Example sentences of "when he [be] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Cabinet ministers were exasperated that he allowed last Thursday , when he was facing a big test in the Commons , to be dominated by the resignation of a junior member of the Cabinet . |
2 | Reformed junkie Davies , who has served two prison sentences , met stunning Fiona Brown , 28 , when he was given a two-year probation order for theft . |
3 | • After serving 18 months in the wilderness as punishment for running Michael Heseltine 's leadership challenge , East Hampshire MP Michael Mates was welcomed in from the cold this week when he was given a ministerial post by the Prime Minister . |
4 | The turning point was Denis Law 's infamous transfer debacle in 1973 when he was given a free transfer by United and crossed Manchester to Maine Road to join Manchester City . |
5 | Dave Webb 's disappointment at missing out on the Chelsea manager 's job was eased yesterday when he was named the new boss of Brentford . |
6 | He remained there until 1903 , when he was appointed the first , and only , director of the newly founded University of London Physiological Laboratory , established in the former Imperial Institute in South Kensington mainly as a result of Waller 's initiative . |
7 | Later that evening , when he was playing a desultory game of Scrabble with Broughton and Hoddnett , two of the older boys , he casually brought the subject up . |
8 | In early 1990 , when he was attracting the international attention of the Scotland national coach Andy Roxburgh , the Scottish tabloid press ran a sad and damaging story about the financial catastrophes he had left behind in Glasgow . |
9 | This was both a matter of pride and of business sense at a time when he was making a major export drive towards America . |
10 | It was when he was testing the third of those with his stethoscope that Carrington beckoned to Talbot , who came and listened in turn . |