Example sentences of "when [pron] [vb past] he [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I asked him to itemize the price , so I could add it up for myself , the total came to over £100 less than he 'd quoted for the bundle . |
| 2 | When nobody spoke he broke the accusing silence . |
| 3 | When she demurred he said the other possibility was that Holly had tipped them off . |
| 4 | His family claim he was badly concussed and the RAF were guilty of negligence when they allowed him to make the second jump . |
| 5 | He dreamt that he was in the coils of a giant worm , and when he woke he found the bedclothes wrapped tightly around him . |
| 6 | One of the witnesses called today was Peter Simpson , a taxi driver who was waiting in a layby in Akers Way when he said he heard the sound of screeching tyres and looked to see two cars driving at speed , nose to tail along the road . |
| 7 | When he said he wanted the ‘ spark of fire ’ and intended to have it , it was n't spiritual love he was talking about . |
| 8 | When he returned he joined the local carpenters ' union , and in 1861 he persuaded his Sheffield union to become part of the newly established Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners ( ASCJ ) . |
| 9 | Philip at first took no notice of what he said ; but when he heard him repeat the same thing several times , and saw he was greatly upset by the horse being sent away , eventually replied : ‘ Are you criticising those who are older than yourself , as if you knew more , and were better able to manage him than they ? ’ |
| 10 | When he died he left the land to the Drapers Company — a charitable institution for residents of East London . |
| 11 | When he moved he had the supple , easy grace of a big cat . |
| 12 | But when he talked he looked the same as he had always done ; eager , intent , screwing up his boneless nose , gesturing with broad , stubby-fingered hands . |
| 13 | When he arrived he alerted the Clean-Up Squad . |