Example sentences of "when [pers pn] suited he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jackie Tiptoe could turn himself into a proper gent when it suited him . |
| 2 | He was little affected by the Civil War , changing sides when it suited him . |
| 3 | Historically , this engaging adventurer carved out a career on the frontiers of Christendom and Islam without troubling himself much about religious differences : he was happy to ally himself with Muslims when it suited him . |
| 4 | With time , however , ‘ the judges put away their learning and went along with the expressed needs of commerce … the conditional vendor 's right to be a chattel mortgagee , when it suited him , was almost everywhere acknowledged ’ . |
| 5 | It has to be said that he also invoked this oath against his barons when it suited him to do so , as in 1301 : it served against the laity no less than against the clergy . |
| 6 | Turning up here as and when it suited him . |
| 7 | Charlotte realized he was still stage-managing their encounter , moving Holly into and out of the wings as and when it suited him . |
| 8 | ‘ The old man was a damn good listener when it suited him and he knew the right questions . |
| 9 | In which case he would surface again when it suited him . |
| 10 | Cromwell had thrown in his lot with the Levellers when it suited him two years before and so was regarded by them as no better than a mutineer himself when he turned against them . |
| 11 | However much Cnut may have played the Christian king , he was , like other rulers , willing to turn a blind eye to church teaching when it suited him . |
| 12 | Although Gregory himself left no works within this tradition , he was able to employ tricks of style when it suited him . |
| 13 | The Prosecution said he was a man with a fox like cunning and a devious mind who was ready to deceive and lie as and when it suited him . |