Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Jesus , ’ he whispered again when he reached me . |
| 2 | ‘ You ca n't tell me you acted from any other motives than lust and greed , ’ he announced firmly when she stopped speaking . |
| 3 | ‘ Why did Uncle Titch never grow up ? ’ he asked once when they were home having tea . |
| 4 | Will he explain exactly when it was discovered that that material was in the bags sent to Wandsworth prison and when the search for it started ? |
| 5 | Or just making sure he has enough when he retires ? |
| 6 | He stopped only when the boy shouted ‘ Beer ! ’ , thereby agreeing to buy his new work-mates a pint each of beer . |
| 7 | The marathon four mile trip brought out the best in Keep Talking and he rallied well when challenged by the useful Irish raider High Peak to win by four lengths . |
| 8 | William , who attended the meeting , also agreed that he behaved better when the eyes of the world were upon him . |
| 9 | Hardly had he done so when another unmarked limousine entered the base . |
| 10 | He played in 20 Test matches and his post-war service to Yorkshire included three years as Club president , a position he vacated sadly when he found his calls for moderation went unheeded at the height of the Boycott controversy . |
| 11 | One afternoon he came home when she had the tape on . |
| 12 | He came promptly when called , and was equally prompt reporting on a post-mortem . |
| 13 | ‘ All of it , ’ he added firmly when she sipped and made a face . |
| 14 | ‘ Like now ? ’ he added pointedly when Robyn stared vacantly into space and made no move . |
| 15 | ‘ If you 've got something else on , it 's OK , ’ he added quickly when she did not answer straight away . |
| 16 | He belched loudly when the account was finished and picked at his teeth with a sliver of wood . |
| 17 | He turned left when they had passed the hotels , parked the car in the space reserved for vehicles and they climbed out , stretched , stood looking at the view . |
| 18 | He sighed rather when he opened Dora 's Dolls ' House . |
| 19 | He shaped well when fourth behind Tipping Tim at Cheltenham and appears to have been given an ideal build-up . |
| 20 | ‘ We should have looked first ! ’ he declared abjectly when all they could see of the scene below and beyond was of rooftops and forest shrouded in mist and rain . |
| 21 | No , ’ he confirmed gently when she just stared at him in shock , ‘ you need n't answer , not if you promised not to . |
| 22 | He grinned apologetically when he saw her . |
| 23 | What was he saying then when he was shouting up there ? |
| 24 | He started slightly when he heard McCann say , ‘ Oh , I 'm sorry , sir . |
| 25 | He swore softly when he saw the fear flash in her eyes . |
| 26 | For the past weeks Edouard had had to force himself to look at newspapers : all he saw there when he opened them was confirmation and repetition : accident , sickness , violence and sudden death , handed out evenly to the guilty and the innocent . |
| 27 | He laughed silently when she recoiled . |
| 28 | He fell heavily when 4–1 down in the first set , needed several minutes of treatment before deciding to carry on , lost the first set , but then came back to win the next two — all the time nursing his knee with an ice-pack between games . |
| 29 | Charlemagne himself was a singer though not a soloist like David ; he sang only when the rest of the congregation was singing , and in a low voice . |
| 30 | The jury heard a tape-recording of an interview between police officers and Hammond , in which he sobbed repeatedly when the officers told him his daughter was dead . |