Example sentences of "[noun sg] when he [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A disabled man who is unable to speak typed out a message on his computer to call the fire brigade when he woke to find a candle had caused a small fire in his bedroom . |
| 2 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to make a decision relating to West Yorkshire police authority 's application for a £3.6 million grant from the urban crime fund . |
| 3 | Helmeted riot police fired tear gas and chased students across the campus of the University of Zimbabwe after they boycotted classes and wrecked Mr Kamba 's car when he refused to meet them . |
| 4 | The patient is lifted if he has not recovered his ability to balance , that is , if he tends to topple and fall backwards and towards his hemiplegic side when he tries to sit or stand up without any support . |
| 5 | An objector , who had not given the notice required by the rule , was not allowed to oppose confirmation when he sought to appear before the confirming authority , and the licence was confirmed . |
| 6 | The 45-year-old , who worked at Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council from 1977 to 1985 and at Durham County Council from 1985 to 1988 , sparked a nationwide search when he failed to return to his High Farm home on August 24 . |
| 7 | Jimmy Richards , 31 , suffocated after the weights landed on his face and neck when he tried to lift them at a Bradford health club . |
| 8 | James realised he was going to have to live with a monster when he began to immerse himself in the part of Sir Clifford . |
| 9 | One Saturday night he 'd been drinking in front of the telly when he decided to phone Sheila 's place . |
| 10 | BAD : The only serious wobble of the campaign followed the appearance of Simon Hughes , the party 's environment spokesman , on BBC television 's Election Call programme when he appeared to contradict or amend party policy no fewer than four times in less than an hour . |
| 11 | Initially Dr. D. was in favour of leaving W. where she was , but he changed his mind when he came to give evidence . |
| 12 | Eddy Shah , the former national newspaper owner , has submitted a sworn affidavit that Knighton showed him confidential financial details of the club when he offered to sell the Edwards 's shares on for a £6m profit . |
| 13 | Fred will feel the benefit when he comes to take over the business . ’ |
| 14 | My husband has plenty of influence when he cares to use it , ’ she concluded with naive pride . |
| 15 | Mr Kinnock ran into a wall of derision when he declined to say whether or not he favoured proportional representation . |
| 16 | The game was being played at furious pace and it was Richardson who was put to the test when he dived to turn round a long drive from Darlington in the thirty eighth minute . |
| 17 | Newcomen came up against Savery 's work when he tried to exploit his steam engines . |
| 18 | They more or less called him a fool when he tried to change back into whatever it was our current whatever it was and if that 's the case erm Hungar Hungarians are holding on to this two thousand pound , it 's surety is n't it ? |
| 19 | He was usually in a good mood when he started to make something , though he did n't often finish it . |
| 20 | ‘ I ca n't wait to see shear waters again , ’ I said brightly to the Warden when he came to check that we understood about Calor gas , to remind us to boil the drinking water and to tell us the exact procedure of what to do if we fell down a cliff . |
| 21 | Just as speeches by ministers made in association with the passage of an Act of Parliament are of little or no interest to a judge when he comes to interpret the law , so it is highly unlikely , though the matter has yet fully to be put to the test , that the Court of Justice will take much notice of intergovernmental pronouncements or agreements . |
| 22 | He had been made to work ridiculously hard , and had suffered a constant stream of abuse when he failed to come up to scratch . |
| 23 | Then Mr Sayers died prematurely when John was only about fifteen , so he was still just a boy when he had to become a man overnight , so to speak , and try and take on the running of this large and rather complicated farm . |
| 24 | But as far as the church was concerned it was no joke when he refused to take excommunication seriously . |
| 25 | His first record was released in June 1964 when he was managed by Les Conn , who remembers how David and Marc Bohan would redecorate his office between gigs , and David 's first television appearance when he refused to cut his hair . |
| 26 | Lessons should be easy to follow ; that is , the teacher should find it easy to keep his place when he has to look frequently from coursebook to students . |
| 27 | Victor Frankenstein , Shelley 's future wife , Mary Godwin , will publish a novel about you , using you as a dire example of the way man becomes isolated from nature when he seeks to control nature . |
| 28 | As a child he had done the same thing , as a game ; something to make life more interesting , give It some purpose , then he had begun to have dreams about it , to come to realise that it was real , that he had had an insight when he started to play the game , He had to do it now ; it felt horrible and uncomfortable when he tried to stop , even just to see what it was like walking down a street breathing " normally " . |
| 29 | At the point when he began to enjoy himself , he was sent off to go through it all again in Australia , in order that the Commonwealth could be seen to have played some part in his education . |
| 30 | David Hunt , the Minister for Local Government , will be vulnerable to an angry reaction when he tries to answer the expected protest from the Tory grass-roots — and Tory councillors in particular . |