Example sentences of "when he [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It broke 'er 'eart when 'e told 'er 'e was orf ter India . ’ |
| 2 | Driven beyond sense , she made no protest when he scooped her easily into his arms and strode deeper into the forest . |
| 3 | When he launched himself to swim , pulling desperately with his arm , he did n't move . |
| 4 | Curzon was wont to complain , and with justice , that Chamberiain ‘ forgot all about India when he launched his scheme ’ , and whimsically mused on ‘ what would have become of him and us if he had ever visited India … |
| 5 | Also the incident when he hacked their left winger in the box , he never touched the ball . |
| 6 | There was a certain speculation in her glance now when she looked at him ; she listened when he advised her on her investment portfolio , and — increasingly — she took his advice . |
| 7 | Cranston , when he gathered his wits , would soon prove the bastards wrong . |
| 8 | And it had been easy to ignore them , not to listen , to walk away , when he believed them to be just dirt . |
| 9 | TSB Direct managing director Philip Haynes said an all-singing all-dancing banking service , like Midland 's First Direct , could follow — but only when he believed there was something ‘ demonstrably better ’ about a direct bank account compared with a traditional branch-based account . |
| 10 | LAST PICTURE : The photo taken by Robin on the ice ledge when he believed he was about to die |
| 11 | And before I even started , he called me over and he was the sort of person who , when he signalled you over , you tended to go over there , and he said here , it says here on this programme that we 're finishing at four thirty . |
| 12 | This the pain of pace bowler David Lawrence first time round when he fractured his knee cap while bowling for England … |
| 13 | This the pain of pace bowler David Lawrence first time round when he fractured his knee cap while bowling for England … |
| 14 | There was no gentleness in the caress this time , no tenderness in the way he raked his lips over hers , no subtlety intended when he thrust his tongue deep into her mouth , ignoring the muted whimpers of protest that died in her throat . |
| 15 | ‘ If you like , ’ she replied , and knew she had infuriated him when he thrust his hands into his pockets as if to prevent himself from taking hold of her and shaking the daylights out of her . |
| 16 | KEVIN Brown left his keys in the ignition when he filled his new Porsche with petrol — and had the £50,000 car nicked while he paid the bill at Washington , Tyne and Wear . |
| 17 | When he woke it was suddenly , and to a sight of beauty he had never dreamed he might see . |
| 18 | When he woke it was to find her sitting beside him on the bed , watching him . |
| 19 | When he woke he gazed up at Dot almost as though he knew her , yet she could n't be sure if he really saw her , for his eyes had a distant faraway look like a sailor in the Navy staring across the Pacific seas . |
| 20 | He dreamt that he was in the coils of a giant worm , and when he woke he found the bedclothes wrapped tightly around him . |
| 21 | When he woke he was lying in Dad 's bed . |
| 22 | A silver fish-hook tangled in his curls , dangled by Izzie , and when he woke she was tugging gently on his hair . |
| 23 | This was a relief as his coughing at night had irritated us , and it meant that Alex could stop hitting him with a broom handle when he woke us up . |
| 24 | When he was reviled , he did not revile in return ; When he suffered he did not threaten But trusted to him who judges justly . |
| 25 | He found nothing on Josie but a couple of folded Kleenex and a Tube ticket , but then when he rolled her over he heard a faint clink of metal on stone . |
| 26 | As Jim Smith 's side recovered from their epic tie with Liverpool , Beresford said he was misunderstood when he revealed he wanted to play Premier League football next season . |
| 27 | He signalled the first clear signs of disillusionment with Taylor when he revealed he was canvassing his fellow Council members about the events of the past six weeks . |
| 28 | As he explained when I met him , he became so angry when he read what they had to say about the Princess that he wanted to ring the editors and complain , but realized that , rather than spending every day on the telephone , a simpler solution was to stop reading them . |
| 29 | I wrote a final letter hoping that when he read my book he would see that I was serious . |
| 30 | He was aghast when he read it , for the problem was one that he had already solved 15 years before . |