Example sentences of "when he [vb past] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He gave in to the pressure on Oct. 14 when he announced his resignation from the Diet , a move which sparked a fierce struggle for the leadership of the 110-member Takeshita faction .
2 As Mr. Chapelton had obtained his ticket from the attendant at the time of making the contract ( i. e. when he collected his chair from the pile ) , the ticket had changed hands in sufficient time .
3 He tried to tell Joey when he cashed his Giro
4 I put a suitcase on the bed and began to throw clothes into it , half my dresses so that Richard would n't notice when he hung his trousers up in the wardrobe , but all my underwear , since he would not look in my drawer .
5 MR BRYAN GOULD proposed a decisive break with the programme on which Labour lost last week 's general election when he launched his campaign for both the party 's leadership and deputy leadership at Westminster last night .
6 How old was Christ when he began his mission ? ’
7 The moment when he knew his mother finally acknowledged that she needed him , was then , when she lowered her eyes , and gave a small resigned sigh of agreement .
8 He was thirty-six when he married her mother , and she herself was born three years later .
9 ‘ She was two when he married my mother . ’
10 His story is well known : the Cockney self-starter who worked his way up in advertising from messenger boy at 16 to account executive at 20 , when he married his school sweetheart .
11 Well you see when he said your base is gon na be
12 PRESIDENT Sam Nujoma of Namibia sparked a furious row yesterday when he said his country 's abundant wildlife would have to be killed to provide meat for his drought-stricken nation .
13 That includes coal for fuel , and building materials when he renovated his home .
14 Lewis had backed the car a few feet down the ramp and was about to turn towards the Cherwell Arms when he heard his master 's voice — a single hissed and incredulous blasphemy :
15 Many were the times when he had his knuckles rapped sharply for meddling in politics or foreign policy .
16 He was President of the Reception Committee of the 8th Biennial Congress of the British Deaf and Dumb Association in 1903 when he received his guests with magnificent and lavish hospitality .
17 The defendant had argued that this information , ie the knowledge that the combination of the two ingredients produced an effective drier could not be protected by an injunction since the knowledge of that combination was knowledge which the second defendant must inevitably have taken away from the plaintiffs when he left their employment and that he could not proceed to expunge that knowledge from his mind .
18 During the theatre festival , the author liked to take early-morning walks , and every day when he left his hotel Dustin would be waiting for him .
19 He lost some of his sparkle after this and his final game for us was at Swindon on Easter Monday 1935 when he scored our goal in a l-l draw .
20 Larkin died in 1619 , between 10 April when he signed his will and 14 May when it was proved .
21 Peter of Aragon promised Innocent 250 massenutinae when he committed his kingdom to the pope in 1204 .
22 … Whatever be the true view with regard to the act or neglect , I think that the appellant is entitled to say that the respondents ' ‘ default giving rise to the action ’ existed at the time when he suffered his injuries .
23 Police believe this was when he hatched his plot to kill .
24 However , he finally got his comeuppance during the chilly winter of 1975 , when he got his penis stuck in a milk bottle while masturbating behind a hedge during a games lesson .
25 ‘ Not when he got his hands on it , it was n't , ’ says another teammate .
26 He was impressed by her intelligence and , on the few occasions when he asked her opinion , by the growing assurance of her taste .
27 Indeed , Gregory almost admitted as much at the end of the Histories when he asked his successors in the bishopric of Tours to preserve his works intact , allowing no alteration to them , except their versification .
28 The Maguire family expressed disappointment at the appeal court 's decision and said they would seek justice from Sir John May , when he reconvened his inquiry in September .
29 One of his most famous illusions was his ‘ Levitation ’ , which he first performed in 1867 , when he caused his wife to rise from the stage .
30 She did n't see his face change , eyes lighting with anger , rejection ; the first she knew was when he knocked his plate crashing across the room and yelled , ‘ To hell with you , then ! ’
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