Example sentences of "when he [verb] [pron] own " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | One day , when they were together and he had a good career , when he had his own house and a car and did n't need to walk and could afford taxis if he wanted them ; he 'd take that same route just for old times ' sake , try to recapture the uncertain ecstasies of that dark , early morning trek . |
| 3 | Why she should immediately think it might be Sebastian , when he had his own key anyway , she did n't know . |
| 4 | Lord declares that he was unaware that a contract had actually been signed with Harris — though he knew Harris was keen to write the biography — at the point when he wrote his own outline . |
| 5 | But Rochester did er did er , when he was trying to rebuke himself for committing what was bigamy , and the works , he said , when he compared his own wife , who was really a mental animal because she very bestial the way she bit people , and then , he compared her with this sweet , dewy-eyed Jane , he did give a reason did n't he ? |
| 6 | But fame was put into context for Bernie when he met his own hero , the legendary Blues guitarist , BB King . |
| 7 | For example , they selected only the second of Byrd 's two four-part In Nomines , and neither of the models ( by Tye and Parsons ) that were evidently in Byrd 's mind when he composed his own pair . |
| 8 | Philip walked back home , only running when he reached his own gate . |
| 9 | It is said that when he heard his own voice on the radio , some seven years after writing this letter , Lewis was surprised and in some measure disconcerted . |
| 10 | When he heard his own words repeated , Noah went pale with terror . |
| 11 | In the days of self-sufficient man , for instance , when he ploughed his own fields , grew his own food , herded his own flocks . |
| 12 | He was still visibly shaken when he entered his own room where , going to the window , he placed both hands on the sill and bowed his head . |
| 13 | Lothar 's supporter Angelbert who wrote a lament over the fallen , may have had Bernard in mind when he attributed his own side 's defeat to the last-minute defection of certain " commanders " . |
| 14 | Then , years later , when he bought his own table ( and a house big enough to put it in ) , and we started playing regularly , almost weekly , we wondered whether we should go on playing for money . |