Example sentences of "his [noun sg] when he [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I often travelled abroad with him as his driver when he investigated the activities of our revolutionary emigres . |
| 2 | He was also quite good at making enemies by speaking his mind when he thought the subject and audience were worth it . |
| 3 | ‘ Had the contract been simply for so many tons of potatoes of a particular quality then , although each party might have had in his mind when he made the contract this particular crop of potatoes , if they had all perished , the defendant would still have been bound to deliver the quantity contracted for . ’ |
| 4 | In 1899 he lost his much-loved daughter , Josephine , and this sad event may have been in his mind when he wrote the emotive story , They . |
| 5 | Constable Campbell , lately arrived from Keppoch near Oban , and youngest of the ‘ B ’ Division force , was already running over the evening 's instructions in his mind when he left the temporary barracks , a Methodist Chapel , and set out to patrol his beat . |
| 6 | There was only one question in his mind when he read the papers : had they taken the story far enough ? |
| 7 | But he soon changed his mind when he realized the scope for expansion and the magnificent setting of the building . |
| 8 | Michael Whitaker , denied victory earlier in the day because of a timing mix-up , finally made his breakthrough when he won the Royal Windsor Horse Show top cash prize . |
| 9 | ‘ We considered that but Sir John Dacourt , an honest old soldier , was with Falconer in his room when he broached the bottle . |
| 10 | Vuk had not completed his education when he crossed the river in 1807 to join Karadjordje , although he felt he had learned all he could from his teachers in Karlovci . |
| 11 | Courtney Fairclough ( Chant HIS name when he bites the opposition 's legs ) |
| 12 | Mark is said to have dropped his drink when he heard the news . |
| 13 | MICHAEL KINANE , the champion jockey of Ireland , completed the most sensational 24 hours of his career when he took the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on the British-trained 19-1 outsider , Carroll House , at Longchamp yesterday , but he had to endure the longest 20 minutes of his life before he could be sure the victory was his . |
| 14 | Lancashire rider Ian Newton produced the best performance of his career when he won the 250cc class in the second round of the European road-racing championship at Kirkistown , County Down . |
| 15 | But he soon forgot his discomfort when he examined the many interesting rocks . |
| 16 | Jane Davis , prosecuting , had earlier told the court that Orchard , of Farringdon , London , had been walking his dog when he saw the girl in a playground in the King 's Cross area one evening last July . |
| 17 | His comment when he mounted the rostrum : ‘ At last I 've got up the steps today . |
| 18 | I saw him at the very moment in his life when he earned the name Elethandian gave him : the boy who listens to the voice of the oak . |
| 19 | ‘ He lost his temper when he assumed the children had been responsible for the doors being open . ’ |
| 20 | Mr Taylor , who trained at the Royal Ballet School with Mr Gable at the age of 16 , defended his report when he told the D & S on Wednesday : |
| 21 | He was only jolted out of his misery when he approached the front door leading to his much-maligned flat and , as he struggled to pull his keys out of his right pocket with his left hand , a voice spoke to him from the shadows of the front porch . |
| 22 | Two years later James had his revenge when he had the earl beheaded . |
| 23 | Every item is individually made — as our photographer found out to his cost when he moved the sack of potatoes sending us scrabbling to retrieve them ! |
| 24 | He hurt his back as the tailplane hit him glancingly , and his ankle when he hit the ground . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , here you are now , which is the main thing , ’ said Rupert a little awkwardly , yet determined not to apologise for the remoteness of his house when he remembered the hours he had spent waiting in the rush hour for a Green Line bus to their house at Warlingham or Woldingham or some such rustic name . |
| 26 | He allowed himself a little smile , which vanished from his face when he felt the car slowing , and glimpsed through the misted window the place the facilitator had brought him to . |