Example sentences of "when he [vb past] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he launched a well-timed attack on the greed of the boss class and their salary increases he was again made to feel that he had spoken out of turn . |
| 2 | I thought it was worth pushing for the extra I mean when he said a thousand , I thought it would be |
| 3 | A recent anthology on spirituality has a quotation by Martin Buber from Rabbi Zusya when he said a short while before his death , " In the world to come I shall not be asked why were you not Moses ? |
| 4 | His first realization that he was not alone came when he booked a return Business-Class ticket at the Sabena counter . |
| 5 | Wyss , in the lead , was only some fifty feet from the top when he saw a tiny movement in the snow ahead of them . |
| 6 | He was approaching the track leading to the bell tower , a dark grim silhouette in the moonlight , when he saw a great glow of light to his right in the distance . |
| 7 | Train driver Graham Lumsden , of Duke Street , Hartlepool , said he was driving the train from Port Clarence to Thornaby and was approaching the North Shore signal box , about a quarter-of-a-mile north of Stockton station , when he saw a dark-haired male dash out from some bushes and place his head on the line . |
| 8 | In the 25th minute Ferdinand was again unlucky when he saw a deft flick picked off by Hooper . |
| 9 | His concern was heightened when he saw a local trouble-maker , a man called Slatter . |
| 10 | He hated other people 's leaving him for bed , and when he saw a hard mood ahead he often took a sleeping pill at supper to stop himself from being clamorous , though at the same time he found his terror about the end of a day daft in a creature who was surely intended by build to signify immortal fun . |
| 11 | His claim for a plum job in a fourth Tory administration was evident weeks ago when he sported a new bouffant hair cut . |
| 12 | FISHERMAN Robert Carlton made what could be a £100,000 catch when he salvaged a luxury yacht abandoned in a gale near the Channel isle of Alderney . |
| 13 | Saturday 's Monthly Medal ended in a convincing victory for Carl Henderson when he returned a fine 68 net . |
| 14 | Derek Polson , a CCG storeman at KG Ethylene Offsite stores , showed he knows all there is to know about fork lift driving when he scored a perfect 100 per cent in his driving test — the first time a driver has achieved the maximum score at Hargreaves Training in Glasgow . |
| 15 | And although it was a typical Lineker goal which ensured England 's place in the European Championship finals , when he scored a late equaliser in Poland , Taylor 's doubts began to emerge clearly . |
| 16 | New Derby deal for Cox FOOTBALL : Arthur Cox linked with a return to Newcastle as part of Kevin Keegan 's management team , yesterday committed his future to Derby County when he signed a new long term deal with the club . |
| 17 | But he failed in his ambition to beat his idol , Joey Dunlop , when he finished a close second to the maestro in today 's Carrowdore 100 . |
| 18 | He had turned and was starting to walk towards the door when he received a full blast from her as she yelled , ‘ Do n't you tell me to shut up ! you young prig , else you 'll find the door locked on you . |
| 19 | The 6ft 4in newcomer is concerned at his own disciplinary record , which took another jolt when he received a yellow card on his Under-21 debut . |
| 20 | After Freud had done his worst it turned out that there was still an ‘ unanalysed residue ’ when he had a major relapse some years later . |
| 21 | But in his judgment Mr Justice Morland said Professor Hartt had been ‘ dishonourable and deceitful ’ by posing as a disinterested scholar when he had a financial interest in the statue 's sale . |
| 22 | He soon turned to Jewish studies , his interest from childhood , when he had a traditional religious education and learned Hebrew from the Cairo Genizah scholar , Jacob Mann . |
| 23 | It was also in this film , when he had a long and exacting monologue at the end , that he finally saw it as what he termed an allegory to his own career : he had the chance of taking a university scholarship but instead chose to take to the road and share his life with some interesting characters , though by this stage of the story in the film itself , Dupea 's liberation is being challenged . |
| 24 | He opened the Salzburg music festival , but encountered a protest demonstration when he had a controversial meeting with Kurt Waldheim , the Austrian President . |
| 25 | The fact is , however , that it has helped both of them to survive difficult times : when he had a small operation , she was there ; when she was ill , he carried up the trays . |
| 26 | Deane waddled about seemingly distracted by something ( not the ball I might add ) and when he had a clear chance he headed it safely into the arms of Grobblebum . |
| 27 | Any witness may refresh his memory from notes or records , with the leave of the court , provided that these were made by him , or made by someone else and read over to him when he had a clear recollection of the facts recorded . |
| 28 | Why should he bother , when he had a willing partner waiting back in his rooms ? |
| 29 | Of course with a heart like his it would n't have taken long , but why pick on strychnine when he had a fair selection of the British Pharmacopoeia in his dispensary to choose from ? |
| 30 | George Wigg 's encounters with the Jockey Club became quite famous , particularly on one occasion when he had a public slanging-match , using voice-magnifying equipment , with the Duke of Norfolk who , employing similar equipment , exchanged insults with him on a racecourse . |