Example sentences of "when he [is] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Always saying the doctor 's out when he 's in ? ’
2 ‘ And saying , ’ said Wendy , ‘ that he 's been held up at a confinement when he 's forgotten all about somebody . ’
3 ‘ Look there 's Hoddle — he 's good when he 's playing for Tottenham but look at him now . ’
4 JB is also very tidy — he always puts the empty packet in the bin when he 's finished .
5 He 's very friendly toward people and usually lets anyone pick him up and stroke him , even when he 's eating .
6 They will not tell you whether a child is going to be a good citizen , when he 's nice to know or whether he 's well motivated .
7 ‘ They say he 's one sort of person when he 's out in the open among people — he can be very sweet — but that he 's a different sort of person altogether behind the walls of his own house . ’
8 When he 's nice he can be that way , ’ Mona looked up gravely from her school work .
9 As they walked away from him through the greenness , the pale blue above them , Maggie said , her voice thick with emotion , ‘ Daddy is just lovely when he 's like that . ’
10 When he 's in the car he 's magic .
11 I mean , can you think of any other situation , Pop , when a man gets so close to a woman except when he 's actually making love to her ? ’
12 When he 's finished eating , he starts washing himself .
13 ‘ We 'll send him for another x-ray when he 's completed his course of strep . ’
14 When Prince is the master of all he sees , when everything he touches turns to gold when he 's the supreme seducer — that 's when my admiration knows no bounds , that cool is why he TOWERS in our imagination way , way above those meagre souls who statistically and fiscally dwarf him .
15 But what sends me , ends me , is not when Prince is captivating , but when he 's captured , enslaved by desire , a thing , even .
16 When he 's depressed , he stutters .
17 ‘ It 's the baiting … calling me upstairs when he 's down , and down when he 's up … and then thinking it 's a bit of … a joke … and that kind of thing . ’
18 ‘ It 's the baiting … calling me upstairs when he 's down , and down when he 's up … and then thinking it 's a bit of … a joke … and that kind of thing . ’
19 When he 's in that mood , nowt scares him . ’
20 You tell him to come and see me again when he 's in London . ’
21 He 's learning to row a coracle but he keeps going round in circles , it must be tiresome for him when he 's used to going in straight lines .
22 He 's a good all-rounder and when he 's finished the tunnel he 'd be pleased to join the Bolshoi ballet as a roustabout .
23 Who 's going to look after him when he 's old ? not the Druids , muggins that 's who .
24 Just higher your chariot blades on a level with his neck and drive past when he 's not looking ? but do n't tell anybody I said so .
25 When he 's dead , boil his head ,
26 When he 's in the middle of doing a character , Enfield flaps and blows like an animated cartoon .
27 ‘ I call him that because that 's what he is , when he 's holding a nut .
28 Like my dad — he really annoys me : when he 's watching ‘ Top of the Pops ’ , if a singer is a bit overweight he goes , ‘ She 's not going to get a hit , not with legs like that . ’
29 I love the way he looks when he 's just about to … ’
30 Ca n't exactly say why , but I 'd think he 'd be too fastidious , especially when he 's sober . ’
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