Example sentences of "when [noun pl] [verb] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | When scripts arrived he sent them back unread . |
| 2 | When the White House lawyer first tried to debrief Reagan on what he knew of the affair , the president was said to have told him stories of Hollywood ; when journalists badgered him about the deals he had half-wittingly struck with Israel and Iran in August 1985 , he replied amiably : ‘ Everybody that can remember what they were doing on August 8th 1985 , raise your hand . ’ |
| 3 | When traders tracked him down to his hotel room , he would n't answer the door . |
| 4 | But reports say he was alive when rescuers picked him up . |
| 5 | But Ken 's experience in working with wood , coupled to a keen eye for design , was soon put to good use when customers asked him for ideas on pond layout , particularly those with a Japanese flavour . |
| 6 | When hostilities began he merely wanted the regime to behave dynamically . |
| 7 | Although he has only been rallying for one year he has already appeared on the BBC Top Gear championship series when viewers saw him win his grand touring class . |
| 8 | When officers arrived he had climbed into the back yard and the Volvo was seen to be on fire . |
| 9 | When officers arrived he had climbed into the back yard and the Volvo was seen to be on fire . |
| 10 | STEWART Renton was amazed when doctors told him he had broken his leg in two places — and he could expect to be off work for three months ! |
| 11 | Sharpe , now hoping to put his nightmare behind him , told how he froze when doctors gave him their devastating diagnosis . |
| 12 | He was coaching his local swimming team when police told him his car was being broken into . |
| 13 | And he was still worrying about how to pass himself off as the long-dead Bard when police nicked him dithering outside a bank . |
| 14 | Jobless David Griffiths , 20 , spent three fruitless months hunting for work and found himself under arrest when police spotted him putting up stickers in a St John 's Wood phone box . |
| 15 | Carl , at No. 38 with Does It Feel Good To You , only realised he was being spied on by the law when police pulled him up in his car . |
| 16 | William Rees , 61 , a consultant ophthalmic surgeon , of Tonteg , Mid Glamorgan , had been going to the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend , where a patient was already under anaesthetic , when police stopped him . |
| 17 | Magistrates at Eastleigh , Hants , heard that when police stopped him he asked : ‘ Where am I ? ’ |
| 18 | King Don Ferdinand was going through Leon , putting the Kingdom in order , when tidings reached him of the good speed which Rodrigo had had against the Moors . |