Example sentences of "when he [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also the incident when he hacked their left winger in the box , he never touched the ball . |
| 2 | KEVIN Brown left his keys in the ignition when he filled his new Porsche with petrol — and had the £50,000 car nicked while he paid the bill at Washington , Tyne and Wear . |
| 3 | When , worn down at last , he mentioned a man who lived as far away as Prudhoe , the polite picked up a young fellow known as Billy the Badger , which apparently had nothing to do with his poaching activities , but was given him because he always wore a white muffler , the ends tucked into his trouser tops , and on Sundays , when he wore his best , which was a black coat and trousers , his pointed face above this ensemble roughly depicted the night creature of the woods . |
| 4 | Albert , she had remarked — Rose had n't known Twitch even had a Christian name — is like pummy stone , whereas Naseby ( who had had a definite smirk on his face when he saw her new hat ) is like Irritating Plaster , he causes irruptions . |
| 5 | ‘ I work there , ’ he replied simply , and when he saw her astonished expression he set his glass down and laughed . |
| 6 | ‘ It wo n't be like Dunkirk this time , ’ Mr Redmond said to Anne when he saw her worried expression . |
| 7 | The boy who answered her knock was scrawny still , with dark hair and roguish eyes like Paddy 's , but his expression became cunning when he saw her neat dress and bulging bag . |
| 8 | When he saw her horrified expression , however , he stopped being a doctor and became quite fatherly instead . |
| 9 | Greatly did the Cid rejoice when he saw him alive and sound , and he ordered his chains to be taken off ; and then he left Alvar Fañez to look to the spoil , and went into Valencia with a hundred knights . |
| 10 | How would Nigel react when he saw their small semi-detached , in a row of identical houses ? |
| 11 | Also he says that when he saw you first there were two others with you , dressed as you are dressed . |
| 12 | FIRE hero Dave Nellis has spoken of his terror when he saw his best friend turned into a human torch . |
| 13 | The young Michael found Emmanuel church austere , and later , when he knew what that meant , puritan . |
| 14 | When he licks you that 's his way of sayin' ‘ I likes you and you makes me happy ’ . ’ |
| 15 | Jacques Delors , European Commissioner , sparked the crisis when he prevented his Agricultural Commissioner Ray MacSharry signing an agreement . |
| 16 | Friends claim he underwent a drastic change when he served his first prison sentence for burglary . |
| 17 | Bernard particularly enjoyed the dinner when he served his aristocratic French guests with wine from some dusty old bottles he said he had found in the cellar . |
| 18 | Police have located the owner of a van with the same number plates , who described the builders ' logo on the vehicle when he sold it several months ago . |
| 19 | She had lived too long for random encounters to bother her and she was always grateful to the Holy Spirit when He sent something unusual to stir the convent to life . |
| 20 | Only Theuderic , in the eastern kingdom of Rheims , attracted Gregory 's attention , first when he sent his own son Theudebert to deal with a Danish invasion led by Chlochilaich , the Hygelac of Old English poetry , and second when he became involved in the internal politics of the Thuringian royal family . |
| 21 | I tried not to cringe when he chewed my left ear making a noise like a pig in a trough . |
| 22 | MARK JAMES ( right ) enjoyed another red letter day on the European Tour when he scored his second victory of the season here in Tenerife . |
| 23 | The relatives and friends who are left behind can also become entrapped in an overwhelming feeling that says ‘ I must be there when he takes his last breath ’ ; ‘ I must n't miss any last word he utters ’ . |
| 24 | In 908/1502–3 , when he sought his first appointment , the kazasker of Rumeli was Hacihasanzade and the kazasker of Anadolu was Molla " Abd al-Rahman b . |
| 25 | Release could only come if and when he finished his long apologia . |
| 26 | If the Prince was going to be able to live off it when he finished his naval career and support the wife that everyone seemed so desperate for him to acquire , something radical had to be done . |
| 27 | However , Ronnie Tod 's one-man ambush failed when he dropped his tommy-gun magazine as he cocked the gun , and there was a burst of fire from the Germans . |
| 28 | When he flapped his stumpy wings and heaved his fat body up above the topmost branches , Cassowary was as pleased as pie . |
| 29 | How dispiriting for Father Watson to tell her this , Nenna thought , and how far it must be from his expectations when he received his first two minor orders , and made his last acts of resignation . |
| 30 | Hankin is certain to announce a clear-out when he presents his retained list next week . |