Example sentences of "when he [vb past] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kasuya 's fears proved to be well founded , and he dropped a bombshell at the 1989 meeting of the IWC 's Scientific Committee , when he revealed to the Small Cetaceans Subcommittee the staggering increase in the number of Dall 's porpoise killed in the harpoon fishery based on Iwate Prefecture . |
| 2 | He stayed the week and was given lots of extra training , but he was still unsafe when he returned to the USA . |
| 3 | When he returned to the theatre in 1983 for Chaplin , it was an almighty flop . |
| 4 | One can imagine his dismay when he returned to the port and found the ship had gone — either earlier than planned or because the crew did n't want to be caught helping him . |
| 5 | When he returned to the UK he was eventually appointed to the board , but not , as might have been expected , in charge of the refinery side of the business . |
| 6 | When he returned to the States , Mueller lost no time in carrying out Cocello 's instructions to direct the phase-out of UK vehicle operations from Detroit , and to prepare detail plans to centralise European and world planning activities . |
| 7 | When he returned to the two worried women , decisions were made . |
| 8 | ‘ I just want to forget it all , ’ Murray reiterated , and in his agitation stuffed both letters together into his trouser pocket , where they remained , forgotten , until a month later when he returned to the London apartment , cramped but in a smart street in Chelsea , which his mother 's divorce settlement had provided . |
| 9 | El Cid himself fought like ten men and when he returned to the city he was bloody but victorious . |
| 10 | When he returned to the ground his eyes were sparkling with excitement . |
| 11 | When he returned to the parking-lot , it was nine-twenty-five . |
| 12 | Jackson was still smarting when he returned to the station in the city centre . |
| 13 | But when he returned to the chair and sat down , the breathing started again . |
| 14 | Five minutes later , when he returned to the lawn , she was sitting with her back to the tree and , standing before her , he said , ‘ I do n't know how to thank you for your kindness . |
| 15 | When he returned to the room , having left the child in the kitchen , Aggie was pouring some milk into a mug , and she said to him , ‘ Look at that ! |
| 16 | When he returned to the Gold Coast he had been absent for 12 years : he had departed far too young to have made any mark . |
| 17 | He 'd sleep later when he returned to the track , curled awkwardly on the back seat of the car under an overcoat . |
| 18 | When he left the vehicle on the Saturday evening , all four wheels were off , and they were in that state when he returned to the job on the Sunday morning . |
| 19 | When he returned to the room downstairs , he picked up a book that Lord Henry had lent him . |
| 20 | When he returned to the living-room he was carrying an oblong package wrapped in black silk , a spiral-bound shorthand pad and a cylindrical container made of brass . |
| 21 | When he returned to the dairy , in the sleepy afternoon heat , nobody was awake . |
| 22 | When he returned to the stalls he sat beside Kate . |
| 23 | When he returned to the office on Monday Barnett called Tim into the office , an odd note in his voice which Tim did n't recognise at first . |
| 24 | He wondered suddenly what he would find when he returned to the hut . |
| 25 | But when he returned to the ministry in 1913 , after a long spell of service in Rome , a great deal had changed . |
| 26 | And when he returned to the college , he told the students they must n't let blindness get in the way of their creativity . |
| 27 | Simpson , of Hollyfield , Coulby Newham , was arrested when he returned to the scene shortly afterwards and a policeman smelled petrol on him . |
| 28 | When he returned to the cottage he extinguished all but one of the candles and took it through to the bedroom . |
| 29 | When he applied to the court for permission to marry , as he was required to do since he was under twenty-one and did not have a recognised guardian , the magistrate at Bow Street refused ‘ as he was not in favour of a British girl marrying an alien ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ And when he got to the last slide , ’ Channell recalled , ‘ he suddenly became so powerfully emotive it was just like his whole spirit exploded . |