Example sentences of "when he be [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The explanation for adult personality , in other words , is to be found in the individual 's first encounters with the world , at a time when he is thought to be in a highly impressionable state . |
| 2 | Nigel first started looking at bungee jumps in 1990 when he was asked to be an expert witness in an industrial tribunal concerning a bungee jump at a fairground . |
| 3 | ‘ ONE member , one vote , ’ demanded John Smith when he was elected to be Labour 's leader , wanting to end trade-union influence over the choice of Labour 's parliamentary candidates . |
| 4 | Reg Butler sat beside a roaring gas log fire , smoking a fat cigar and wondering when he was going to be able to retire , relax , play golf , take in the odd West End show like other successful men of seventy-two . |
| 5 | When I came out , they told me the court dates of when he was going to be adopted . |
| 6 | In 1981 , when he was known to be seriously ill , Henry Fonda was voted Best Actor for On Golden Pond : his daughter and ( co-star ) Jane picked up the Oscar for him , and he died just five months later . |