Example sentences of "when he [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When er , when he goes to live afterwards . |
| 2 | Liberal Democrat MP Simon Hughes on the Lamont affair WHEN he goes to see a Shakespeare play he wants to know what happens at the end . |
| 3 | Mr Kinnock ran into a wall of derision when he declined to say whether or not he favoured proportional representation . |
| 4 | Secretary of Transportation Samuel Skinner refused to declare an emergency , under which a 60-day cooling-off period , would have been imposed and Bush became the first President to reject the advice of the National Mediation Board when he declined to intervene . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The man had fallen asleep in the lounge when he woke to find a fire at the front door of his terraced home . |
| 7 | So he had probably left exactly when he meant to leave , intending to attack Terry Place but being killed himself . |
| 8 | Even when he meant to go swimming , he was like keeping up his in the lane . |
| 9 | The Spirit marks out Stephen as a special vehicle of God when he refuses to remain restricted to the static categories of the temple and moves into broader pastures ( 6:3,5,10 , 7:55 ) . |
| 10 | To ask the Prime Minister when he plans to make his first visit to Liverpool . |
| 11 | The time must come when he decides to retire , and it 's only right that he should come to Thrush Green to enjoy his heritage . |
| 12 | It becomes evident that Julian is a representative figure of the writer when he decides to write a novel ( 82 ) , and Decibel that of the oral media when she declares writing to be her natural enemy ( 186 ) . |
| 13 | When he failed to muster enough backing for a secret ballot Pawar announced his support for Rao who was then unanimously elected as leader on June 20. nation |
| 14 | So he did , and sick indeed he was , for Brother Richard found him grey and shaking on his bed , when he failed to attend at Compline . |
| 15 | It no longer aroused feelings of exasperation , as it had done when he failed to link what had amounted to a form of work paralysis with the hopelessness which Dave must have felt about himself both at home and at school . |
| 16 | Seawright was first suspended and , when he failed to withdraw his remarks and apologize , was expelled from the Party . |
| 17 | In a stunning leap of logic Torino fined him a further £200 when he failed to take the field the following week against Inter-Milan . |
| 18 | The British driver , whose Formula One career ended in acrimony when he failed to agree new financial terms with Williams , could not resist a jibe at old rivals Senna and Frenchman Alain Prost , who has taken his place at Williams . |
| 19 | James was in action again when he failed to hold a Hodgson hook at 67 and at 98 the batsmen also offered a chance to Matthew Maynard at slip that was not accepted . |
| 20 | When he failed to persuade her to cancel it , he asked her for a date — and romance blossomed . |
| 21 | With backing from Citrine and Self , Smith tried to exercise such leverage , and ( when he failed to persuade the existing boiler manufacturers to respond ) proposed to attract new firms to the industry by the promise of orders to keep them in business . |
| 22 | He faced growing opposition , even among those who had been his closest supporters , particularly when he failed to honour an undertaking made in 1979 to his party supporters that he would relinquish office in 1990 after the first 10 years of independence . |
| 23 | Her glance searched his face for some clue as to what he meant , and when he failed to enlighten her she asked , ‘ This relationship , you mean ? ’ |
| 24 | When he failed to promote any women into his first cabinet he insisted he would only appoint on merit . |
| 25 | In order to prove it was not composed of ‘ patsies ’ , as Reagan put it , the United States insisted that Arafat repeat specifically worded concessions concerning terrorism and recognition of Israel , and when he failed to do so verbatim , it required him to repeat the authorized US version . |
| 26 | Hopefully , she waited for him to return to her side , but when he failed to do so she realised that whatever he had been about to say would be left unsaid . |
| 27 | ‘ I suppose you were puzzled when he failed to arrive ? ’ |
| 28 | She knew her husband was coming that evening but , when he failed to arrive , did not even bother to send out any search-party to look for him . |
| 29 | ‘ I have attempted to see Queen Yolande to ask her why she did not send out a search-party for the King when he failed to arrive at Kinghorn Manor . |
| 30 | When he failed to return , NID made a search of the dockyard area in case he had been forced to come ashore else-where . |