The phrase "ahead when he was" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be used in a context where someone is discussing a situation or event that occurred in the past, but it requires additional context to be meaningful.
Example: "He was always ahead when he was competing in races."
Alternatives: "in front when he was" or "leading when he was".
Watson, who had floored Khan as an amateur, was well ahead when he was caught flush on the jaw by a right hand.
Hunt almost put Wolves ahead when he was picked out by a Matt Jarvis cross and his shot hit the bar, but United were pouring forward and soon regained the lead.
Could it be that Mr Mishin's team was ahead?When he was a heroVasily Mishin was born in 1917, the year of the revolution that brought the Communists to power.
He threw his curveball with conviction and at any point in the count — to get ahead, when he was behind, and to get hitters to chase it in the dirt, as Carl Crawford did to end the third inning.
Moments later, Welbeck should have put England ahead when he was brilliantly found by Sturridge's precise long pass.
Waide Fairhurst had put the Silkmen ahead when he was allowed to turn on the edge of the box and send a skidding low shot into the net.
"Every actor I interview—and I interviewed everybody they were most impressed with how much he understands the process of filmmaking and how he sees ahead when he's shooting," Lacy said during a press event last July.
Just 38 seconds later, Matt Cooke put the Penguins ahead, 2-1, when he was left alone at the left circle and beat Lundqvist cleanly.
Marsilio's was still drawing plenty of business, but Mr. Meinster was less confident when he looked a decade ahead, and when he was offered the chance to be the caterer for the function room at the new Hilton Garden Inn in Hamilton, he took it.
Joe Inglett drove in the go-ahead run when he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, helping Toronto finish a four-game sweep.
"But he was years ahead of me when he was 12.
