Example sentences of "when he [verb] [pron] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since 1969 , when he had his first show , his cartoonish black-and-white paintings have managed to comment without mercy or a smidgen of socially redeeming tact on , among other things , men 's — and women 's — looks ( Warhol 's nosejob painting must be an important icon in his private gallery ) ; issues of health ( a hilarious series of men in the throes of having heart attacks ) ; bestiality ( pert Fifties housewife on her knees doing something unspeakable to a poodle with her arm ) and religion ( famous Biblical figure on the cross getting a pie in the face ) . |
| 2 | The moment for which Archie will always be remembered by Palace fans was when he scored our fourth and conclusive goal after a marvellous run from the centre-circle to defeat the FA Cup-holders , Wolves ( 4–2 ) in a thrilling replay up at the old Crystal Palace in January 1909 . |
| 3 | From 1940 , when he made his first broadcast as a quiz-master in the BBC radio series Ack , Ack , Beer , Beer , he was a constant broadcaster and in 1943 , by then stationed at the Air Ministry in London , he created and wrote with Squadron Leader Richard Murdoch the long-running radio series Much Binding in the Marsh , a take-off of a fictitious RAF station . |
| 4 | I must tell you that this infant has never cried at all apart from at the moment of birth when he took his first breath — and that must be accepted as an unavoidable demand for satisfaction of an impossible desire . |
| 5 | He has an unshakeable self-confidence , which no doubt dates back to when he sold his first paintings at nine years old , these early Koonses going for hundreds of dollars in Henry J Koons Interiors , his father 's furniture store in a small town in Pennsylvania . |
| 6 | And a lot will depend on the 27-year-old tomorrow when he gets his first taste of League of Ireland football . |
| 7 | By 3 February 1722 , when he registered his first maker 's marks at Goldsmiths ' Hall , he had set up in Threadneedle Street , a move made possible by his marriage on 9 January 1722 to Alder , wealthy daughter of Samuel Phelpes , gentleman merchant , and Mary Aldworth , descendant of merchant princes linked with the East India Company and the Society of Merchant Adventurers of Bristol . |
| 8 | He had been coming regularly for almost sixty years , and was only fourteen when he bought his first pony there for £4.10s . |
| 9 | From 1833 , when he obtained his first two commissions including the period of his partnership with Moffatt between 1839 and 1845 , Scott had completed at least 167 new buildings and 65 restorations . |
| 10 | Christo has cherished a vision of wrapping the Reichstag in military silver , flame-retardant fabric since 1971 , when he created his first studies for the project . |
| 11 | Even more remarkable , compared to the modern-day heroes , Fangio was aged 39 when the World Championship was introduced in 1950 and 46 when he won his fifth , and final , title in 1957 . |
| 12 | Bryant , he of the slicked hair , spectacles , mouthful of teeth and curly pipe , was 21 when he won his first county title and first played for England in 1958 . |
| 13 | By the end of that season , when he won his first championship by a large margin , I had little doubt who had achieved the triumph : Niki is no braggart , but in the first of many longish talks , he explained to me that his nature was such that he really just could n't stand the second-rate ; and if you saw the second-rate around you , you had a clear choice — either you cleared out and found yourself the first-rate or you simply demanded that second-rate people became first-rate . |