Example sentences of "[Wh adv] he [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the pain which he had whenever he had anything the matter with his finger had always been a throbbing pain , and the pain caused by anything the matter with any other part of his body had never been a throbbing pain , then now , on experiencing a throbbing pain , he would naturally associate it with his finger . |
| 2 | I have been a personal friend for many years , but that has never prevented him from criticising my colleagues and myself whenever he felt it necessary to do so . |
| 3 | She had lost count of the number of times she had slapped his hands from her body whenever he waylaid her outside . |
| 4 | But worse , far worse , was his ability to render her helpless whenever he touched her . |
| 5 | She had seen salvation for him in McAllister , that was for sure , and if Neil was more doubtful , about that and about her , with Havvie 's hateful words still ringing in his head , and his memory of her tortured face growing the more painful whenever he recalled it , the passing of time only accentuated the agony of his loss . |
| 6 | His sally at Descartes when he remarks that there has never been a complete sceptic goes to the heart of the issue and it was David Hume , arch sceptic , who wondered aloud why it was that his scepticism vanished whenever he left his study . |
| 7 | Whenever he buried himself in the ledgers and account books , he lost all sense of time . |
| 8 | Whenever he saw her he would ask her to explain the Bible to him , and in the drawing he made of her , he wrote the Hebrew version of her name , Chana , daughter of Rafael , in Hebrew characters across the top of the head . |
| 9 | He was also quick-tempered in a way that sent Frankie scuttling for cover whenever he raised his voice . |
| 10 | I could n't believe it and , at the pictures , persisted in dragging them surreptitiously on and off whenever he took his eyes off the screen and looked at me . |
| 11 | I could n't believe it and , at the pictures , persisted in dragging them surreptitiously on and off whenever he took his eyes off the screen and looked at me . |
| 12 | I have to say , however , that whenever he thought I was becoming a shade morbid on visions of apocalyptic doom , my old friend Archie Dow , would admonish me : ’ Ach , Andra , I 've been waitin' fir the end i' the world all my life . |
| 13 | He always wore a gown , he beat boys whenever he thought it necessary , he did not need to assert that his was the best school in Wales , if not Britain . |
| 14 | Whenever he mentioned his novel she told him that only her work was ‘ true art ’ . |
| 15 | Luke seemed to lose no opportunity of parting her and Rob whenever he found them together , as if he could n't bear to see them slacken pace . |
| 16 | * It is categorically not the case that Lewis had ‘ always wanted to attack the practice ’ of sacramental confession ‘ whenever he found it , This strange assertion ( among many other inaccuracies ) occurs in Clive Staples Lewis : A Dramatic life , by William Griffin . |
| 17 | He took it for granted she would be there to service him whenever he wanted it . |
| 18 | He had even threaded a length of wire flex though the tags in his waist-band to stop his trousers from slipping down over his hips whenever he put his hands into his pockets . |
| 19 | There was even a hint of mockery in the way he tugged deferentially at his forelock whenever he encountered him . |
| 20 | We had a nice bottle of wine , and whenever he poured it he put his hand over the price-tag which he 'd forgotten to remove . |
| 21 | The archbishop was offering Wolfgang his former post as konzertmeister , together with that of court organist , at a substantially increased salary of 500 florins a year , plus the opportunity of leave whenever he needed it to write operas elsewhere . |
| 22 | The biographer of J. A. Macfadyen recalled that ‘ whenever he preached he seemed overcharged with the sense of the reality and supreme importance of the Gospel ’ . |
| 23 | His parents had no piano , but his grandmother had a baby grand and he taught himself to play that whenever he visited her . |
| 24 | ‘ But he did n't say whereabouts he hid it ? ’ |
| 25 | If KC repeated ‘ girl ’ as ‘ curn ’ because that is how he heard it , he would not know his response was wrong . |
| 26 | Mr Georgiadis said much of Mr Makallah 's evidence to the inquest had been lies — particularly details on three important issues : Mr Makallah claimed he could not drive , yet other witnesses claimed to have been driven by him ; he denied telling a camp site proprietor that Miss Ward was definitely not killed by wild animals ; and he covered up how he knew her jeep did not have four-wheel drive . |
| 27 | As one student patiently explained to me when I asked him how he knew what results he was looking for : |
| 28 | How he knew what had happened . |
| 29 | Asked how he knew which bills to approve , he replied , ‘ I smell them . ’ |
| 30 | Ace moved after him , ready to demand an explanation of where he was going and how he knew there was a cemetery , but before she reached the doors , they closed of their own accord , and the time rotor began its stately rise and fall . |