Example sentences of "when he [vb -s] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he does specify precise quantities or times he is often wrong . |
| 2 | When he does produce these propositions he does so through ironic positive politeness , more precisely through superficially observing the approbation maxim : Anderson 's irony here is much more successful than that which he uses when arguing with the captain in scene six ( where his ironic statements concerning human rights in Czechoslovakia actually prompt the captain to ask further awkward questions ( pp. 70 – 1 ) ) , because he exploits the potential ambiguity of the academic discourse appropriate to a lecture . |
| 3 | He thinks he has saved for his holiday — a fallacy that is exposed only when he tries to redeem those bits of paper against an empty spending account . |
| 4 | When he tries to sound fiercer he sometimes sounds peevish or wheedling . |
| 5 | There 's nothing difficult about a whole stream of , of er comments were raised by the inspector Mr team are , have addressed a large number of them , have told us what they propose to do to deal with a number of er and , and I believe that there will be things left over when he 's finished that , that he wo n't be able to resolve er perhaps er without the people that help the Committee er or some of us are always suggesting is that er those things that he is unsuccessful in resolving erm be identified and so that er when , when the er the Inspector makes his er his next report we can see just , just why that some of these other items there have were n't able to be addressed . |
| 6 | But the bit when he 's finished that |
| 7 | Oh we want him to do that , our front wall when he 's got five minutes . |
| 8 | No but I mean , I do n't mean wh I do n't mean where he 's been working for the corporation , I mean before when he 's had these various jobs and they 've finished and he 's had , you know , the job 's finished and they 've had to go somewhere . |
| 9 | ‘ Then he may join me indoors when he 's had enough , as I already have . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ When he attempts to arrest disorderly persons who have the active sympathy of a crowd of roughs ’ , it added , ‘ a policeman 's lot is not a happy one . ’ |
| 11 | But his value could rocket when he starts winning big races and , later , at stud . |
| 12 | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to have available ( a ) information on the United Kingdom gross domestic product per head in 1991 and ( b ) comparable information for the other member states of the European Community . |
| 13 | When he has inspired sympathetic coverage , the results tend to be not so much an exposition of Gironella 's achievements but belong to that particular branch of literature which uses works of art as a starting point for literary excursus . |
| 14 | I do not mean to be offensive to the hon. Member for Sherwood when I say that he has entertained us with his prepared briefs in many of our coal debates , but that it is a bit rich of him continually to criticise the contraction of the coal industry when he has supported many of his Government 's policies on the industry . |
| 15 | Maslow wrote that beauty is the last aim of man ; for when he has fulfilled all his drives and ambitions and has achieved self realization and creativity and success in his own eyes , there remains only this last aim of beauty . |
| 16 | When he has done that , he will announce his decision . |
| 17 | When he has answered that question , he will no longer feel the need to control others . |
| 18 | Although the Commissioners are committed not to be swayed by the national interests of their own countries , it is clear that Sir Leon Brittan , the Competition Commissioner , has come up against stiff opposition from his colleagues when he has investigated anti-competitive behaviour in some of their countries , most recently over his veto of the Franco-Italian takeover of De Havilland in October 1991 . |
| 19 | HP ( hire purchase ) The term used by shoppers and many shops to describe both true hire purchase ( where the shopper is in effect hiring the goods , with an option to buy at virtually no extra cost when he has paid all the instalments , and the lender has some rights to repossess the goods as securing against default ) , and the more common credit sale . |
| 20 | IT is true that John Fullard of Hartlepool only appears here when he has had some little difficulty with the Post Office . |
| 21 | When he has had quiet periods one simply got the feeling that he was having a rest , a feeling reinforced by his ability to produce a big innings apparently at will , especially on the grand occasion or when his team is struggling . |
| 22 | When he has mastered this type of movement kneeling , more advanced work might involve sitting on his heels and then shifting his weight towards his hemiplegic side to practise controlling his arm and the side of his trunk while some of his bodyweight is transmitted from side to side . |
| 23 | The hon. Gentleman and I have had similar exchanges before across the Dispatch Box , when he has advanced that bizarre and extraordinary hypothesis . |
| 24 | When he has invented such a plan , if he is wise , he will check that it really is faithful . |
| 25 | When he has taken that , he will go through Dixie 's pockets . |