Example sentences of "when he be [v-ing] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly this limpidity is not within Eliot 's reach even when he is trying to be limpid , as in ‘ Ash-Wednesday ’ ; , and of course the experience of a simple person enduring a commonplace and unavoidable sorrow — is such as Eliot could never manage , early or late . |
| 2 | Even when he was trying to be a criminal , the low moral fibre shone through . |
| 3 | ‘ I know , I know , just when he was beginning to be a success like Perry . |
| 4 | Sometimes they used it on him when he was waiting to be served by a barman , or even when he was just standing waiting to cross a busy street , but mostly it was when he was talking to somebody official . |
| 5 | He had sent money for a little while , and dates when he was going to be back ; and then excuses , and little money . |