Example sentences of "when he [vb -s] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he goes I tell Rachel I am sorry . |
| 2 | I get her head and you know Beetlejuice when he goes I got ta show you it cos sometimes she 's , she 's not alert and when she 's like that it looks wicked cos he goes and her ears are like that she goes and I get her to play the banjo and she goes it 's wicked ! |
| 3 | He always puts his foot in it and tends to cause more confusion when he opens his mouth than when he keeps it shut . |
| 4 | When he decides he wants a player , he wo n't let go . |
| 5 | No , well certainly not the first time I play , it , I approach it when he thinks I 've finished , but it 's nowhere near , I mean |
| 6 | When he thinks he has lost the girl he loves and is left penniless and alone , he decides to sell the picture . |
| 7 | When he thinks he has he is at his most dangerous . ’ |
| 8 | But Father can be remarkably obstinate when he thinks he knows what he wants and Mother is putty in his hands . |
| 9 | He goes to work , and when he arrives he gets it working ; when he leaves , at the end of the day , it sleeps until the next morning . |
| 10 | ‘ It does n't mean a damn thing when he says we have low interest rates . |
| 11 | ‘ The Chief is right when he says it needs to be changed and politicians need to move quickly to seize the initiative from terrorists on both sides by changing the law . ’ |
| 12 | This being so , when a person says that he feels a pain in his foot , what he means is not anything like what he means when he says he feels a pin in his foot . |
| 13 | So he , Mr Major , is wrong when he says he believes that that dialogue , that process that you began with Gerry Adams has run its course do you |
| 14 | I believe firmly that John McEnroe is not lying when he says he sees the small print on a tennis ball , and Jackie himself has often referred to his vision as a paramount essential in driving . |
| 15 | When he says he found the body . ’ |
| 16 | I 'm not surprised with all that dashing around , he asks such a lot of you Lynn and I ca n't understand why he 's like that when he says he loves you and everything , and he wants |
| 17 | But when he lets me switch it on |
| 18 | If you notice , when he speaks he tends to run words together towards the end of sentences and he does the same when he writes . ’ |
| 19 | Picture to yourself the furore which they will make in the world when people read on the title-page that they have been composed by a seven-year-old child ; and when the sceptics are challenged to test him , as he already has been , imagine the sensation when he asks someone to write down a minuet or some tune or other and then immediately and without touching the clavier writes in the bass and , if it is wanted , the second violin part … every day God performs fresh miracles through this child . |
| 20 | Pulling a heavily ‘ Suede'-stickered guitar case from under his bed , his eyes seem to light up when he opens it to reveal a cherry sunburst Les Paul . |
| 21 | When he wins he turns up the next week as if nothing 's happened — and as if he has n't got a penny to his name , that 's the difference between Seve and others — what sets him apart a bit , I suppose . |
| 22 | I think er Granville can field er any questions when he does his spot after coffee then , Dennis . |
| 23 | You 're the bait for the jackal , and sooner or later he 'll come for you , and when he does I intend to be there . ’ |
| 24 | He does n't get much time for reflection , and when he does he tends to get depressed . |
| 25 | Tony gets under the bed when he sees him coming . |
| 26 | ( ITV , 8pm ) PC Stamp is n't licked yet he 's convinced that three brothers are looking for revenge when he sees them armed with baseball bats and no ball ! |
| 27 | ‘ Fine by me , but wo n't Bryant smell a rat when he sees me walking out with all this ? ’ |
| 28 | and I see , when he sees me park there , flash me , I just follow on , you know |
| 29 | so they 're trying to corner it and it 's munching on grass quite happily , you could see it was watching a minute , but it was watching them away and I think er any minute it 's looking out the corner of its eye and then it 's just gon na go when he sees it getting closer . |
| 30 | ‘ God , Nurse , ’ Ted exclaimed virtuously , ‘ There 's nothing for a hot-blooded sinner like me to do when he sees you coming , except close his eyes and pray for continence . ’ |