Example sentences of "when he [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he returned at the beginning of December 1340 Edward had immediately dismissed the home council , Robert Stratford , who was bishop of Chichester and chancellor , among them ; Archbishop Stratford , then held responsible for the home government 's failure , was ordered to Louvain as a hostage for the payment of the allies , while the dismissal and prosecution of other ministers and officials — mostly clerics — was set in motion . |
| 2 | A frown of puzzlement creased his brow when he looked at the cover . |
| 3 | WHEN bought Burston windmill he could never have envisaged all the changes which would take place — but he always chuckled when he looked at the map — geographically he had bought the high ground . |
| 4 | When he looked at the picture of Tace he might have been looking into a mirror . |
| 5 | Mr I think suggested that er on the basis of the level of commitment , in North Yorkshire , when he looked at the County Council 's forty one thousand , that no new sites will come forward , well quite clearly that 's not going to be the case , there is a substantial residue er which are going to come forward . |
| 6 | He had been smiling at the screen , an expression which fell with such abruptness from his face when he looked at the doorway that Zambia was convinced SHe heard it hit the floor with a crack . |
| 7 | Sir James Reckitt did some amateur excavating when he lived at the manor and some stones , which could have formed church windows , can still be seen in the gardens of houses since built on the site . |
| 8 | This meant that some of his own sons were already adult when he succeeded at the age of 35 : his eldest son Lothar was nearly 20 — old enough to provide an alternative focus of loyalty for aspiring nobles . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | When he spoke at the exhibition , Vivien stood the whole time , keeping her eyes fixed upon his face . |
| 11 | I wa I was talking to erm Mr the other day and he was saying that when he started at the Co-op it was a , a very , very good place to work . |
| 12 | Though it was a chance meeting with Travis when he called at the apartment block , ostensibly to visit Leith and Sebastian , when the two bumped into each other . |
| 13 | Mr Lytham , however , when he called at the nursing-home to obtain Dorothy 's signature to her will , was far from happy when his client told him the content of the letter . |
| 14 | One of Stephanie close colleagues has been under gun guard , police guard for a week following death threats on the alleged kidnapper , as the net closed on him he phoned estate agent Jane the girl who helped prepare the second artist impression , Jane had met him face to face when he called at the office in Great Bar Birmingham days before the kidnap to collect details on several houses for sale , her blood ran cold when she picked up the phone on Wednesday February the twelfth to hear his voice again |
| 15 | When that time was up an envoy from the Iranian Embassy in Paris had been violently beaten up when he called at the shipowner 's apartment . |
| 16 | He bashed away at it with the A.S.M. solidly from eleven fifteen , when he arrived at the theatre , until half past two , without any break for lunch or the drink he desperately craved . |
| 17 | When he arrived at the scene the shop was full of thick , acrid smoke . |
| 18 | Gary fancied the uniform of the Coldstream Guards when he arrived at the recruiting office . |
| 19 | Primaflora was absent when he arrived at the villa and when she returned , an hour later , she was wearing a girdle and a left sleeve he had never seen before , and a jewelled coif with a curled feather in it . |
| 20 | Steve Hinson got a sinking feeling when he arrived at the Acorn Resource Centre for the physically disabled in West Berkshire . |
| 21 | When he arrived at the rehearsal room on the Friday , Charles found the author in a state of extreme annoyance . |
| 22 | When he arrived at the chapel , which sat about 3,000 , he was shocked to learn that ‘ a certain upper gallery holding 150 was ‘ the Coloured Gallery ’ . |
| 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 | Once the President had retired to his quarters for the short flight , the DDI opened the envelope he 'd been handed when he arrived at the airport . |
| 25 | Whatever , when he arrived at the Ring , Niki was pilloried in the sporting press for his opposition to a great track in which all the other champions had raced : if he was so craven-hearted , they said , he should n't be racing . |
| 26 | When he arrived at the meeting it was to be told that he was suspended and barred from his office . |
| 27 | When he arrived at the Legation my father 's staff comprised the Consul , the doctor and an Abyssinian interpreter ; there was also a Legation escort of five Sikhs from the Indian Army . |
| 28 | When he arrived at the shop , Oliver was still kicking wildly at the cellar door . |
| 29 | Irene Jaffray said at Shrewsbury Crown Court that Eddie Browning made the request to her when he arrived at the house she shared with Kerry Evans in Inverurie , Aberdeenshire . |
| 30 | Mr Wormwood did n't notice anything when he put the hat on , but when he arrived at the garage he could n't get it off . |