Example sentences of "when he [verb] his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | FIRE hero Dave Nellis has spoken of his terror when he saw his best friend turned into a human torch . |
| 4 | Jacques Delors , European Commissioner , sparked the crisis when he prevented his Agricultural Commissioner Ray MacSharry signing an agreement . |
| 5 | Friends claim he underwent a drastic change when he served his first prison sentence for burglary . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | MARK JAMES ( right ) enjoyed another red letter day on the European Tour when he scored his second victory of the season here in Tenerife . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Release could only come if and when he finished his long apologia . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | When he flapped his stumpy wings and heaved his fat body up above the topmost branches , Cassowary was as pleased as pie . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Hankin is certain to announce a clear-out when he presents his retained list next week . |
| 17 | He was a great player , and he was just beginning to get the notoriety that he really deserved when he had his terrible car accident . ’ |
| 18 | You used to see my my father 's eyes sparkle when he had his first pint of the day ! |
| 19 | I thought , I 'll tell you who he used to remind me of , cos I sta he started coming to me when he had his first car and he reminded me yo ma , you know erm Seventy Seventy Sunset Strip ? |
| 20 | And when he had his ninth birthday party last July , Michael Jackson was one of his guests . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Why she should immediately think it might be Sebastian , when he had his own key anyway , she did n't know . |
| 23 | ‘ I was with him when he had his third mild heart attack . ’ |
| 24 | Up to his last days , he regularly walked his dogs , and was on the point of doing so on his usual route from his home — the oldest lived-in wooden house in London , built in 1483 — when he had his fatal fall . |
| 25 | His attempt to win southern gaucho voters by playing up family links there backfired when he got his regional expressions muddled up . |
| 26 | He thought he 'd got a job for life when he got his old mate Humphrey in as master — they were at school together , you know — but all that 's backfired pretty badly . |
| 27 | Dubcek sobbed when he told his stunned nation in an emotional radio address that he and fellow leaders of the Prague Spring had had to bow to overwhelming military force . |
| 28 | When he scores his first coulpe of goals I reckon hell take off . |
| 29 | Michele Bou , 40 , who moved to Sorn Green , Glenrothes , about ten years ago when he married his Fife-born wife , Theresa , was flown by RAF helicopter to the neurological unit at Glasgow 's Southern General Hospital from Belford Hospital in Fort William on Sunday suffering from head injuries . |
| 30 | The Fawlty Towers star nailed his colours firmly to the mast when he married his third American wife this week in a secret ceremony in Barbados . |