policeman smelled petrol on him . |
| 22 | One can imagine his dismay when he returned to the port and found the ship had gone — either earlier than planned or because the crew did n't want to be caught helping him . |
| 23 | When he returned to the room , having left the child in the kitchen , Aggie was pouring some milk into a mug , and she said to him , ‘ Look at that ! |
| 24 | When he returned to the room downstairs , he picked up a book that Lord Henry had lent him . |
| 25 | He 'd sleep later when he returned to the track , curled awkwardly on the back seat of the car under an overcoat . |
| 26 | When he returned to the ground his eyes were sparkling with excitement . |
| 27 | When he left the vehicle on the Saturday evening , all four wheels were off , and they were in that state when he returned to the job on the Sunday morning . |
| 28 | When he returned to the office on Monday Barnett called Tim into the office , an odd note in his voice which Tim did n't recognise at first . |
| 29 | When he returned to the parking-lot , it was nine-twenty-five . |
| 30 | But when he returned to the chair and sat down , the breathing started again . |