Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [vb past] her the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Miss Blagden , whom I met by chance yesterday , is going to Rome and when I told her the absurdity of your request she volunteered to carry your ridiculous weapon saying she had always had a fancy to be a gun-runner and that it would be a tale to tell her friends and astonish them . |
| 2 | That 's life , on Vadinamia , as I said to Mala when I told her the news . |
| 3 | Yeah , but when I took her the toilet she wanted to go toilet |
| 4 | If my deception worked , she 'd still think she was attached to the creance and fly straight to me as usual when I showed her the chick . |
| 5 | She had obviously forgiven him now for all those cruel but necessary things he had said when he dropped her the year before . |
| 6 | When he told her the truth it sounded like cruelty . |
| 7 | Blanche plugged in the electric kettle and spooned coffee into the percolator while she listened to the sergeant 's account of his afternoon , swearing softly when he told her the news from the forensic labs . |
| 8 | Shae leaned against him , dizzied by the mental pictures he was creating , and when he kissed her the touch of his lips sent a scorching heat right through her . |
| 9 | Now , they smiled , standing with fingers entwined , bodies touching , and even when he left her the smile would remain and she would save her tears until his train was out of sight , trying not to think of the brave goodbye that might be their last . |
| 10 | When he handed her the cocoa she looked up at him and said , ‘ Only three weeks to Christmas . |
| 11 | The advice sounded incomprehensible to her but when he handed her the phone receiver back , the car man said , ‘ OK , I 've got that . |
| 12 | She went to see Mr Bailey , the manager of the factory , and she was surprised and happy when he gave her the job immediately . |