Example sentences of "when [pers pn] knew he " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I knew him , ’ writes Khrushchev , ‘ he was bursting with an impatient desire to rule the world . |
| 2 | I was told stories about him and I know that he was pretty much a hellraiser , but when I knew him he was just a really nice guy . |
| 3 | It 's just that Hubert was always such a fool when I knew him , and I hoped he might have acquired a little common sense in the meantime . |
| 4 | If we took de Guichet himself — I saw him pass the other day , twice as thick as when I knew him , and the beard changes a man , but I knew that thwarted , ambitious face of his — if we took de Guichet himself , would Isambard give us Harry for him ? |
| 5 | ‘ Fancy falling in love with the same man twice — when I knew he could never be interested in me ! ’ |
| 6 | Oh , do n't worry , ’ she added , catching sight of her father 's expression , ‘ I 'm not defending him — far from it — I was as angry as you when I knew he was back . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ What she told us meant just that , even though he was only a boy when she knew him . |
| 8 | Francesca would n't have him in the house when she knew he was on something . |
| 9 | She had not wanted to love this man , especially when she knew he could never love her back . |
| 10 | We were told that a recurrent illness had made him in his earlier days an abrasive and difficult colleague but when we knew him , the right pill had been found and the former angrily flashing eye and rasping voice of which people spoke had mellowed to a genial twinkle and an infectious chuckle . |
| 11 | Oh he was a great lad what a great big strong looking fine looking man he was when we knew him . |
| 12 | They liked him well enough , however , when they knew him better . |
| 13 | Even when they knew he was going through a bad patch they would continue to deliver dangerous back-passes to him . |
| 14 | He was with his wife and baby and I believe he had a cry in there when he knew he 'd won . |
| 15 | The young soldier felt reassured when he knew he could take his American Coonan 357 Magnum pistol . |
| 16 | Then , for five minutes at least , he was still again , and then , when he knew he was talking with God , his arm went around my shoulder and there came up from the depth of his heart such petitions for men as I had never heard be-fore . |
| 17 | Especially when he knew he could push aside her doubts by making love to her . |
| 18 | Ken 's answer when he knew he had met his match was to say : ‘ I 'm going to put you in my diary . ’ |
| 19 | Last year he reached a point when he knew he had to stop . |