Example sentences of "when [pron] [verb] he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I confront him with his omissions and lies he just looks sheepish . |
| 2 | When I ask him for telephone numbers of the people who know him best , he gives me the numbers of Deneuve , Shrimpton and Helvin before Jack Nicholson , Brian Clarke and Julian Schnabel . |
| 3 | When I whipped him , when I whipped him into the side just down there . |
| 4 | It was strange , the conversation Dad and I had , because when I saw him at home later and over the next few days he behaved as if it had never happened , as if he had n't told me he 'd fallen in love with someone else . |
| 5 | The question in Hunt 's mind , when I saw him at the beginning of the 1976 season , was whether changing teams and style was going to make a substantial difference in his way of life : in his informality , his private life , his sense of his own personal liberty . |
| 6 | When I saw him for the first time , I fell in love with him at once . |
| 7 | ‘ I promised myself I 'd smash his handsome face when I saw him on the prison-ship . |
| 8 | Yet , when I saw him on this occasion , he seemed more than usually calm and quiet , which , given that the most painful of interrupters might arrive at any hour , showed that when , in the very essay I was delivering to him , he had talked about the necessity for the ‘ discipline and training of the emotions ’ , he meant what he said and practised it . |
| 9 | When I saw him in the doorway I thought he 'd come to settle that score . |
| 10 | When I met him at Wentworth earlier this week he called for a peaceful Ryder Cup match against the Americans at The Belfry in September . |
| 11 | ‘ My name is Lockwood , ’ I said , when I met him at the gate to his house . |
| 12 | But it explained the 100-franc note I 'd seen at Ma Scamp 's and , come to think of it , the wad of francs I 'd spotted in Bill Stubbly 's wallet when I met him in the bank . |
| 13 | He had time to have a word with everyone and on the occasions when I met him in England he was more than helpful — unlike some of his colleagues in the Press room who pestered you for information when at Leopardstown , then pretended you were from another planet when you went to a big meeting in England . |
| 14 | I had been horrified at his scarecrow appearance when I first saw him at the clinic , and when I met him by chance in Tala-Tala I felt so sorry for him that I asked him if he would like to come for dinner . |
| 15 | He gave me a hint when I interviewed him in Helsinki not long before he also was murdered . ’ |
| 16 | Then , when I see there is the doubt , that when I tell him about the baby . |
| 17 | ‘ Proctor played well when I brought him into the team . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm very shocked and disappointed for Ricky , ’ said Stewart when I told him of the retirement news . |
| 19 | I had an abortion , without telling anyone ; the father left me when I told him of the pregnancy . |
| 20 | Goldberg delighted when I told him about the gauze and the draught , he wrote . |
| 21 | ‘ You did n't seem very surprised , ’ he said , ‘ when I told him about the note . ’ |
| 22 | When I told him about the Whitehorse Cinema manager offering him $500. to fly up to open the new building , he laughed loud and long . |
| 23 | Then when I told him about the baby he was more definite . |
| 24 | Like poor Lanyon when I told him about my new ideas . |
| 25 | " I gave him the idea , " Timothy said , " when I told him about my dad . |
| 26 | That was why when I told him about my LCC-subsidized visit to Paris , he insisted that I should pay calls on friends of his like Paul Valéry , Jacques Maritain and Charles du Bos ; and he set about providing me with letters of introduction . |
| 27 | When I told him about Marlborough , he cheered up a little . |
| 28 | He did n't believe me when I told him about you , which just goes to show how much people judge by outward appearances . |
| 29 | And then the solicitor asked us to advised us to have certain things amended and Mr had no problem when I told him over the telephone , he just said send it back and we 'll just amend it . |
| 30 | When I questioned him about this , he replied enigmatically that certain rock formations which had existed when they had arrived , had since disappeared and that he could swear that the rocks in some places had moved closer together . |