Example sentences of "he [verb] [art] [noun] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the sergeant had been to every man , made sure that he had his key , his baton , boots were clean , and all the rest of it , then he told the man when to take his refreshments and what beat he was on . |
| 2 | He forsaw the time when steam would invade every domain — ’ |
| 3 | This is very evident when we compare the actual words Masefield uses when he describes the moment when Olivia is forced to accept the warnings of the Governor of Jamestown about her husband 's past and to face the destruction of her romantic view of their marriage . |
| 4 | And he describes the moment when the second stage is entered as seeing ( with all its connotations of understanding ) into heaven " for contemplacion es a syght , and se intil heven with gastly egh " ( 119.68 – 9 ) . |
| 5 | He recalls the time when a promised £300,000 windfall from Stiff never materialised , so he had to sell his new house to survive . |
| 6 | ‘ He joined the RAF when he was 17 and had been flying 35 years . |
| 7 | He scared the passengers when he drove a car , if some bright idea came into his mind . |
| 8 | He raised the stakes when he could not win . |
| 9 | He pulled no punches when he said : ‘ We collapsed like a pack of cards . |
| 10 | He needed the run when not disgraced in a valuable handicap last time , and is well in on just a 5lb higher mark than when impressively landing the Mildmay Of Flete at the Cheltenham Festival in March . |
| 11 | However he broke the rules when he insisted on doing his national service with the RAF , before being allowed to complete his apprenticeship with Armstrong Siddeley . |
| 12 | He remembers a moment when ‘ the Elves deemed that evil was ended for ever ’ but knows that ‘ it was not so ’ . |
| 13 | He hit the headlines when he won the prestigious Singer and Friedlander Sunday Times Watercolour Prize in 1990 , with a painting of the Malverns called January Bonfires . |
| 14 | Being brought up on the fish starved waters of the North West he took no prisoners when he drew on fish on the richer waters in the Midlands . |
| 15 | I had been invited there by George Every , and he chose a time when Eliot would be coming up too . |
| 16 | It is argued that the Lamont onslaught had all the hallmarks of an embittered man seeking revenge , particularly as he chose the day when he knew the Prime Minister would be on the defensive , and needing all the support he could summon . |
| 17 | He remembered a time when Jane had feared a duel as much as he , but now she seemed more eager to protect her money than Lord John 's life . |
| 18 | He remembered the night when Rose had cried out in her sleep — something about a child . |
| 19 | Then with great clarity and anguish he remembered the moment when Westerman had put his question about a moral lead from the press , and instead of answering at once the idea had come to him of leaning forward and judiciously stubbing out his cigarette . |
| 20 | He said that he liked a novel when , ‘ it promotes fusion of response between teacher and pupils ’ . |
| 21 | It was also a hint that , while he wanted to retain ultimate control for as long as he lived , he foresaw a time when it might be possible to relinquish his personal hold on the administration of the system without it collapsing . |
| 22 | He tested the brakes when he reached the top . |
| 23 | He likes the days when nothing seems to happen , and rain runs down the windows , and through somebody else 's windows on the other side of the airwell you can see girls with piles of lacquered hair laughing and making sudden small self-conscious movements , as they flirt with young men in Italian-cut suits , silent behind the layers of glass . |