Example sentences of "when he [verb] [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What he is mainly denying when he denies that there are final causes in nature is that the existence of each individual sort of thing is to be explained by its serving some cause beyond it , in particular some kind of human interest . |
| 2 | The inspection , when it comes about , could be a first test of Mr Hussein 's new smiling face : he is already suspected of cheating , particularly when he denies that he has any biological weapons . |
| 3 | Mansell stunned the Grand Prix race world when he revealed that he was packing up only four hours before he was due to start in his 178th Grand Prix . |
| 4 | John Dower , the father of the National Parks , got it right when he said that we look to the farming communities for the continuance not only of the landscape but of the drama itself , rural life and work . |
| 5 | I do not want to rely on quotations from Nye Bevan , but he was right when he said that we were a country built on coal . |
| 6 | It is not clear what Croom-Johnson J. had in mind when he said that there was a requirement of ‘ hostile intent , ’ and the observation has been doubted and explained subsequently . |
| 7 | The hon. Member for Ogmore ( Mr. Powell ) made a good point at the beginning of the debate when he said that there have been considerable difficulties in redesigning the Shops Act 1950 to meet the requirements of the 1990s . |
| 8 | I have no doubt wha did I not tell you about the fact that I hit the roof when he said that she has said that when he was twenty one , she was going to buy him a Vauxhall Chevette . |
| 9 | The Prime Minister will no doubt have noticed the interesting exception that President Bush made in his state of the union message to Congress , when he said that his Government were too big and spent too much . |
| 10 | Al Gore summed up the changing world when he said that he and Clinton were the first two leaders of their country to be born after 1945 . |
| 11 | And when he said that he could n't agree with me , but please , please could n't we let the matter drop since nothing we said or did could alter the course of events , I was enraged because it seemed to me that this really was his attitude , he wanted a quiet life , not to be involved . |
| 12 | She never fussed when he said that he was going down to the country and did n't know when he 'd be back . |
| 13 | Viscount Dilhorne , whose speech was concurred in by Lord Donovan , Lord Pearce , Lord Diplock and Lord Cross of Chelsea , after stating the facts , and expressing some doubts as to what Mr. Occhi had meant when he said that he ‘ permitted ’ the taxi driver to take £6 , continued , at pp. 631–633 : |
| 14 | ‘ I knew very well that when he said that he meant ‘ in spite of whatever help I shall give you ’ . |
| 15 | We must face the issue seriously and not in the way in which the Prime Minister faced the issue at Harare when he said that he would write off some of the debts in return for the acceptance of an economic model imposed by the International Monetary Fund , and say that there has to be a write-off of debt . |
| 16 | Franco repeated the message of his 2 December letter when he said that he did not " see any advantage in change " and that if he were ever to delegate the leadership of the government , it would only be when he was no longer able to carry out the functions of that position as well as those of head of state . |
| 17 | An illustration of deception by words is Banaster ( 1979 ) 68 Cr App R 272 ( CA ) , which held that a judge was entitled to leave to the jury the question whether a mini cab driver at Heathrow airport deceived a foreigner when he said that he was driving an " airport taxi " because the foreigner , who was on his first visit to England , might have thought that the taxi was an official one . |
| 18 | Cos when he said that he was willing to speak right |
| 19 | That evening , Mike Atherton made a curious but nonetheless accurate observation when he said that it was nice to get in early when the ball 's new and not moving around a lot . |
| 20 | The Immigration and Absorption Minister Yair Tzaban met the marchers 25 km outside Ashkelon , when he said that it would take three years to provided permanent housing for the 20,000 recent Ethiopian immigrants [ see also pp. 38174-75 ] . |
| 21 | He was about to tell her not to trouble herself , when he saw that she had turned half away from him , revealing the curve of a breast beneath her shawl . |
| 22 | No sooner were the words out of his mouth than he glanced anxiously about , his unattractive features relaxing when he saw that his words had fallen only on his stepson 's ears . |
| 23 | Panic subsided when he saw that it was Jimmy . |
| 24 | He grinned and blinked shyly when he saw that I was awake . |
| 25 | " He probably took the trouble to find out as much as possible about you when he knew that you were a candidate for the job here . |
| 26 | But to deny being nervous when he knew that she was would be both pointless and stupid . |
| 27 | Lord Ackner noted that problems arose when the misrepresentation was that the accused was authorised to use his cheque guarantee card or credit card when he knew that he was not . |
| 28 | Nevertheless he looks mildly concerned when he relates that his son has , to his surprise , decided to live in the city . |
| 29 | With his splendid physique and proud , noble head his presence is such as to give him an instant advantage over any bowler , and he has rarely failed to put that advantage to use ; spinners in particular have suffered at his hands , but when he decides that he wants to score runs it is virtually impossible to bowl to him . |
| 30 | When he insisted that they were pounds , she looked more closely and then exclaimed : ‘ Of course they 're British — they 've got a picture of Mrs Thatcher on them ! ’ |