Example sentences of "when he [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when he paused for breath , her face was still implacable . |
| 2 | When he applied for immigration into Australia he had to undergo a routine medical examination . |
| 3 | Mr Nagdi had been carrying a gun when he left for work yesterday but he did not get a chance to use it . |
| 4 | He claimed that customers were appalled by the players ' language and that when he asked for order they threatened to punch out his lights . |
| 5 | Mrs Stevens eventually gave him 5/ and when he asked for clothing suggested that he look in a nearby workman 's shed . |
| 6 | When he roared for food at midnight , she attended to him herself . |
| 7 | That was one of the arguments put forward by the city 's MP when he called for self government for Gloucester under the coming council shake-up . |
| 8 | When he stood for Parliament numbers of poor people crowded round the hustings demanding the payment of outstanding bills . |
| 9 | For instance , when he stood for re-election in 1965 , his campaign was run by the " Association Nationale Pour le Soutien de l'Action du Général de Gaulle " , not by the UNR . |
| 10 | The next day however , on his next tour of duty he met the foreman platelayer when he arrived for work . |
| 11 | Fry feared the worst when he arrived for training yesterday morning to find his wife had called him three times already . |
| 12 | The upper team would have been on the logging track above the natural amphitheatre when he broke for cover . |
| 13 | A docker was never sure what to expect when he reported for work in the morning . |
| 14 | When he reported for duty in Simla , then the headquarters of the meteorological department , he had no knowledge of the subject ; he had to learn it by reading , guided by senior staff . |
| 15 | Well I suppose a very junior clerk , the first job I was given was , well it 's unheard of in this day and age but what they had was what they call a bundi clock and there every driver and conductor had got a key that was inserted in this clock and on it was his personal number , well when he reported for duty , he inserted this key into the clock , turned the handle and stamped on to a piece of paper , a roll of paper , his number and the time he reported and the next day it was my job to go through and record from this piece of paper how many minutes they were late f reporting for duty and if they erm were more than , I think about three or four minutes we had to send them a memo telling them , that 's how things were in those days that people were , they toed the line or else . |