Example sentences of "when he [was/were] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thomas Cromwell the chief agent for the King for dissolution of the monasteries 1535–38 , made many enemies during his brief reign , especially among the clergy , His reign ended in July 1540 , when he was beheaded for treason . |
| 2 | Once he came out of the Navy , Charles became a little more involved , but it was not really until the end of the decade , after Mountbatten 's death , when he was looking for a real job to do , that Charles took up the reins himself . |
| 3 | His company , a family business , was recently sold against his wishes and the British Steel Challenge was announced at a time when he was looking for a complete change of direction . |
| 4 | I do n't know when he , when he was looking for that old chap , I think one of the girls threw something at him hit him in the eye . |
| 5 | The most remarkable example of such a deposit in Britain is that at Llyn Cerrig Bach in Anglesey , found by a contractor during the last war when he was digging for peat . |
| 6 | Later that same season Albert was honoured by the FA when he was selected for the England squad for the International against Scotland at Wembley on 4 April . |
| 7 | Some years before , when he was hunting for a mill in the West Country , and I was on tour with some show or other , he wrote me : |
| 8 | Then there was the time when he was arrested for driving a loaned car which the police insisted had been reported stolen . |
| 9 | Offwood sided with the Ainsworthians until 1617 , when he was excommunicated for quarrelling with Thomas Stafford , another church member who was seeking to marry Offwood 's daughter , Susanna . |
| 10 | That was when he was chosen for a ‘ crocker ’ side . |
| 11 | The following year Robinson founded the Garden and edited it until 1899 , when he was succeeded for two years by Gertrude Jekyll [ q.v. ] , his lifelong friend . |
| 12 | The RAF ace 's first ban dates back to 1971 when he was banned for driving with excess alcohol . |
| 13 | At the age of 12 , Kitto was taken on by his father to assist him in his trade , and it was shortly afterwards when he was working for his father slating a new roof that he lost his footing in the act of stepping off a ladder and fell thirty-five feet to the ground . |