Example sentences of "when she [vb past] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was about to close her eyes again when she heard a far-off roaring . |
| 2 | She was nodding politely on the fringes of a group listening to their host talking about himself when she heard a familiar voice behind her . |
| 3 | She was about to turn around , when she heard a low moan . |
| 4 | She withdrew-to the secretary 's room and was about to close MacQuillan 's door when she heard a scraping sound from the adjoining typists ' room . |
| 5 | During the Exodus it was left behind , and became an equally revered treasure of the Pharaohs , one of whom gave it as part of his daughter 's dowry when she married a Celtic prince . |
| 6 | Eva recollects making a commitment to Christ when she became a junior soldier . |
| 7 | When they rebel it causes trouble , as Natalya , 40 , found out when she became a successful property dealer in St Petersburg . |
| 8 | She was still there some time later , gazing sightlessly through the glass over the snow-covered fields beyond , when she felt a strange tingle in the back of her neck , and knew he was standing behind her . |
| 9 | He always liked it when she wore a certain shade of lipstick , coral , not cherry . |
| 10 | I liked her better when she wore a thick coating of machine oil . |
| 11 | We never wanted to be the first one when she had a new stick of make-up as she did n't take the cellophane wrapper off . |
| 12 | Mrs Hamlet , who now lives in Aldford Way , Winsford , began to rebuild her life and was delighted when she had a new baby daughter , Carina , from her second marriage to Robert . |
| 13 | But the old wife always put he egg spoon through the bottom of the eggshell when she had a boiled egg after that . |
| 14 | She was about to move off when she had a sudden thought . |
| 15 | Three loose hounds were in there ; one , she was sure when she got a good look , was a bitch , Wrathful , who had impressed her that memorable day last February . |
| 16 | The dog stopped and he was just about to congratulate himself on his authoritative and successful method of summoning her , when she made a plunging dart forward and seized the mass of cloth in her mouth . |
| 17 | But when she made a last appeal , and told him , though feeling it was not quite true , that Martha had asked him to bring her father back , and then , very unwisely , referred again to Mrs Hodge , and the house , and the single bed , and even the temple bells , and asked him why he did n't come to his senses and whether he did n't think he 'd be happier living with a woman , whether she was on a boat or not , he turned on her , upsetting the bowl of water in front of the gas fire , and shouted : |
| 18 | Nicola Jones , 15 , was riding nine-year-old Ballyveamore along a country road at Bryniau , Dyserth , when she saw a blue Ford Transit approaching at high speed . |
| 19 | The reason became apparent when she saw a young female come into breeding condition . |
| 20 | His mother died , then his wife , out with the local hunt , when she took a bad fall . |
| 21 | She picked two young designers , David and Elizabeth Emanuel to make the wedding-dress because she was impressed by their work when she attended a photographic shoot at Lord Snowdon 's Kensington studio . |
| 22 | When she reached a certain point it bent sharply and excitingly down , and she was soon enjoying the sensation of going up and down on a galloping pony . |
| 23 | She has gone down in history with this quote when she spotted a likely-looking toy boy at a celebrity bash . |
| 24 | DARLINGTON mum Kate Millar served up success on a plate when she entered a national cookery competition . |
| 25 | ‘ Once , when I was young and stupid , but I 've always been thankful my intended bride broke our engagement when she found a wealthier man than the young fool who was working flat out to save the almost bankrupt business his father had left him . ’ |
| 26 | When she gave a reluctant nod , he continued more briskly , ‘ Now I 'll go and make the tea . ’ |
| 27 | Eastenders actress Nicola Stapleton helped with plans to cement a more secure future for London 's homeless when she visited a special housing scheme being built by Wimpey in Southwark . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The warning came after a woman in Yorkshire suffered skin burns when she used a bogus packet of Blue Horizon washing powder , which contained a caustic chemical . |
| 30 | She just waited until the storm was over , when she pulled a clean handkerchief from her sleeve and handed it to Annunziata , remembering with a tiny moment of irrepressible pleasure the time when David had done the same for her . |