Example sentences of "[art] [noun] when he could " in BNC.

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1 Gunn remembers the times when he could practise his promiscuity without danger .
2 However , he recognized that the days when he could play the benign ruler , satisfying the grievances of his subjects and punishing guilty lesser officials , were waning — even if he had nothing more positive to put in its place .
3 The days when he could do it , or would , were now over .
4 He had very red hair and a pale complexion with masses of freckles all over his face , he was very popular with everyone and lived for the day when he could join the Army , particularly the Camerons .
5 He raised the stakes when he could not win .
6 The nights when he could not sleep had been the worst , when the dark thoughts of despair and depression came creeping into the mind .
7 Speaking at the service in St Nicholas 's Church , Sunderland , Tyne and Wear , he said Sgt Forth , 34 , was killed on a night when he could have been enjoying the festivities at a friend 's wedding .
8 He had written to me every week when he could , and I was longing to see him again .
9 He stressed that he had relinquished his deferment after only two months , thereby allowing his name to go back into the draft pool at a time when he could not have known that the draft would be shortly replaced by a lottery system .
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