Example sentences of "[pers pn] when he have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Jorge will come back for you when he has settled Señor Mitchell . ’ |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | ‘ That 's where the mangle is and that 's where it stays , ’ he told her when he 'd done . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | If you 'd heard him talk about her when he 'd had a few you 'd think different . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She had n't taken his horse and left him when he 'd fallen into a stupor last night . |
| 8 | He asked the question just as Karen had asked it of him when he 'd opened the door . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He had not anticipated that she would still retain sufficient will-power to deny him when he had asked his empty , ritual question . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ How did you know about that ? ’ she asked him when he had reached her side . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 ? " |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It was what should have happened to him when he had come in from Athens , and had n't . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Was it when he had forbidden her to rehearse aloud while he was writing ? |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | He had known where to look for it when he 'd left the bell tower after finding her corpse . |
| 27 | To a roomful of shoulders raised in perplexity , he warms to his theme : ‘ Is it when he has done something once ? |
| 28 | he he 's he , he 's a he 's a user and he ca n't take it when he 's dumped and he ca n't take being told the truth , like he 's an idiot . |
| 29 | I wish he had n't of got it cos Sue wants it when he 's finished with it . |
| 30 | Hoomey thought back , and could not remember having them when he had run home through the rain . |