Example sentences of "when he [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Phil was putting the last bow on the church gates when he fell on to the 6ft railings . |
| 2 | As Lepine would appear to have done : the Lortie to whom he referred was the Canadian Armed Forces Corporal Dennis Lortie , who had killed three and wounded fourteen when he burst in on the Quebec National Assembly with a machine gun five years earlier . |
| 3 | He was lord mayor in 1570–1 , when he was knighted , and again in 1591 , when he stepped in on the death of a mayor in mid-term . |
| 4 | Aston Villa manager Ron Atkinson could also run the gauntlet of hostility at Hillsborough today when he goes back to the club he left under acrimonious circumstances two seasons ago . |
| 5 | It was quite natural for them to challenge Jesus , especially in view of his own challenge to their authority the previous day , when he ordered out of the Temple those who had permission to trade there ( Mark 11:15–18 ) . |
| 6 | He 'd warn Lee when he got up to the wood . |
| 7 | Habit shouldered curiosity out of the way for a moment when he got back to the house , and he checked around the Mercedes for damage . |
| 8 | It was only when he got back to the Star Dressing Room after the performance that Charles fully took in its luxurious appointments . |
| 9 | He always did sooner or later , the telltale grass stains easy to see when he got back to the house , leading to ridicule . |
| 10 | It would be about seven o'clock when he got back from the cricket match with Patrick . |
| 11 | Glenn Hoddle raised more than a few eyebrows when he took over at the County Ground last April . |
| 12 | It was two minutes past midnight when he walked through into the Chapters Bar , where a dozen or so late-night ( early-morning ) drinkers were still happily signing bills . |
| 13 | The wig he finally chose needed modification by a barber ; but he got it done , put on a pair of folding spectacles he carried in his briefcase , and had the satisfaction of astonishing his colleagues when he walked back into the hotel . |
| 14 | And he was extremely annoyed that evening when he came round at the interval . |
| 15 | Not easy if the target had hold of both the kids when he came out of the taxi . |
| 16 | The first thing he saw when he came out of the station was an antiquated sign on a lamppost saying , ‘ Stand for 6 licensed hackney cabs ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ What are they like ? ’ she asked when he came back to the table . |
| 18 | She had made him his favourite bottom pie and onions for supper that evening when he came in from the fishing , and he had gone back down to Mother Russell 's after , for a few ales . |
| 19 | Remember when he went up to the aeroplane , Jim only hate to haul him away and slap him once and he learned , he did n't go near an aeroplane any more |
| 20 | He was district secretary of the ITGWU and had stood on the NILP ticket a number of times before the split of 1949 , when he went over to the Irish Labour Party . |
| 21 | I cried all night when he went back to the army . |
| 22 | There was the afternoon when he drove out to the Crumbles and they slept for three hours , the wind pushing at the side of the car like a crowd . |
| 23 | The only chance I might have is when he comes in with the tray . |
| 24 | He must have had as fine a view of the burgeoning industry of Glasgow , as he had of the stars when he peered up at the heavens from the University Observatory at Dowanhill . |
| 25 | And Lyon settled the issue in the 72nd minute when he crashed over at the corner for the match-clinching try . |
| 26 | SERGEI Bubka 's domination of world pole vaulting was shattered last night when he crashed out of the Olympics — without clearing a height . |
| 27 | It was only when he moved round to the side that he saw the blue , chapped ears and the hair , frozen and brittle , as if you could snap it off . |
| 28 | It was ten o'clock when he turned in between the lodge gates and guided the Porsche down the winding drive to Tavey Grange . |
| 29 | ‘ His great hour was when he dressed up as the newspaper boy and went to meet the train , ’ Sheila said tentatively . |
| 30 | But there was a FOR SALE board up , new today , he had n't seen it there this morning when he set out for the meeting with the AC . |