Example sentences of "when he is not [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Potential meaning is meaning as it resides in the speaker 's unconscious even when he is not speaking .
2 When he is not looking over a sea of grain , is overlooking the sea !
3 Peter Scudamore still has first call on Twiston-Davies ' string when he is not riding for Martin Pipe .
4 Together they have created a warm and welcoming atmosphere , with Tony ( when he is not trying to improve his golf handicap ) working front of house , and Mary preparing the meals .
5 They live in perpetual hope of persuading some head of chambers to take them in when a vacancy occurs ; meanwhile , to confer with a client they can only occupy someone else 's desk , by his good grace , when he is not using it .
6 But when he is not playing , Henry spends his time coaching in the coloured township of Rocklands and spreading the gospel of multi-racial sport .
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