Example sentences of "when he [vb past] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when he returned to the ministry in 1913 , after a long spell of service in Rome , a great deal had changed . |
| 2 | When he returned to the cottage he extinguished all but one of the candles and took it through to the bedroom . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | When he returned to the theatre in 1983 for Chaplin , it was an almighty flop . |
| 5 | Jackson was still smarting when he returned to the station in the city centre . |
| 6 | When he returned to the dairy , in the sleepy afternoon heat , nobody was awake . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He wondered suddenly what he would find when he returned to the hut . |
| 9 | Simpson , of Hollyfield , Coulby Newham , was arrested when he returned to the scene shortly afterwards and a policeman smelled petrol on him . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ! |
| 12 | When he returned to the room downstairs , he picked up a book that Lord Henry had lent him . |
| 13 | He 'd sleep later when he returned to the track , curled awkwardly on the back seat of the car under an overcoat . |
| 14 | When he returned to the ground his eyes were sparkling with excitement . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | When he returned to the parking-lot , it was nine-twenty-five . |
| 18 | But when he returned to the chair and sat down , the breathing started again . |
| 19 | El Cid himself fought like ten men and when he returned to the city he was bloody but victorious . |
| 20 | And when he returned to the college , he told the students they must n't let blindness get in the way of their creativity . |
| 21 | When he returned to the living-room he was carrying an oblong package wrapped in black silk , a spiral-bound shorthand pad and a cylindrical container made of brass . |
| 22 | When he applied to the court for permission to marry , as he was required to do since he was under twenty-one and did not have a recognised guardian , the magistrate at Bow Street refused ‘ as he was not in favour of a British girl marrying an alien ’ . |
| 23 | When he got to the wall , he did n't stop . |
| 24 | When he got to the hotel , she had left another message . |
| 25 | And when he got to the river he took the pole — and he pushed the body off ! |
| 26 | He did not stop when he got to the water , but leaped in feet first and landed with a tremendous SPEELOSH ! |
| 27 | Michael , when he was at s When he was at school , he won a scholarship to university , when he got to the university he said as if he 'd made a great discovery . |
| 28 | When he got to the pontoon , he saw Dickie , sitting in the cabin working the winch that raised the end of the pipe , to clear it . |
| 29 | When he got to the line about its not being long , love , till our wedding day , Jarvis felt the old undefined longing and the tears pricking his eyelids , though the last thing he wanted was a wedding day or a wife or any permanent relationship , come to that . |
| 30 | I do n't think we would have worn all four verses again ( especially the one about the wagon being painted green ) but , when he got to the line about the deer and the antelope playing , he burst into tears . |