Example sentences of "when he had [vb pp] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was true , she felt , for in the heat of the moment a voice was warning her that he was only moved by desire now because she had n't fallen at his feet when he had followed her to London . |
| 2 | When he had answered my questions he made an effort and blurted out one of his own . |
| 3 | When he had calmed her , she announced very coolly . |
| 4 | Then he executed a half-somersault and twisted so that when he had stabilised he was level with Rostov , but inverted . |
| 5 | The unimaginable heat and weight of Fenna had pressed the ooze in the cave , pressed so hotly and heavily that the molecules of mud were squeezed apart , breaking up into carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms , and his weight had compressed the carbon atoms into diamond crystals , and more and more diamonds until his hoard was a lure to garish youths , who had toiled up to his cave and exchanged riddles and blows with him , but when he had fixed them with his ancient evil little eyes , they retreated abashed to sing his praises . |
| 6 | He would tell her about them afterwards of course , when he had overcome them , but share them he would n't . |
| 7 | ‘ How did you know about that ? ’ she asked him when he had reached her side . |
| 8 | Eventually , when he had slurped his way through the two cheeseburgers and large French fries , polished off an apple pie and a strawberry milkshake , he got out of the car and walked over to a litter-disposal unit . |
| 9 | It seemed unworthy to snatch her face away and glare when he had treated her so well . |
| 10 | When he had made his mark , she drew a small packet of fragrant sweets called cachous from her cuff and gave him one . |
| 11 | But now he was going into space , and when he had made his fortune he would pay for the whole of Mali to be irrigated so it was as green as France . |
| 12 | Macmillan himself , when he had made his decision to seek entry to the EEC , had recorded his growing concern over attitudes in the United States . |
| 13 | Especially when he had made it crystal-clear where he stood with her . |
| 14 | And how dared he try to bolster up his male ego at her expense when he had made it so plain he did n't care a damn for her as a person ? |
| 15 | She had a sudden sharp recall of that moment in Jake 's office when he had revealed his strange lack of commitment to Janice . |
| 16 | When he had dressed himself he went back out of the kitchen door ; no doubt Ellen would latch it again once she heard him go , her vengeance at what life had done to her completed . |
| 17 | When he had written his autobiography a few years earlier , he had started it with the verse : — |
| 18 | But when he had asked her to marry him , she had declined out of nothing more than pique . |
| 19 | Only when he had asked her about Katherine had he realized that something was seriously amiss . |
| 20 | In their few days together Thomas had made no reference to that night in the car when he had asked her to touch him , there . |
| 21 | So troubled was he for a girl who , after all , was of age , high-spirited and clever , that after she had gone , and Matey had answered reflectively when he had asked her if she knew where McAllister was going , ‘ I do n't know . |
| 22 | Because the blinkers had finally fallen from her eyes when he had asked her if it could be worse . |
| 23 | He had not anticipated that she would still retain sufficient will-power to deny him when he had asked his empty , ritual question . |
| 24 | When he had gone they stood in silence , watching keenly , but without much hope . |
| 25 | When he had gone I remembered the Christmas plate . |
| 26 | When he had gone she faced things all over again , glad to have the advice of someone so level-headed . |
| 27 | I 'll be seeing him tonight , ’ Joanna promised , and when he had gone she turned to Sophie . |
| 28 | And that was what he had once driven when he had done his military service — driven a Leopard tank . |
| 29 | When he had done his roof ride and the sick feeling had been replaced by a feeling of triumph , he would have a cigarette . |
| 30 | The Army had taught him that , too , and the SAS acceptance tests had rammed the lesson home by sending him out over the damp Brecon Beacons with a 55-lb Bergen rucksack knowing he had to cover a certain distance in a certain time but not knowing that when he had done it , there would n't be the trucks they had promised but a vague assur-ance of a cup of tea if he kept on marching a few more miles in that direction . |