Example sentences of "[pron] when he have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sorry , ’ she apologised , her action in not leaving a note seeming poor thanks now that she knew he had only been trying to protect her from himself when he 'd called her clinging . |
| 2 | He blushed to think of how shamelessly he 'd paraded himself when he 'd had Judith on his arm ; how he 'd joked that she loved him for his cleanliness , and for his taste in bidets . |
| 3 | He asked the old man if he 'd ever worked in the sandpaper factory and added that he 'd probably be going to work there himself when he 'd finished at the Comprehensive . |
| 4 | She had always resented Luke , and feared the way he made her feel — because she must have sensed from the beginning the power he could and did have over her ; because he had deprived her of himself when he had had her dismissed from that very first job back in South Africa ; because something had led him to misjudge and despise her , and he was unable to see the truth ; because she had always known that he could break her heart … |
| 5 | ‘ Jorge will come back for you when he has settled Señor Mitchell . ’ |
| 6 | She had witnessed the on-off charm for herself when he had thought himself alone in the Feathers ' coffee-room . |
| 7 | It was probably the only way he could get one , she thought waspishly ; the law of averages no doubt decreed that one at least would believe him , and how on earth could he want her when he 'd said all those terrible things to her ? |
| 8 | ‘ That 's where the mangle is and that 's where it stays , ’ he told her when he 'd done . |
| 9 | Her father would joke about him to her when he 'd had a drink over much : ‘ Ready-made son you 've got now then , daughter , is it ? ’ he 'd say . |
| 10 | If you 'd heard him talk about her when he 'd had a few you 'd think different . |
| 11 | She was wise enough to understand , now that her fear was leaving her , that it was Dr Neil 's very real concern which had made him so sharp with her when he had found out who it was he had rescued . |
| 12 | She had n't taken his horse and left him when he 'd fallen into a stupor last night . |
| 13 | He asked the question just as Karen had asked it of him when he 'd opened the door . |
| 14 | She owed it to the town , and she owed it to the memory of Frank Williams , her father , who 'd had no one to fight for him when he 'd needed it most . |
| 15 | Occasionally , Mr Landor would accuse her of stealing from him when he had mislaid a silver spoon or could not find a precious paperknife , but she had always treated these accusations with the contempt they deserved . |
| 16 | He had not anticipated that she would still retain sufficient will-power to deny him when he had asked his empty , ritual question . |
| 17 | Alex and Chris were playing poker as I walked in , and after explaining my predicament one of the Frenchmen handed over an old copy of the local paper which he had brought with him when he had joined . |
| 18 | ‘ How did you know about that ? ’ she asked him when he had reached her side . |
| 19 | The flare of hatred vanished , to be replaced by the now familiar wave of misery that had descended on him when he had broken up with Suzi . |
| 20 | She closed her book ; her papa had given it to her before she left for England and she blushed a little on remembering how short she had been with him when he had handed it over to her . |
| 21 | On the question of religion , the Buddhist tends to think of it as a raft with which to cross the tempestuous seas of existence , and the Buddha once asked , " What would you say to someone who carried his raft around with him when he had arrived ? " |
| 22 | Or so John-William Dallam 's lawyers had made clear to him when he had signed the marriage-contract a week ago , telling him what his allowance was to be , what it was meant to cover , by how much he could overdraw , to whom he would be answerable if his affairs fell into disarray , making it all sound more like an application for employment than a romance . |
| 23 | I had n't known him when he had left for Britain , but when I saw him I somehow knew that he was my father . |
| 24 | It was what should have happened to him when he had come in from Athens , and had n't . |
| 25 | Since then , since the whole-hearted and selfless manner in which she had helped him , and had comforted him after Effie 's death — he remembered her saying gently to him when he had railed against Fate and his own incompetence , ‘ Do n't , Dr Neil , do n't . |
| 26 | He seemed to have meant it when he had told her he would leave her on her own until she was in a more reasonable frame of mind . |
| 27 | Was it when he had forbidden her to rehearse aloud while he was writing ? |
| 28 | She had done it when he had failed his eleven-plus , when her sister had become an alcoholic — maybe when his father had died , for all he knew . |
| 29 | Forced to devote his attention to the problem , he found he had succeeded in locking it when he had thought he was unlocking it , the reason being that it had been open all the time . |
| 30 | It had tried to snow over Christmas , but in London on the evening of the 27th , it was raining when Jack Carter turned into a small mews near Portman Square not far from SOE Headquarters ; which was why he had chosen it when he 'd received a phone call from Vargas . |