Example sentences of "when he [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he can look boyish and appealing when he sweeps it back off his forehead . |
| 2 | A person ‘ publishes ’ an article when he sells it , or otherwise distributes it by giving it away , letting it on hire or lending it . |
| 3 | Such a word may be useful to a literary man but it throws little light on Green 's intentions except when he uses it in a negative sense ; in one chapter he states a subject was ‘ unpicturesque and consequently not worth an artists attention ’ . |
| 4 | When he woke it was suddenly , and to a sight of beauty he had never dreamed he might see . |
| 5 | When he woke it was to find her sitting beside him on the bed , watching him . |
| 6 | He always puts his foot in it and tends to cause more confusion when he opens his mouth than when he keeps it shut . |
| 7 | He was aghast when he read it , for the problem was one that he had already solved 15 years before . |
| 8 | And when he read it , he did n't quite like it . |
| 9 | But it is pure silk encrusted with sequins and it did give Yul Brynner a regal air when he wore it in The King And I in 1956 . |
| 10 | He thought it gave him a rakish daring look , especially when he wore it at an angle with his loud checked jacket and green tie . |
| 11 | Earlier , Alex Aitken , of the Conservative Collegiate Forum , was loudly applauded when he said it was ‘ intolerable ’ that taxpayers should have to fund the left-wing propaganda of the NUS . |
| 12 | He was laughing when he said it . |
| 13 | But he was wrong when he said it had no effect on him . |
| 14 | That 's what I thought it was at first but when he said it the next time it sounded different , it was nymph , rag nymph , that 's what he called me . |
| 15 | Nobody , he once remarked , believed him when he said it was an attempt to create a world in which a language agreeable to his own private aesthetic might be made to seem real , and even his childhood seems to have been enlivened by inventing as well as learning remote languages . |
| 16 | Vron sounded a good deal worse when he said it . |
| 17 | She laughed quietly when he said it . |
| 18 | Its as if he was ranting and raving when he said it . |
| 19 | Well it sounded so simple when he said it over the telephone about two months ago . |
| 20 | Erm it 's interesting , Mr Saunders er when he said it it was the best the Secretary of State could do last time round , erm , I wonder why er if he could n't do it then , it would be really possible er in any way to do it now . |
| 21 | But when he said it , I thought oh I thought I had to have my left foot flat on the floor when I cornered , cos in second you have too . |
| 22 | She handed him the long cane , and flinched when he swished it through the air to produce a vicious , menacing whistle . |
| 23 | Even when he saw it being done he still would n't have known what was going on but unless you try it yourself , you do n't know what physical effect , or mental effect , it has on you and how speedy and intolerant it makes you of other people . |
| 24 | When he saw it again he ran away and hid , much to the embarrassment of his family , who thought this silly behaviour for a man of his age . |
| 25 | Briant might despise the job , despise the way they presented facts to the gawping idiot public , but he could recognize ability when he saw it . |
| 26 | Modigliani painted hair when he saw it as part of his design . |
| 27 | He knew a decent bit of leather when he saw it . |
| 28 | At the sound of footsteps the Captain looked around , and frowned when he saw it was Mum bearing down on him . |
| 29 | Philip knew concussion when he saw it . |
| 30 | Patrick Milligan knew a good thing when he saw it , as he told his ‘ broth ’ , and their sister 's relationship with one of Boston 's most successful citizens was all of that . |