Example sentences of "when i [adv] [vb past] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | The great day came when I finally untied him . |
| 2 | When I finally found him he looked for all the world like a clown . |
| 3 | When I reluctantly put him back in his shoe box , I had a desperate need to be close to ‘ Fred ’ the person . |
| 4 | He did n't even curl a lip in my direction and he did n't howl when I playfully cuffed him behind the ear . |
| 5 | How does he know the plate price is high , he did n't make that quite , when I only gave him a total price |
| 6 | When I diffidently approached him one afternoon , he was , as usual , mooning over a photograph of the troublesome Diedre , whom we all knew from the pictures he constantly thrust under our noses to be extremely good-looking , and whom we suspected of being a bit of a girl on the quiet . |
| 7 | Perhaps I was sent to the chippie , or café up the street to fetch cigarettes , or lemonade , or to go at full haste and deliver a note to one of his girl-friends ; or maybe he simply wanted to chastise me for something I had done , as for instance when I inadvertently got him into hot water by mentioning to Mum that I had seen him with a girl ( an infamous young woman ) after he had faithfully promised not to see her again , ever . |