Example sentences of "when he [verb] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Maginnis 's 12 years as a councillor ended when he advised voters to give their first preferences to his two party colleagues . |
| 2 | He recalled an evening 's carousing in the jungle when he challenged Durrell to compose some verse in honour of the ‘ unrhymable ’ Mrs Araminta Whitley . |
| 3 | Layton , of Regent 's Park , London , believed he was acting in a ‘ perfectly legal and ethical way ’ when he hired KAS to find out more about Europarks . |
| 4 | But it took a deal of probing when he sought help to ascertain exactly what was the pressure inside Peter , bursting to get out when suitably triggered . |
| 5 | When he had time to take account of the situation , it seemed that Bill Oldenshaw had fallen under the train at the crossing and been killed outright . |
| 6 | Some weeks later , after the fall of Tunis and the Axis surrender in French North Africa , when he had time to reflect on his past and present condition , he began to write more regularly . |
| 7 | Their best chances fell to Littlejohn , but he volleyed over from David May 's misplaced header when he had time to bring the ball under control , and was then denied by Bobby Mimms . |
| 8 | He was both courageous and physically attractive , but deranged , and it was a great relief even to his associates when he left Scotland to die a pauper in Naples . |
| 9 | A Grand Jury in California handed up indictments against two officers of Symantec Corp alleging that they stole trade secrets from Borland International Inc after a six-month investigation by the district attorney 's office of Santa Cruz County , California into the allegations that a Borland officer brought confidential company material with him when he left Borland to join Symantec ; Symantec says that last it hired an independent law firm to look into the charges , and it was given the opinion that there was no crime committed and that none of the items constitute trade secrets . |
| 10 | Leighton 's fortunes changed when he left Aberdeen to rejoin Alex Ferguson at Manchester United . |
| 11 | When 40-year-old Australian Jack Brabham won the World Championship in 1966 , he became the first man to win the title in a car manufactured by himself and it reaped the rewards of a gamble he took five years earlier when he left Cooper to develop his own Grand Prix car . |
| 12 | When he went north to join his apparently complaisant wife for Christmas and Liza went to Cornwall , Harriet was troubled by the curious change in her daughter . |
| 13 | Sir I believe that you should not overlook the view of the inspector relating to the planning application within the grounds of Skelton Hall , when he made reference to land west of the site concerned . |
| 14 | His estranged wife Danielle and their three children spurned him at his sick bed when he announced plans to wed the former Bond girl . |
| 15 | In a move that won support from environmentalists , the Chancellor also signalled further pain ahead for motorists when he announced plans to raise petrol duty by at least 3 per cent over the rate of inflation in future Budgets . |
| 16 | He was a devoted and loyal colleague who was too old and set in his ways when he became Professor to introduce major developments , but signs of change were seen , coming to fruition in his successor 's reign . |
| 17 | But when he asked Nikos to check the congregation against his other lists , Nikos said : |
| 18 | The estimate was given yesterday by Allan Stewart , the Scottish industry minister , when he urged companies to give increasing priority to markets in the Commonwealth of Independent States to win work which could help to offset the gradual decline in North Sea oil opportunities . |
| 19 | When he rang Joanne to check Nigel 's movements in the week before Steen 's death , a strange female voice answered and informed him that Miss Menzies had already gone up to Scotland for her Christmas holidays . |
| 20 | Bomber Command also organised from the " petrified Forest " the operational training units through non-operational Groups , and it was very important after Harris 's one-off when he stopped training to mount his 1,000-Plan , that some of the more senior and very experienced training instructors remained operational ; . |
| 21 | Fewer workers bothered to listen to him when he called meetings to protest against the Peters ' Plan . |
| 22 | In the 15th over Stinson made the break-through for Armagh when he bowled Adams to make it 35 for one . |
| 23 | The first set was an evenly-based affair , but Carrara seized his chance at 4–4 , when he broke Baglin to go one ahead and then duly held his own service game to establish a one-set lead . |
| 24 | Gloucester 's actions after his brother 's death are traditionally seen as the triumph of an over-mighty subject , and it follows that Edward IV had been making a rod for his own back when he allowed Gloucester to become lord of the north . |
| 25 | Gloucester 's actions after his brother 's death are traditionally seen as the triumph of an over-mighty subject , and it follows that Edward IV had been making a rod for his own back when he allowed Gloucester to become lord of the north . |
| 26 | The bakers were the star pupils of courses with which Ken Payne , Savacentre 's bakery specialist , was involved when he visited Russia to teach Western techniques of bread production . |
| 27 | In September 1862 , for example , Alexander ran a risk when he visited Novgorod to celebrate the thousandth anniversary of the putative foundation of the Russian state . |
| 28 | Pushing aside her need to find Grandfather 's friend , unconsciously adopting the philosophy of the Irish that there was always plenty of time , she allowed Feargal to monopolise her — although when he found time to run his farm was anyone 's guess . |
| 29 | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects work to commence on upgrading the A12 Chelmsford bypass from a two-lane to a three-lane road . |
| 30 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he expects exports to reach the same level as imports . |