Example sentences of "[to-vb] when he [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was just cursing the child lock which his sweating , trembling hands were unable to work when he noticed the girl jockey walking towards his car . |
| 2 | At first he thought he 'd been burgled , but he was astonished to find when he called the police that they 'd done it . |
| 3 | He took out an endowment policy ten years ago to mature when he reached the age of sixty . ’ |
| 4 | African-Americans in South Central mostly hate Korean store owners and there 's no getting around the fact , as Jesse Jackson tried to do when he said the assaults on Koreans were not racist . |
| 5 | But contempt had returned with a vengeance , erasing everything else the moment he realised she did n't know what to do when he changed the boat 's direction . |
| 6 | He did not pause to rest when he reached the next hedge , but continued on , driving his exhausted body ruthlessly onwards . |
| 7 | Gary Kelly continues to impress too , though he missed probably the best chance of the night — he broke out in the middle of the pitch , was charging down with only Rik to beat when he nudged the ball just too far at the moment he should have shot past him . |
| 8 | Andy Mason , of Newcastle A.C. , who is ranked in the UK decathlon list , looked in good form as he won the senior men 's 400 metres and 110 metres hurdles , and Tim Conners ( Ipswich Harriers ) was another runner to shine when he won the junior men 's 1500 metres . |
| 9 | This was the inheritance which Nicholas II ( 1894–1917 ) pledged to uphold when he ascended the throne . |