Example sentences of "[adv] when he [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only when he went into the Victoria Nursing Home did she make the trip to Brighton — just a fortnight before he died . |
| 2 | Only when he came through the trees and round the small hill that sheltered the house , only then did he see the soldiers who had camped in the house and the grounds . |
| 3 | She did nothing much about it — Eismark was still just somebody in shipping , not a politician — and it was only when he came onto the Secretariat that she asked for money to do some more work about it . ’ |
| 4 | Oh , Athelstan knew about the problem of evil but sometimes he wondered , especially when he stared into the darkness , was there really anyone listening to him ? |
| 5 | Perhaps I could be Eric 's stunt man , standing in when he turns on the flash dangerous stuff that terrifies the defenders in his wake and makes them have a go like David Burrows did . |
| 6 | She had blinds on the window and said she would n't be long when he knocked at the locked door . |
| 7 | Isay followed him unquestioningly as always when he passed through the gates of the Rorim proper to the open space beyond . |
| 8 | He believed he was as beautiful as ever when he looked into the glass , but perhaps the AIDS scare had stopped them picking up older men in bars . |
| 9 | The Hollywood actor , a racing fanatic , booked a call to Brummie Mansell at his Isle of Man home when he heard about the world champion 's bitter split with the Renault-Williams team . |
| 10 | Of course , he flung her off when he woke in the morning . |
| 11 | Once when he swung across the road to frighten a cyclist by passing within inches of him at forty miles an hour I expected the Feldwebel or the officer to be angry . |
| 12 | ‘ I just want to forget it all , ’ Murray reiterated , and in his agitation stuffed both letters together into his trouser pocket , where they remained , forgotten , until a month later when he returned to the London apartment , cramped but in a smart street in Chelsea , which his mother 's divorce settlement had provided . |
| 13 | He 'd sleep later when he returned to the track , curled awkwardly on the back seat of the car under an overcoat . |
| 14 | He , he did it once or twice , had to give up when he got to the mouth of the River Orwell because he mistimed the currents but he did , he did eventually do it from Stoke Bathing Place to Felixstowe . |
| 15 | Claire got up when he came into the kitchen . |
| 16 | When that time was up an envoy from the Iranian Embassy in Paris had been violently beaten up when he called at the shipowner 's apartment . |
| 17 | As John Stalker ( 1988 ) pointed out when he retired from the service , he had made the transition and had joined that group of persons pejoratively known to the police as ‘ civilians ’ . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , former Tottenham player Gary Lineker 's Japanese adventure got underway when he trained for the first time with his Grampus Eight teammates at Nagoya yesterday . |
| 19 | He took her back when he come from the War . |
| 20 | No J James with a cheeky grin on his face just kee often when he gets in the mood goes round doing |
| 21 | Well when he gets in the right places he 's only been doing schools and you know ? |
| 22 | But often , so drab is he that even when he barges into the pub waving a bottle of paraquat and shouting I dun n it , people just do n't want to know . |
| 23 | Even when he hid in the darkness he was just teasing . |
| 24 | Now , all this time I held my temper , even when he turned on the tears which he could do , playing skilfully on his little-boy manner which elicited great sympathy from the women . |
| 25 | He recalled his last visit to the Company 's Great Cornard factory two years ago when he presented with the Queen 's Award for Export . |
| 26 | He captured the headlines six years ago when he danced with the Princess of Wales to the music of Billy Joel 's Uptown Girl during a charity performance at the Royal Opera House . |
| 27 | Well it must be ten years ago when he worked for the B B C and that , he must have been in his late twenties then |
| 28 | ‘ I was n't there when he went into the house . |
| 29 | William was already there when he arrived at the restaurant , and halfway through a bottle of wine . |
| 30 | He fell asleep , but the pains in his head were still there when he awoke in the morning . |