Example sentences of "when he [verb] [Wh adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marc , naturally assuming the head of the table , frowned when he saw where she had placed herself , but said nothing . |
| 2 | He must have realised there was n't much chance of that when he saw where I was . |
| 3 | He smiled when he saw where I was . |
| 4 | ‘ What ! ’ he cried , and was about to run , when he saw where I was pointing . |
| 5 | His heart sank when he saw where his questionings would take him next . |
| 6 | Without speaking a word , he continued to scrutinise the young man and to feel greatly satisfied when he saw how he was unnerving his victim . |
| 7 | When he recalled how he had felt on first seeing her he had to push the sinful thoughts out of his mind . |
| 8 | But when he asks why it is not cleaned out , he is told that the man of the house is in no humour for it , after the fourteen hours of his day 's labour , and that there is in any case no water for the purpose since the poor must pay to fetch it up the hill . |
| 9 | Not only did Brown Owl go on living at Longreen and being their Brown Owl ; the Pack won an unexpected new friend in Sir George Phillips , who , when he heard how they had saved the plane 's pilot from disaster in the bog , suddenly turned out to be not ‘ crabby ’ at all , as Mr. Gordon had always made him out to be , but told them that they could use the Longreen Park meadow for just as long as they liked as a reward for their bravery . |
| 10 | Barth was amused and pleased when he heard how someone said that if he and Ramsey could get on so well ‘ the millennium must be round the corner ’ . |
| 11 | One man , John Kelly , a former offshore worker and trained first-aider , claimed police told him not to interfere when he asked why they were not helping Mr Murphy . |
| 12 | When he learned where she was , Shildon suggested she went to his flat , a short drive away . |
| 13 | He spoke lovingly of the dog and his words were most explicit when he explained how he understood its ‘ learning by association ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ It was only some stupid piece of metal , ’ he moaned when he remembered where he was . |