Example sentences of "his [noun] when [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to know what made her stay in the face of my behaviour , what made her help his sister when anyone else would have left her to look a fright on her wedding day … ’ |
| 2 | The material was deemed faulty and Mr Martinson was emptying it from his truck when it splashed over him , causing severe burns . |
| 3 | ‘ He broke his heart when his village got connected to the mains . ’ |
| 4 | Suddenly I realised what Tennyson had in his heart when he said : |
| 5 | ( But there was always the sudden stab at his heart when he reasoned thus , because he had not been born to it ! ) |
| 6 | Owen could believe that he had poured out all the wound and hurt that was in his heart when he spoke to Zoser . |
| 7 | He was all ready to be wheeled into theatre at Oxford 's John Radcliffe Hospital for an artery replacement in his heart when he was told this afternoon that the operation was off.The intensive care unit bed he would use to recover from after surgery had been taken by another , more urgent case . |
| 8 | He used to wear a Halloween mask to hide his birthmark when he played with his wee friends . |
| 9 | ‘ That man will never win another downhill , ’ vowed the Crazy Canuck , Ken Read , who lost his opportunity when his binding released prematurely . |
| 10 | His trouser was torn , and there was blood on his fingers when he rubbed the wound , and he wiped it away on his handkerchief . |
| 11 | AROUND GOLF by Trevor Peake HESWALL 'S Dave Cottrell let the prestigious Tillman Trophy slip through his fingers when he shot an 82 in the final round of the 72 hole open scratch event at Royal Liverpool last weekend . |
| 12 | Was it simply incoherence on his part when he suggested that his ‘ science of history ’ , even though it allows for differentiated histories , still demands to be considered within a general concept of history ? |
| 13 | He 'd discarded his trousers and was unfastening his shirt when she realised she was staring . |
| 14 | I was sitting talking to the skipper in his cabin when we heard the wheel go hard over . |
| 15 | Travkin had been involved in the talks on founding the DRM , but had withdrawn his support when it was decided not to form a separate party , thus allowing DRM supporters to remain in the CPSU . |
| 16 | The milkman only ever knocks on the door to ask for his money when he 's two hours earlier than usual and he 's in a chirpy , joking and whistling mood — while you 've got an awful hangover and no loose change . |
| 17 | Would it be fair to say that you accepted his decision when you thought it was the right decision , regardless of whether he may have been depressed or he may have been under the influence of drugs or some other pressure ? |
| 18 | The negative claim insists that a judge may not appeal to the law 's warrant for his decision when he can not show that conventions force him to do what he does , because the ideal is corrupted by any suggestion that past political decisions can yield rights and duties other than those dictated by convention . |
| 19 | The cherry and whites have a lot stronger team out this time and the good news is that Marcus Hannaford who fractured his jaw when he was knocked out against the Saracens is back at scrum half . |
| 20 | Baynton v. Morgan shows , amongst other things , that this last contention may not always be relied on by the lessee ; and accordingly the position of the defendant is not put otherwise than favourably to himself if it is said that the measure of his liability here , that of a lessee after an assignment , is the performance or non-performance of the covenants in question by his assignees when he can not and does not aver any performance by himself . |
| 21 | He opened his eyes , rubbing his face with both hands , increasing the speed of the jets so that the water stung his skin when it struck him . |
| 22 | Miss Rocco said Prince Philip was incapable of helping his sons when their marriages broke down because of his own austere upbringing . |
| 23 | Yet there is a deeper , yet more exultant sense of the delights of love , of its mellifluous sensuality , in this second book than in the first ; though Scobie overstates his case when he claims it as ‘ nothing more than a joyous celebration ( of love ) richly seasoned . ’ |
| 24 | Peter Drucker may have overstated his case when he observed that ‘ capital movements rather than trade … have become the driving force of the world economy ’ ( Drucker , 1986 : p. 768 ) , but he has pointed the finger at a central issue in the global environment . |
| 25 | It was almost as if it had been surgically removed along with his appendix when he was a kid . |
| 26 | He could n't remember what he had done with his bike when he got to the Fletchers ' , left it there and collected it next day perhaps , but he could remember most of the rest of it . |
| 27 | The greyly persistent Detective Chief Inspector emerged like a turtle from his shell when he saw us arrive , and he 'd come alone for once : no silent note-taker in his shadow . |
| 28 | I often travelled abroad with him as his driver when he investigated the activities of our revolutionary emigres . |
| 29 | A PEER with a distinguished war record who became a Conservative minister , Warden of Winchester College and businessman , yesterday described to a High Court jury his horror when he realised a pamphlet described him as a war criminal . |
| 30 | Then she remembered his horror when he 'd said , ‘ Do n't tell me you 're a virgin ! ’ and her heart closed in on itself like a wounded animal . |