Example sentences of "when he have [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Occasionally , Mr Landor would accuse her of stealing from him when he had mislaid a silver spoon or could not find a precious paperknife , but she had always treated these accusations with the contempt they deserved . |
| 2 | So he spent long days and evenings at Meadowbanks , working ( when he had done a stint of transcription ) on the manuscript which was destined to be the Walter Machin volume in the Payne 's Great Authors series of monographs . |
| 3 | A row had followed : he had been returning home when he had heard a noise . |
| 4 | Yes , and then my father , when he had recovered a bit , he came to live with Grandma . |
| 5 | When he had drawn a furrow that everybody could see was one of the best — even before the stickers put the sticks on it — they say : |
| 6 | When he had rolled a bundle together he began to take down the tent , grabbing at the guy ropes . |
| 7 | Later , when he had evolved a sign language of his own , he would cross his thumbs and flap his hands : this meant ‘ chicken ’ or ‘ food ’ ( The Observer , 30 August 1978 ) . |
| 8 | He had felt the power of his position when he had taken a bottle to the room of any major and propositioned for information on the talk in the mess when he , the KGB 's ears , was not present . |
| 9 | Once when he had to play a matinée at the Old Vic , for instance , in Hamlet , scarcely offstage for a moment , there was a Welsh International match . |
| 10 | Then Mr Sayers died prematurely when John was only about fifteen , so he was still just a boy when he had to become a man overnight , so to speak , and try and take on the running of this large and rather complicated farm . |
| 11 | Now , when he had found a pot of honey , Corbett was hurrying him away . |
| 12 | Jim still carries the scars of his Carry Ons — he fell off the camel he was supposed to be riding and his left arm was badly broken during the making of Doctor , when he had to ride a hospital trolley down a flight of stairs , through a plate-glass window and on to a table . |
| 13 | It had tried to snow over Christmas , but in London on the evening of the 27th , it was raining when Jack Carter turned into a small mews near Portman Square not far from SOE Headquarters ; which was why he had chosen it when he 'd received a phone call from Vargas . |
| 14 | Her father would joke about him to her when he 'd had a drink over much : ‘ Ready-made son you 've got now then , daughter , is it ? ’ he 'd say . |
| 15 | ‘ Better ? ’ she said when he 'd taken a couple of swallows , and he managed to nod again . |
| 16 | When he 'd got a shot he liked , we 'd go to bed . |
| 17 | How do you tip him out when he 's got a lot of ash on him ? |
| 18 | sometimes I mean he 's been out when he 's had a drink , on call , sort of thing |
| 19 | I 'm sorry about Antonio 's behaviour , but he 's always like this when he 's had a couple of drinks . ’ |
| 20 | When he 's had a bath at his flat he 's coming here . ’ |
| 21 | When he 's had a haircut . |
| 22 | He says he will have time enough to relax and carouse when he 's had a smash hit with his first novel . |
| 23 | He enjoys colouring and drawing when he 's had a fit . |
| 24 | For his part , the patron gains the personal support of the client and , when he has accumulated a number of these clients , he becomes a prestigious person in the area due to the cumulative honour from them . |
| 25 | John Thaw himself hates beer , so it 's a real performance when he has to take a pint . |
| 26 | There is even an echo of the testing time of his twelfth year in the fourth book in the sequence , The Betrayer , when he has to find a way of helping one of the Confederates , involved in a misguided conspiracy against the young Emperor , without being disloyal to his ruler . |
| 27 | Their normally strong relationship is threatened when he has to reveal a family secret . |
| 28 | It 's where he goes when he has to write a speech … ’ |
| 29 | Jasper 's sometimes funny when he has had a disappointment . " |
| 30 | When he has attracted a female , she becomes the boss at the nest and may throw out the decorations to assert her occupancy . |