Example sentences of "[adv] when he be [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wasted no time in looking round and it was only when he was backing the van to drive away that his face could be seen . |
| 2 | It is far easier to convince readers of the courage and invention of a youth of fifteen or so when he is foiling the enemy with a clever disguise or a neatly gymnastic escape than when he is in grim and bloody action on board an enemy ship — not only easier , but more in keeping with the romantic excitement proper to adventure-story . |
| 3 | Just when he was entering the springtime of life his best life was over … he had tasted freedom only to lose it . |
| 4 | Even when he was resting the horseman had to be on the alert for incidents like this to see that nothing untoward happened to his team . |
| 5 | In fact , Andrew 's tone reminds me at times of Marc Bolan , particularly when he 's playing the percussive , rhythmic section across bars 4 and 5 . |
| 6 | You must 've had to be very careful then when he was slaughtering the animals if he was a haemo |