Example sentences of "when he [was/were] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gradually you saw this self-absorbed monarch stripped down of all his trappings , until a wonderful scene when he was kneeling on the ground staring at his reflection , and suddenly he shattered the mirror against his foreheard . |
| 2 | Fair-haired , but perhaps somewhat slight of build for the rigours of the lower reaches of the Football League , Bernard was certainly a fast and cagey winger , and his talent was recognised when he was selected for the 3rd Division South representative side against the 3rd Division North , in the fifth and final match between them at Selhurst Park on 30 October 1957 . |
| 3 | Even when he was looking at the ones like the Carmen at Ivinghoe ) that I think are my best ( or did then ) . |
| 4 | In the years 1815–27 , when he was hated by the young Romantic poets for his apostasy , it is only fair to point out that many quite reasonable people were at panic stations because of incipient popular unrest . |
| 5 | ‘ He stated it had all started a very long time ago when he was serving in the army in India and he admitted to still being sexually frustrated . ’ |
| 6 | At dawn on the morning of his twelfth birthday — in the official court annals his thirteenth , for they accorded with ancient Han tradition in calling the day of the child 's birth its first ‘ birth day ’ — Li Yuan was woken by his father and , when he was dressed in the proper clothes , led down to the stables of the Tongjiang estate . |
| 7 | LEIGHTON JAMES , the former Bradford coach and Welsh international , yesterday took his first steps on the managerial ladder when he was named as the new boss of Beazer Homes Premier Division strugglers Weymouth . |
| 8 | On a previous occasion , when he was flying over the stricken HMS SHEFFIELD , nine-tenths of his negatives had been removed . |
| 9 | Paul , 21 , broke down in tears when he was asked at the Old Bailey if he intended to kill or seriously injure Oxford graduate John Lavender . |
| 10 | However , an Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman , when he was asked on the same day whether negotiations had been more constructive with regard to the long-standing Kashmir dispute , said only that " the talks should be viewed as a measured and gradual approach to stabilization of our relations " . |
| 11 | This was precisely the approach Pearce adopted when he was asked by the Conservative Government to become chairman of British Aerospace in 1980 to prepare it for privatisation . |
| 12 | When he was asked by the BBC in November to broadcast a " personal anthology " of poems , he chose those , he said , which had remained in his memory for reasons which were mysterious to him : John Dryden 's " To the Memory of Mr Oldham , Samuel Johnson 's " On the Death of Dr. Robert Levet " , Rudyard Kipling 's " Danny Deever " , Edgar Allan Poe 's " For Annie " and the six lines from Shelley which begin " Art thou pale for weariness . |
| 13 | Professional Footballers ' Association leader Gordon Taylor spoke out about this type of body blow in last week 's ‘ Soccer In Crisis ’ investigation when he was asked by the Echo over spiralling players ' wages . |
| 14 | In 1595 Crosse was preparing to accompany Ralegh to Guiana when he was recalled to the navy at the queen 's specific order . |
| 15 | Mr Fuchs 's champions say that he made no attempt to hide the financial problems that had arisen during his previous post when he was employed by The Hague . |
| 16 | Among the Chinese he was known as the ‘ iron-headed rat ’ , referring to an incident at Canton when he was struck on the head by a club and shrugged off the attack . |
| 17 | A MAN aged 26 suffered a fractured skull when he was struck on the head by an axe during a row at his home . |
| 18 | Prost , in a Williams , recovered from a poor start , when he was beaten off the grid by team-mate Damon Hill , to take the lead after six laps and then drive virtually faultlessly to the chequered flag . |
| 19 | He has total recall of his race in Canada when he was beaten in the stadium for an Empire gold medal . ’ |
| 20 | The right wing hated Ted and the scenes of rejoicing when he was beaten in the leadership contest by Margaret Thatcher left me feeling very sad . |
| 21 | Shortly after Frank 's release our belief that there was another hostage in the apartment was borne out when he was moved into the room next door where Frank had spent his last day . |
| 22 | Sean Thompson , 52 , was more than twice over the limit when he was stopped on the way home from the station . |
| 23 | As a US diplomat tells it , ‘ He was driving from Lilongwe [ the Malawian capital ] to Lusaka when he was stopped near the border by police . |
| 24 | He conceded 12lb and paid the penalty when he was stopped in the third round . |
| 25 | After winning his first 13 fights , Ferguson 's career slump started when he was stopped in the 10th round by former contender Carl Williams in August 1985 . |
| 26 | He realised his mistake when he was stopped by the gates of Parliament Buildings at Stormont and turned back . |
| 27 | ‘ When he was stopped by the police at the roadside and given the breath test he was convinced he was going to fail and lose his licence . |
| 28 | When he was joined in the Test team by Desmond Haynes , one of the most dependable and successful of all opening partnerships was created , and as the senior member in his late twenties Greenidge matured at just the right time . |
| 29 | ‘ Charlie ’ as he was known to everyone , joined Douglas Reyburn in 1940 and left shortly after when he was enlisted in the Army . |
| 30 | He was just beginning to worry about his fuel situation when he was called into the searchlight area , only to be fired on by A.A. He advised Control that he was coming in to land and requested that the flare path be lit , but was advised that there was still an alert in force and therefore no flare path could be employed . |