Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] when he [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although she felt a little guilty about letting him do it Sally found she quite liked the feel of his fingers stroking her flesh and teasing her nipples but when he tried to put his hand up her skirt beneath her scratchy petticoats she tried to stop him . |
| 2 | A playwright once responded to someone who asked him about the message of his play that when he wanted to send messages he did so by telegram . |
| 3 | He did not have the skills and when he tried to imitate them , as he did in pushing the WIN program , all he could offer was a parody of leadership . ’ |
| 4 | Now er they were having a concert and I think was the principal part and when he went to have his fee he said , Oh no you can send it to the Blaenau Ffestiniog . |
| 5 | Mr Brown alleged that Grugel twice asked plasterer Peter McCabe for some plaster boards and when he threatened to tell the police Grugel assaulted him , causing a laceration above his eyebrow which needed hospital treatment . |
| 6 | Mr Brown alleged that Grugel twice asked plasterer Peter McCabe for some plaster boards and when he threatened to tell the police , Grugel assaulted him , causing a one inch laceration above his left eyebrow . |
| 7 | There , whilst waiting , he had made the mistake of sitting down , and now discovered to his chagrin that when he wanted to stand again his legs would not respond . |
| 8 | The result of this dichotomy is that the employer who can rely on the right to protect his business secrets is much more likely to succeed in court than when he seeks to enforce a traditional restraint of trade clause . |
| 9 | My hon Friend the Member for Islington , South and Finsbury , when he argues against the disruption of his own constituency , is on stronger ground than when he tries to prove that King 's Cross is not the best available option for an interchange . |
| 10 | But that was against the non-white Cricket Board 's policy and when he refused to apologise , he was banned from playing with people of his own race . |
| 11 | He began to walk down to the windows and saw an envelope on the floor and when he bent to pick it up , the floor creaked and gave way . ’ |
| 12 | The attacker claimed that Carter had threatened him with the knife and when he tried to take it from him , Carter had been wounded . |
| 13 | I worked beside Bill and when he had to resign it seemed appropriate for me to step forward . |
| 14 | Furthermore , an incorrect diagnosis will merely result in the tradesman replacing a wrong component or unit and when he tests to see if the fault is clear will find it is still there . |
| 15 | Maxim swamped his eyes with water time and again dulling the pain except when he tried to see . |
| 16 | I was better at maths and science and practical things — you only had to show him a lathe in the metal workshop for him to pretend he had a fainting fit but when he wanted to beat me , he beat me . |
| 17 | That is the objection er the whole fundamental objection to what is proposed in the Bill as it is a centralising measure was shown quite clearly er er a a by the desire of the Home Secretary to increase his own power as when he intended to appoint the Chairman absolute impudence in my view er to suggest tha that he he should have had the power to appoint a chairman and although congratulations have now been er er poured upon him for withdrawing to wh what 's a position , I would sooner congratulate your er Your Lordships , er all of whom spoke in such a manner that it would have been impossible for the Home Secretary to have carried the measure through . |