Example sentences of "when he [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He is persuaded to teach the talented Marin Marais but when he detects the young musician has little sympathy for his belief music is only an expression for sorrow , he returns to his hermit 's existence .
2 This was the same formula that Harmsworth ( Lord Northcliffe ) used when he launched the Daily Mail in 1896 .
3 Anger and impulse do n't seem to be a part of his make-up : when he parodies the swaggering Hotspur , we can already see the fastidious distaste for self-dramatisation that will make him disown Falstaff , just as , when he imitates his father , we can see the strength this quiet man derives from the stately deliberation of majesty .
4 As myths go , the Leavis myth was widely successful : but then what teacher , when he tells the young that he has been ill-treated by the world for his opinions , is not believed ?
5 She was roused from this reverie seconds later when he gulped the last of the juice and said , ‘ I know what Faye 's ‘ few minutes ’ mean .
6 He felt , when he woke the next morning , that his life was at an end-a complete disaster .
7 Ambling into the nets , he had barely taken guard when he suffered the one embarrassment all England batsmen fear on overseas tours .
8 He has stopped driving out to Wellport but I bet he misses our time there , its vigourlessness so safe and morally neutral , when he wore the passive uniform of old age .
9 He knew he had simplified the matter when he said the six thousand would be sent abroad to the War — simplified it and coloured it blood-red .
10 A cry of horror came from the artist when he saw the terrible face in the portrait .
11 His compassion intensified when he saw the other inhabitant of the bed — a small , shabby teddy-bear .
12 When asked what use it was , Franklin gave the same reply as when he saw the first balloon ascent in 1783 … ’
13 The Merkut clan was camped along the curve of a small lake , and when he saw the first yurts Burun kicked his st'lyan into a gallop , his spirit soaring with anticipation .
14 when he saw the stranger change into Doctor Jekyll in front of his eyes .
15 He stopped when he saw the twisted grin on Luther 's face , and it made him remember with a falling heart that this man was not his real father .
16 Look at the splendid sight , ’ he waved his hand , just as Mr Blackwell the owner appeared , but who almost disappeared again when he saw the vast crowd about to troop up and down his narrow staircase and crowded rooms .
17 Alejandro , fed up with Raimundo 's laziness and his exorbitant whining demands , was put in such a good mood when he saw the black eye that he agreed that Perdita could take over the breaking of little Tero .
18 When he saw the finished portrait Cocteau was shaken and described it privately as ‘ diabolical ’ .
19 He was furious when he saw the rubbishy episodes .
20 Kenneth smiled when he saw the hand-painted sign at the outskirts of the village that said , ‘ Thank You . ’
21 So when he saw the 301 project it gave him the idea of using ultra-modern airframe and engine technology and aerodynamics to achieve the same magic numbers with a single turboprop instead of two kerosene-guzzling pure jets .
22 I found a plumber , but when he saw the solid fuel monster in the kitchen , he paled visibly .
23 Returning from a London party , he was driving down Radnor Walk when he saw the unmarked vans parked by the kerb in front of Tweed 's terrace house .
24 When he saw the blue uniforms of the New York police , did Buddeke show them some sort of identification or did he just leave ?
25 Only when he saw the two girls actually standing up to peer at him past the curtains of Healy 's window did he show any reaction .
26 Wayne 's antennae went onto visible alert when he saw the two of them emerging from the Hall .
27 When he saw the black-haired woman sitting beside the stream , he thought at first she was simply another ephemeral vision transmitted by the trees .
28 Gorphal picked up the parchment and raised one eyebrow slightly when he saw the familiar ideograms of the Golden Empire .
29 He obediently followed her into the back kitchen , and gave a delighted whoop when he saw the big pot of homemade faggots and mushy peas simmering on the polished black range .
30 FitzAlan glanced over his shoulder , turning fully when he saw the ugly discolouration along her cheekbone and the narrow line of dried blood where she had been cut by a ring .
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