Example sentences of "when he be [v-ing] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I see , ’ the Doctor went on with a harder edge in his voice , ‘ that you are the sort of hypocritical egomaniac who talks about betrayal when he 's condemning thousands of his own people in Haiti and millions in Africa and elsewhere to living the lives of mere insects ! ’ |
| 2 | Then when he was entertaining one of his friends he could n't get his stove to burn right and he had to keep it alight with matchboxes and cheese straws . |
| 3 | ‘ Monty ’ was ‘ married ’ to his army career and favoured bachelor officers , but when he was approaching forty years of age , he met a widow , Mrs. Betty Carver , an artist who lived at 2 , Riverside Cottages , Chiswick Mall . |
| 4 | Shaved this Lieutenant Sergeant Major eyebrow off when he was sleeping one night , and he was in front of the , the Colonel Chief and Regional so what he did , he , cos it , it took , taken ages , took about three months to grow back , so what he did was he shaved the other one off as well |
| 5 | Usually when he was giving one of his little dinners he came into the kitchen while they were preparing it , joked with them , had his hands smacked smartly by Matey when he lifted saucepan lids and tried to peer into the oven ; but today he stayed away . |