Example sentences of "when he heard [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philip at first took no notice of what he said ; but when he heard him repeat the same thing several times , and saw he was greatly upset by the horse being sent away , eventually replied : ‘ Are you criticising those who are older than yourself , as if you knew more , and were better able to manage him than they ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Agent Somerville , ’ he boomed when he heard her on the line , ‘ get after him . ’ |
| 3 | But when the moment came , when he heard her , talking in a fear-ridden whisper , it wrenched at him . |
| 4 | He was thumbing through USA Today for the umpteenth time , looking for something he might have missed , when he heard her giggling . |
| 5 | He was following when he heard her speak , so he held back . |
| 6 | Her voice was clear and light , its pitch was always a shock to him , when he heard her without seeing her . |
| 7 | His conclusion that it was simply an old-fashioned recognition of his comparative youth was to be torpedoed a few minutes later when he heard her addressing his neighbour as Alf . |
| 8 | She had taken , without comment , her secondary role in Gypsy Baron but even then , when he heard her sing Arsena , he felt that familiar surge of excitement . |
| 9 | He looked up when he heard her , and Fran felt a ripple of heat curl along her veins when she saw the smile curving his lips . |
| 10 | Nigel liked the sound of all that — he thought parts of her story might be an exaggeration — the Arab princes — but he recognized a good PR job when he heard one . |
| 11 | When he heard nothing , he wrote to headquarters again . |
| 12 | When he heard what Seymour had to tell him , he went grey . |
| 13 | And Phil Oakey must have eaten his own fringe when he heard what they 'd done to his malevolently provincial classic ‘ Do n't You Want Me ’ . |
| 14 | But his concentration was poor these days : he could hardly keep his mind on anything for more than a moment … and even when he heard what the Padre said it made no sense … " the Editor of The Times as wise as God Himself ! " |
| 15 | So did the Governor , the ex-Cabinet Minister , Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith , when he heard what was happening . |
| 16 | ’ — but when he heard what the fees would be if he stayed he decided that he was hanged if he was going to spend all that money on being upset . |
| 17 | But when he heard what had happened that morning his face darkened and he turned angrily on Sam . |
| 18 | Poor love , ’ she smiled faintly , ‘ he was half asleep , and at first when he heard what I had to say he thought I was leaving him in the lurch after all . |
| 19 | Llewelyn was close in his chamber with his chaplain-secretary and Ednyfed Fychan over the dictation of letters , and his seal was already on the credentials of the envoys who were to represent him in Shrewsbury ; but David , when he heard what the messenger had to report , on his own authority brought him in to the conference and shattered it . |
| 20 | He was thinking about school dinners and salty cabbage when he heard her other voice , her harsh , cold , angry voice , screeching from the hallway downstairs . |
| 21 | When he heard her last remark he understood it and knew he had to get rid of her quickly . |
| 22 | Patrick was looking through the Kawasaki brochures he had sent for when he heard her handbell summoning him . |
| 23 | and it were gone about seven or eight weeks and when he heard nowt about it |
| 24 | However , when he heard my answers to his questions , he realized I must be alive , and he could not hide his astonishment . |
| 25 | He looked at Bernard , frowned , then glanced round sharply when he heard someone calling him from the end of the counter . |
| 26 | When he heard someone opening the bedroom door , he jumped out of the window and ran on to the roof . |
| 27 | So when he heard you were in town he hit on a plan to get rid of both of you . |
| 28 | ‘ Bonaventure probably left when he heard you coming ! ’ |
| 29 | The Chancellor , an experienced man , knew an opening of consequence when he heard it . |
| 30 | When he told Perkins his landlord of his case , and that it would be a pity to leave Solomon unfinished , Perkins blanched when he heard it would take another two years , gave him his fat hand and told him if the painting did not sell after two years , and Haydon still could not pay , ‘ … why , sir , we 'll consider what is to be done , so do n't fret , but work . ’ |