Example sentences of "but when he [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when he was given his chance at half-time , he scored within two minutes , grabbing his 19th goal in his 41st game for his country , and his eighth in his last eight appearances with an unstoppable header . |
| 2 | But when he was invited to play a piece of music he had composed for the Princess Royal to her when she visited Edinburgh , they rapidly found out . |
| 3 | Glassford had declared his intention of supporting Lord Dundas 's interest in the election , but when he was visited by Alexander Bruce of Kennet , who was managing the election for Lord Dundas , ‘ we really found all not so right ’ . |
| 4 | Nixon was less than eighteen months from becoming President of the United States , but when he was received by Ceauşescu he was very much a political has-been . |
| 5 | But when he was asked What are you carrying anyway ? he said Thirteen thousand fir trees . |
| 6 | The creature , although ugly , was intelligent but when he was rejected by his creator and by the people he helps ; he became an outsider who turned to violence and sought revenge on his creator . |
| 7 | ‘ Monty ’ was ‘ married ’ to his army career and favoured bachelor officers , but when he was approaching forty years of age , he met a widow , Mrs. Betty Carver , an artist who lived at 2 , Riverside Cottages , Chiswick Mall . |
| 8 | ‘ I am willing to stand or fall on this one , ’ he had said — but when he was proved wrong he did not fall , he rose yet higher . |
| 9 | He spent only a few hours in prison ; but when he was released the heads of all the foreign missions in London ( except that of Sweden , which was then at war with Russia ) accompanied him to his house in a demonstration of solidarity and next morning visited him to promise their support . |
| 10 | Police were called but when he was interviewed about the attack the next day he could not remember anything . |