Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [verb] [vb pp] [noun prp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps he was n't without blame , but had n't she made the same kind of mistake when she had endowed Marcus with the qualities she 'd wanted him to possess ? |
| 2 | When she had telephoned Robert about breakfast-time , asking to see him about an important matter , he had seemed so astonished that the only place he had been able to suggest was here . |
| 3 | That had been when he had invited Nathan to Hampstead to meet his wife and family , and ever since Nathan had adored Dinah Arkwright uncritically ; she could do no wrong in his eyes . |
| 4 | Many a time he had slept in worse quarters when he had attended David on his seasonal progresses in Gwynedd . |
| 5 | When he had met Ivy at Crepi 's dinner party her appearance had struck him as so wilfully bizarre that he had written it off as a freak effect , as though all her luggage had been lost and she 'd had to raid the oddments put aside for collection by the missionary brothers . |
| 6 | When he had left Sarah at Maggie Byrne 's hovel that fateful day last December he had told himself she was no different from a hundred other girls . |
| 7 | Nick had landed the job of editor and when he had told Harriet about it his enthusiasm had been infectious . |
| 8 | When he had told Casey about it , his mentor and guardian and sponsor had supposedly called it ‘ the ultimate irony ’ . |
| 9 | He blushed to think of how shamelessly he 'd paraded himself when he 'd had Judith on his arm ; how he 'd joked that she loved him for his cleanliness , and for his taste in bidets . |