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

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1 And when he finally married last year , it was to a glamorous foreigner , the French-Canadian skater Isabelle Duchesnay .
2 When he finally named seven people he was told he should be comforted by the fact that all of them were already under subpoena to appear .
3 When he duly did this , he was one day out of time .
4 However , when he later became drowsy she telephoned for an ambulance to take him to hospital .
5 There was no need whatsoever for him to ‘ take her over ’ — she knew that , and Travis knew that , and Naylor Massingham would create merry hell when he eventually knew that .
6 When he eventually turned eighteen his father told him he had no further objection to his being baptised , a decision based more on Rajiv 's co-operative attitude a year before than on his recent coming of age .
7 When he eventually leaves that employer how far can the latter control the ex-employee 's ability to deal with the clients which he brought with him .
8 His espousal of Blast closed to him just those doors that were on the point of opening ; and twenty years later , when he desperately wanted such access to the power-wielding centres of society , he was condemned to the world of fantasy in which he thought he could influence United States policy by way of such unlikely intermediaries as Senators Borah and Bankhead , and Italian policy by way of Ubaldo degli Uberti .
9 The clear , imperious voice , lately gagged by the folds of an archer 's cloak , was singing gently to itself , and did not fall silent even when he instinctively took one dancing step back from the collision , and then as readily translated the movement into a forward lunge that almost passed Adam 's startled guard .
10 The courageous 400 metres star captured the hearts of the British public when he bravely hobbled 200 metres to the finishing line , propped up by his dad Jim , after being crippled by a pulled hamstring in his semi-final in Barcelona .
11 But Whitaker 's luck changed in the four rider Horsemaster final when he again looked likely to finish as a runner-up .
12 Ever the pragmatist , he decided to return there when he recently turned 30 .
13 I can well believe that when he now catches this distinctive smell when passing Indian or Pakistani restaurants a nausea returns to him — it is , so to speak , the cuisine of shame .
14 Motor writer John was test-driving the £415,000 supercar when he accidentally hit first gear … at NINETY .
15 But when he suddenly took ill and returned to Hollywood to undergo surgery for lung cancer , his son Christopher helped polish up some of the last few scenes .
16 The bull and cows were being herded along the road at Calne , Wilts , when he suddenly ran wild with lust .
17 And when he merely swept one cold glance over her face she lurched forward , grabbing at his sleeve , holding on , asking , ‘ What are you thinking ?
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