Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] when he [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were moments of hope , such as the time Gary seemed to settle in the scouts , but they were dashed when he stole the troop 's funds . |
| 2 | His injuries were incurred when he struck the gully wall , head-first , at considerable speed . |
| 3 | His fears were fuelled when he saw the others gathered there . |
| 4 | He also reported times when a parent complained about the way their child was treated when he knew the reason before they did : |
| 5 | From the opposing camp , Arthur Scargill , president of the National Union of Mineworkers , was cheered when he likened the review report to In Place of Strife — the Wilson government 's attempt to curb union power . |
| 6 | Ashton 's design for Pepe , the dog , in The Wedding Bouquet was bettered when he created the Town and Bad Mice , Pigling Bland and the other animals in the film The Tales of Beatrix Potter . |
| 7 | The firm 's managing director , Jim Heslop , was applauded when he described the scheme as ‘ EC and MAFF bureaucratic lunacy . ’ |
| 8 | He felt a pang of jealousy , which was intensified when he remembered the smart army officers who had been at her husband 's memorial service . |
| 9 | William Empson has commented , " I find it a completely achieved poem ; probably Coleridge was lying when he told the story of the person from Porlock , nearly twenty years later … " |
| 10 | COLERAINE plumber Peter Bell was overcome when he won the 400 newcomers race at the Manx Grand Prix after arch rival Ian McVeighty ran out of fuel . |
| 11 | Educated in Brighton , and then at Euston Square , London , he was enthralled when he watched the cutting of the Regent 's canal . |
| 12 | Miss Bond , who was standing when he entered the room , was the perfect complement to Beryl , plump instead of lean , dainty instead of gaunt , amiable instead of forbidding . |
| 13 | Even Darwin admitted that his confidence was tested when he contemplated the vertebrate eye , although he went on to say that this was more a failure of the imagination than of the intellect . |
| 14 | Slater , the Wolves captain , was booed when he received the Cup ‘ a deplorable display of bad manners ’ reported The Northern and Howley and Wanderers manager Stan Cullis were pelted with orange peel , Munich , he thinks , marked the end of one era ; Wembley 1960 signalled the beginning of another . |
| 15 | Arbuckle directed a few comedy shorts as William Goodrich , was booed when he toured the backwoods in second-rate farces , and began to drink heavily . |
| 16 | The Prime Minister , Mr Rajiv Gandhi , was advised when he called the elections that his Congress Party was likely to win some 70 seats in the south . |
| 17 | At first , Hendry was not told of the mystery woman 's mission but was informed when he noticed the beefed-up security at his matches . |