Example sentences of "[noun sg] when he [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andrew Davis , who lives at Richmond Road in Oxford , denied causing grievious bodily harm when he appeared at the city 's crown court . |
| 2 | Abu Khadra showed little physical emotion when he talked about the past , but his words were carefully chosen and sometimes very angry . |
| 3 | On 30th September , Jesse Pring an engine driver employed at Lee 's was operating the winding drum drawing chalk trucks up the incline when he fell into the crank pit , he received severe injuries and died within the hour . |
| 4 | After more than fifty-four years of marriage she was by his side when he died at the age of eighty-four , at 21 Frimley Gardens , Mitcham , south London , 4 June 1943 . |
| 5 | Scholars ' president looks to famous ancestor The Rev. John Douglas will seek his inspiration from a famous ancestor when he returns to the Friends ' School at Great Ayton as president of the Old Scholars ' Association . |
| 6 | Donnelly was reckoned to be doing 150mph in sixth gear when he plunged off the road . |
| 7 | Dozy Dr Bob Lambourn leapt into action when he stumbled across the training exercise . |
| 8 | Before sleeping I wonder what Pascal had in mind when he wrote in the Pensées : ‘ Time heals griefs and quarrels , for we change and are no longer the same persons . |
| 9 | Even earlier , in 1751 , he had had the same theme in mind when he began On the Immensity of the Supreme Being : |
| 10 | Hayek believes that all spontaneous social orders have these knowledge-bearing or information-carrying characteristics ; that is , precisely the characteristics which Adam Smith had in mind when he referred to the ‘ invisible hand ’ of the market . |
| 11 | It will be on every player 's mind when he stands on the tee to give himself the best chance of an uphill putt , whether it be from that tee shot or a subsequent approach . |
| 12 | He could n't imagine a government servant working abroad who did not feel that tug of pleasure when he walked up the steps of his embassy in a foreign capital . |
| 13 | The ancestors of the famous American writer John dos Passos emigrated from here , and he visited this village when he came to the island in the 1950s . |
| 14 | Now , Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown plans to raise the whole issue when he speaks at the Welsh Labour conference in Llandudno later today . |
| 15 | Mr H knew nothing about the new law when he arrived in the UK . |
| 16 | He was barely 20 years old and already working the nightclub circuit when he wed for the first time . |
| 17 | ALAN LEONARD aims to add another string to his bow when he plays in the Irish National Pairs championship finals in Blackrock , County Dublin next weekend . |
| 18 | He must have supposed himself to be using a language absolutely purged of metaphor when he wrote at the grand climax of the Discourse on method |
| 19 | They had offered Dalglish an emotional welcome when he emerged before the game and took an unfamiliar place on the visitors ' bench . |
| 20 | Stephen Bunbury was hailed as a hero when he returned from the Gulf . |
| 21 | What news will Chancellor Norman Lamont have for the motorist when he rises in the House of Commons next Tuesday to deliver his budget speech ? |
| 22 | An electrician made the grim discovery when he went into the loft at Milton Keynes , Bucks . |
| 23 | Opened by another Mr Perkins who was staying at the same hotel , the package was passed to police who were ready and waiting for the actor when he arrived at the hotel in Cardiff . |
| 24 | Sergeants Camb and Martin were gossiping in the foyer when he emerged from the lift . |
| 25 | Hurt was celebrating an award which had been won by his TV series The Storyteller and was staggering around in a drunken haze when he turned on the paparazzi and yelled , ‘ Those bastards have been winding me up all night . |
| 26 | He had told them that Whitlock would be promoted to Deputy Director when he retired at the end of the year . |
| 27 | A frown of puzzlement creased his brow when he looked at the cover . |
| 28 | The hon. Member for Gordon ( Mr. Bruce ) made an important point when he referred to the need for health and safety to be designed in from the beginning . |
| 29 | the Far East , including Japan , Australasia and South America are among the areas that bring a gleam to his eye when he talks of the future . |
| 30 | Oh , David 's father , he 's such an old stick nowadays , he wants everyone to jump to attention when he comes in the room . |