Example sentences of "[conj] when i [vb past] his [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then when we went on the train to Italy and all the way through France and Switzerland he chatted up one of the Marias , and when I tipped his minestrone soup over his head on Milan station he said : ‘ You 'll have to excuse my wife , she 's just an ignorant peasant . ’ |
| 2 | And when I asked his orchestra 's publicist if Daniel Barenboim would really want to be interviewed immediately after such a lengthy spell of high-altitude incarceration , she said : ‘ He came in by Concorde , he 's just been on a two-week skiing trip with his family in Switzerland — believe me , he 'll be just fine . ’ |
| 3 | Somebody 'd poked him along here with a punt-pole ; and when I arrived his body — his naked , semi-waterlogged body — was nudging against the side of the bank — just here — just in front of the changing cubicles , face down , his head washed clean of blood — much blood , methinks , Morse ! — his hair rising and falling — ’ |
| 4 | She did n't know whether or not he was sniffing but when I searched his room I found empty aerosols . |
| 5 | College was dull , we covered the basics and then did a bit of everything — I hated portraiture , architectural and food shots — all the commercially viable stuff — but when I saw his work it struck a chord . |
| 6 | College was dull , we covered the basics and then did a bit of everything — I hated portraiture , architectural and food shots — all the commercially viable stuff — but when I saw his work it struck a chord . |
| 7 | That hurt him almost as much as when I slapped his face for not letting me escape . |