Example sentences of "[vb past] when he [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She slithered away on her stomach across the slatted floor , just like her father moved when he played the serpent in the Garden of Eden . |
| 2 | Water , the original substance which God created when he made the world , represents change , and immersing oneself in a natural body of water is the only way of changing one 's spiritual identity . |
| 3 | The use of the contract army , however , placed the king in the position of debtor to the military captains , most of whom were members of the titled nobility , and the sums owed by the crown to individual nobles might often be very substantial : in 1386 , for instance , the Earl of Northumberland reached agreement with the Exchequer whereby in return for £700 he discharged the king of all debts owing to the earl ‘ from any time past until the making of this indenture ’ , and the earl was discharged of the debts he incurred when he held the office of Admiral . |
| 4 | Bryce exclaimed when he found the box of batteries he 'd come in search of . |
| 5 | Roger exclaimed when he opened the door . |
| 6 | He stopped when he saw the twisted grin on Luther 's face , and it made him remember with a falling heart that this man was not his real father . |
| 7 | He stopped when he saw the car and made as if to turn back . |
| 8 | Charlie 's heart sank when he read the orders ; he knew the odds against surviving two attacks were virtually unknown . |
| 9 | She was surprised and offended when he left the room . |
| 10 | This was the same formula that Harmsworth ( Lord Northcliffe ) used when he launched the Daily Mail in 1896 . |
| 11 | Walters ' most memorable moment in a Liverpool shirt came when he scored the winner in the 3-0 UEFA Cup win against Auxerre last season , reversing a similar deficit as they face tonight . |
| 12 | Walters ' most memorable moment in a Liverpool shirt came when he scored the winner in the 3-0 UEFA Cup win against Auxerre last season , reversing a similar deficit as they face tonight . |
| 13 | But the time came when he reached the age when the farmer had to pay sixpence a week for his insurance stamp , and he was sent back home because the man said he could n't afford it . |
| 14 | The breaking point came when he reached the side of the gazebo . |
| 15 | Success came when he defeated the SDP in 1987 by a slim majority to take up the Stockton South seat . |
| 16 | An example of this was the abuse which Harvey received when he demonstrated the system of blood circulation in the body because what he had discovered was not in accordance with what Galen had said . |
| 17 | Lieutenant Simon Doggett waited at the crossroads and frowned when he saw the blood on Sharpe 's arm . |
| 18 | He found a ‘ poor fishing town ’ which had retreated on to the cliffs to avoid the winter storms ; but it was far better situated than Daniel Defoe allowed when he visited the coast in the 1720s . |
| 19 | But a lot of the impetus has come from the cash Thorn paid when he sold the record company . |
| 20 | Simultaneously he increasingly involved himself in the literary life of London , a change in the balance of his career which began when he made the acquaintance of the poet , Alfred ( later first Baron ) Tennyson [ q.v. ] , who in 1867 commissioned Knowles to design his house in Aldworth , Sussex . |
| 21 | His battle with litter louts began when he joined the village car committee , and he regularly zooms around on his bicycle , stopping to pick up refuse with his hand-operated stick . |
| 22 | Martin 's route to the top began when he joined the Bradford Duke of Edinburgh 's Award Centre — the only centre of its kind in the country — and gained his bronze and silver awards . |
| 23 | Walking with deliberate provocation across to the door , she struck a pose , then giggled when he threw the pillow at her . |
| 24 | His heart felt heavy and his legs wobbled when he saw the Bookman still sitting inside , looking very depressed . |
| 25 | Oliver bounded upstairs , and slowed when he saw the figures on the landing . |
| 26 | He clattered down the stairs two , three at a time , and almost fell when he reached the bottom . |
| 27 | He tried to disguise the anxiety he felt when he found the comms system down , but Tammuz was nearly hysterical by this stage . |
| 28 | She had almost successfully deterred André from his plans to paint the town red with her , had vaguely told him that she would see how she felt when he issued the invitation , only to pour all her good intentions down the drain when this morning Piers had received a call from Nicole , and informed Alyssia offhandedly that he would be out for the balance of the day . |
| 29 | He took a running dive off the trolley , rolled when he hit the carpet , and scurried under the nearest seat . |
| 30 | And that 's not what Paul meant when he said the body of a what ! |