Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pos pn] [noun] when he " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last time I 'd made for the bog he 'd broken my back when he caught me straight between the shoulder blades with a loaf of bread . |
| 2 | Mark is said to have dropped his drink when he heard the news . |
| 3 | He had seen her weep when he turned away , chilled into impotence at her touch . |
| 4 | He 'd made his bed when he left ; that was unlike him , but then the sober man was neat and organized . |
| 5 | She had seen his face when he made love to the piano . |
| 6 | He had not helped his cause when he ‘ trotted blithely down the steps to greet eager reporters with the news ‘ Its all off boys ’ ’ and added , to cries of ‘ Jimmy 's selling you ’ the ripost that ‘ I 've tried boys , I 've done my very best . |
| 7 | ‘ Too late , madam ; if you had defended my daughter when he slandered her … but now , if you both walked on your knees from here to Chicago , I would not change my mind . ’ |
| 8 | He had escaped her wrath when he died . |
| 9 | ‘ Not a bad idea , ’ she said , ‘ considering he 's probably banged his head when he passed out . |
| 10 | A frown of puzzlement creased his brow when he looked at the cover . |
| 11 | Marlene had stolen his jacket when he went to the loo , he had just enough money in his trousers to pay for the meal . |
| 12 | Peter Drucker may have overstated his case when he observed that ‘ capital movements rather than trade … have become the driving force of the world economy ’ ( Drucker , 1986 : p. 768 ) , but he has pointed the finger at a central issue in the global environment . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Dougal had officially dismissed his conscience when he was in his teens . |
| 15 | In the morning , the woman had almost finished her breakfast when he entered the dining room . |
| 16 | It 's like erm that leisure , I mean he 's obviously learned his lesson when he did that competition that time did n't he and he , he went in and he passed did n't he ? |
| 17 | The Major had scotched his suggestion when he mentioned it to him over lunch , but the Under-Secretary 's unexpected decision had now left them with no alternative . |
| 18 | He had completely lost his temper when he had heard the news that Clasper had taken the giant Merseyside plant out on strike . |
| 19 | He had lost his eye when he was a young child , and the nearest he ever got to France was a trip to Brighton . |
| 20 | Mr Travers , a plasterer , who had lost his house when he had been made bankrupt , opened the window slowly . |