Example sentences of "when he set [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is to be hoped that the Secretary of State , when he sets up the national appraisal arrangements to which he is committed , will build on this goodwill . |
| 2 | It follows , in my opinion , that the servant may , whilst in the employment of the master , be as agreeable , attentive , and skilful as it is in his power to be to others with the ultimate view of obtaining the benefit of the customers ' friendly feelings when he calls upon them if and when he sets up business for himself . |
| 3 | They illustrate some of the problems the policeman/anthropologist faces when he sets out to describe and interpret police culture , for he must — if the ethnography is to count — reveal hidden aspects of the relationships of power which are an integral aspect of this institution of state . |
| 4 | When he sets out from Rivendell Boromir blows his horn , the family heirloom , and is rebuked by Elrond for doing so ; but he takes no notice . |
| 5 | Nevertheless he faces a huge step up when he sets out from Chester in 123rd position in a race that will decide the final destination of the FIA World Rally Championship , which must go to either France 's Didier Auriol , or Carlos Sainz of Spain , or to last year 's RAC winner Juha Kankkunen . |
| 6 | The Scot will be in good company when he sets out with the early starters among the 70 survivors today . |
| 7 | When he set up Channel 4 , he was given a mandate to have a very significant chunk as education , which was n't his background . |
| 8 | John failed dismally , however , when he set up any business with a partner . |
| 9 | The former Champion amateur rider was associated with top horses Browne 's Gazette and The Mighty Mac , but everything turned sour when he set up as a trainer in 1990 . |
| 10 | Johnnie Armstrong of Gilnockie had defied an agreement between the Wardens of the Marches that no building should be erected by either side within the confines of the Debatable Land when he set up a tower above the Esk . |
| 11 | ‘ My father was n't exactly short of money when he set up the trust . ’ |
| 12 | By getting out of the bargain books field now , he believed he might well be ‘ ahead of the game ’ , just as he had been when he set up the company . |
| 13 | The process of information-gathering which ensued was certainly no more radical than that sanctioned by Nicholas I when he set up the Committee of 6 December 1826 . |
| 14 | When he set up his shop he already had plans for a town of books . |
| 15 | Two things mattered to Mr Major when he set off on the campaign road a month ago . |
| 16 | When he set off towards the river the red bitch followed . |
| 17 | And so when he set off for home the red bitch was with him , loping along by his side . |
| 18 | BREATHLESS PC Les Pounder was always going to come off second best when he set off in pursuit of a pub fight suspect . |
| 19 | Yet when he set off on 20 September 1519 , with a royal mandate to search for a passage through to the Mar del Sur , and thus to determine for certain that the Spice Islands were within the Spanish domains , he had not the foggiest notion how far he might have to travel . |
| 20 | There had been no unexplained nights away and no displays of petulance , and when he set off through the gates of his house he drove slowly and with care . |
| 21 | Known as ‘ Puffin' since childhood because of his hooked nose , he had worked with Baird on four previous films and had just finished making The Millionairess , starring Sophia Loren , when he set off for Sweden in October 1960 . |
| 22 | It was exactly what she would have imagined an ex-racing driver to choose , but when he set off she was surprised at how carefully he drove . |
| 23 | Ditton ( 1979 ) was said to have carried out ‘ a unique situational ethnography in a bakery ’ , when he set out to assess fiddling ; while Holdaway ( 1979 , 1982 , 1983 ) has pursued aspects of police culture , using his previous insider 's knowledge to peel away some of the layers of obfuscation . |
| 24 | Certainly , as Abraham set out to offer Isaac as a sacrifice in the way God had commanded him , his faith was flying blind in its implicit obedience , just as it had when he set out from Ur for a country which he had never seen . |
| 25 | She was Tim 's first choice when he set out to find the perfect engagement ring for the woman he loved . |
| 26 | As is often the case , his boredom was mixed with nostalgia , and so when he set out to create something new , he also had something borrowed in mind . |
| 27 | When he set out today it had been his intention to make for the hills bordering the Golden Valley , but when he got through Blakemere the sweat was dripping from his chin and the sight of a stream tinkling its way not three yards from the road automatically brought his legs off the pedals . |
| 28 | Until 1190 , they were kept up-to-date ; but in that year , Count Henry II of Champagne took one copy of the list with him when he set out for Outremer , and this may have inhibited his officials from making further changes in the copy left behind at Troyes . |
| 29 | The methods Souness used when he set about a struggling Rangers , turned them around and picked up Championships and cups , prepared us for what was on the way at Anfield . |