Example sentences of "when [pron] [vb past] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't see any sign of him when I passed his house , ’ said Ianthe . |
| 2 | The principal complaint about me was that I was politically naive — a complaint again made by Michael Foot when I opposed his Bill to introduce a closed shop into journalism , which I describe later . |
| 3 | College was dull , we covered the basics and then did a bit of everything — I hated portraiture , architectural and food shots — all the commercially viable stuff — but when I saw his work it struck a chord . |
| 4 | When I saw his blue eyes open wide in surprise , I felt very sorry I had lied , and that evening , as soon as I found Joe alone for a moment , I confessed to him that I had lied about my visit to Miss Havisham . |
| 5 | College was dull , we covered the basics and then did a bit of everything — I hated portraiture , architectural and food shots — all the commercially viable stuff — but when I saw his work it struck a chord . |
| 6 | But I have to say , when I saw his eyes start to dart round the room looking for Nicola , I felt better for it . |
| 7 | I only found out about you when I saw his car parked outside that night . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ My heart misgave me when I saw his livery at Parfois , for Isambard is close and confidential with him , and sure they had some business between them that bodes us no good here in Wales . ’ |
| 9 | Then when we went on the train to Italy and all the way through France and Switzerland he chatted up one of the Marias , and when I tipped his minestrone soup over his head on Milan station he said : ‘ You 'll have to excuse my wife , she 's just an ignorant peasant . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Lou , ’ I said , when I heard his quiet , familiar voice on the phone . |
| 11 | However , when I heard his speech , I was very grateful to him for having raised the issue in such a way . |
| 12 | I thought the doctor had forgotten to draw back the curtain , and I was just about to do it when I heard his voice . |
| 13 | She did n't know whether or not he was sniffing but when I searched his room I found empty aerosols . |
| 14 | And when I asked his orchestra 's publicist if Daniel Barenboim would really want to be interviewed immediately after such a lengthy spell of high-altitude incarceration , she said : ‘ He came in by Concorde , he 's just been on a two-week skiing trip with his family in Switzerland — believe me , he 'll be just fine . ’ |
| 15 | That hurt him almost as much as when I slapped his face for not letting me escape . |
| 16 | My particular dodger , who claimed to be selling household items , became very frightened when I took his photograph through the leaded front door window . |
| 17 | He came reluctantly , hanging back when I took his hand . |
| 18 | He moved faster than I would have thought anyone could on a train and was already talking into a radio headset when I reached his office . |
| 19 | I nearly passed out when I shook his hand . |
| 20 | Somebody 'd poked him along here with a punt-pole ; and when I arrived his body — his naked , semi-waterlogged body — was nudging against the side of the bank — just here — just in front of the changing cubicles , face down , his head washed clean of blood — much blood , methinks , Morse ! — his hair rising and falling — ’ |
| 21 | He kept twisting himself on to the side of his affected lung , but did not wake when I altered his position . |
| 22 | It 's not her fault Petya wo n't speak to me ; it 's just that he turned against me when I divorced his mother . |
| 23 | When I mentioned his name in Hawaii an informant who asked to remain anonymous said : ‘ Johnny Boy Gomes is the meanest , heaviest dude on the whole of the North Shore . ’ |
| 24 | He looked as if he was about to say more when someone shouted his name . |
| 25 | Alexei was moving to help when someone gripped his arm , and people closed in around him . |
| 26 | When somebody pressed his PLAY button , I said , ‘ People think I 'm stupid because I think there 's something in this alien business . |
| 27 | He really appreciated it when you got his shopping for him last week . " |
| 28 | He had such pleasure reading them and was delighted when you mentioned his love of Quoits ( LINK September ‘ 90 Issue ) . |
| 29 | You told me when you called his bluff 'bout blowin' the place to hell , on the grounds he an ’ his goons 'd burn with it , he said that they would n't be there by then . |
| 30 | She had finished when she heard his signal , a yell he had perfected to sound like a car hooting . |