Example sentences of "[coord] when she [vb past] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Helen Sandberg heard the bangs too , and when she saw the white light , she thought the plane was burning . |
| 2 | She could n't really afford it and when she needed a new cylinder it had to be humped up three flights of stairs , always a nuisance for which she had to enlist the help of one of her boyfriends , but when she got cold Theresa 's fingers turned numb , white , bloodless lumps that no longer seemed to belong to her hands . |
| 3 | Even as she turned towards the staircase she was still trying to come up with a good reason for not sleeping in his bed , but when she reached the top step she turned with a resigned sigh towards his room , too bone weary to argue any more . |
| 4 | But when she took a necessary short cut through the kitchen , she was n't at all surprised to find that the figure filling the doorway with a tray of drinks balanced in his hands was Tom . |
| 5 | Her hand trembled slightly as she place it on her father 's arm , but when she heard the traditional strains of music announcing her arrival , and saw Silas looking extremely handsome as he waited at the end of the aisle , her nervousness fled . |
| 6 | But when she saw the little girl , she cried in surprise , ‘ Matthew , who 's that ? |
| 7 | The big downstairs room might have been a converted cowshed , but when she opened the tall shutters and the sunlight poured in , it looked more like a state apartment . |
| 8 | But when she entered the little kitchen the first thing she saw was the flowers . |