Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] when [pers pn] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bruce Kent , chair of CND , was cheered when he declared his belief that nuclear weapons did nothing for Britain 's security . |
| 2 | He was devastated when he discovered his premises had been attacked for the second time . |
| 3 | Derek Cantwell was attacked when he opened his front door late at night . |
| 4 | In one case , which has still to come to trial , it is not clear which hat the salesman was wearing when he made his deals : his own or the life company 's . |
| 5 | The Tiso retail empire was born when he opened his first climbing shop in Edinburgh in 1962 . |