Example sentences of "when he [is] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he 's never happier than when he 's falling flying , floating through the air . |
| 2 | Erm also if you look at entertainment , like James Saville calls himself Jimmy Saville , Terence Wogan is Terry Wogan , so but then you look at people like Charlie Chaplin , when he was doing his comedian role he was c he called himself Charlie Chaplin , and when he 's directing films he called himself Charles Chaplin , so maybe it 's all like a bit of a serious thing . |
| 3 | How can the Prime Minister be so complacent and so indolent when he is receiving advice that something now needs to be done ? |
| 4 | Does my hon. Friend think that that is an entirely happy precedent when he is discussing discounts which are fraught with anomaly , difficulty and contradiction ? |
| 5 | He eventually finds the contentment he needs through an admirable way , through Joe , when he is treating Pip on his sick bed , as we see here |
| 6 | Samuel Johnson , who was something of a hero of the new school , once remarked that a man is seldom so innocently employed as when he is making money , and that celebrated remark might serve as a slogan for much of modern British fiction . |