Example sentences of "when she had [vb pp] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the door she suddenly grinned at him , and when she had gone the grin seemed to him still to be hanging in the air , like the Cheshire cat 's . |
| 2 | Normally , when she had visited the south of France with Jonathan , or with her friends , they had headed straight for the action . |
| 3 | When she had made the rounds of the many churches in Lynne , she was ‘ urged in her soul to go and visit certain places for ghostly health ’ , and her husband , either from kindness , or afraid that she would get into trouble , accompanied her . |
| 4 | She had not felt it since her days of poverty , when she had faced the world alone ; it was something different from the polished ruthlessness that money had brought ; it was brighter-eyed , more truculent . |
| 5 | It had fallen down when she had pushed the door open . |
| 6 | When she had stopped the car and climbed out , she wondered for a moment whether she had come on the wrong day or at the wrong time , though she was sure she had not . |
| 7 | Blanche expected him to mutter with disbelief as she had when she had digested the story . |
| 8 | That and the intriguing touch of intimacy when she had stroked the back of his neck . |
| 9 | ‘ So I 'm expected to act as though I 'm in love with you ? ’ she enquired , when she had swallowed the chocolate down . |
| 10 | Her agent had all but ordered her in front of a firing squad when she had broken the news to him — it was fortunate that she had already pencilled a six-month-long break into her diary , intending to spend the time writing new material . |
| 11 | When she had thrown the gravel , there had been someone in the pill-box directly ahead of her . |
| 12 | When she had located the headmaster she moved towards him . |
| 13 | She had seen the letters with the familiar handwriting and the Rome postmarks when she had sorted the post on one or two mornings before Mrs. Mott 's arrival . |
| 14 | When she had won the Coronation Cup a wart was beginning to grow on her belly , and this had been lanced not long before the Gold Cup . |
| 15 | But Edward had lost interest in easy conquests for the present , and Erica hinted at the ending of an affair when she had left the States . |
| 16 | When she had left the room , the old lady said , ‘ Oh , Shelley , that was a naughty trick to play on me . |
| 17 | When she had left the bedroom he heard her feet scurrying for a few minutes , then the door slammed . |
| 18 | There , she had been happy in Pakistan ; she had been happy in the Peckham house at least for the first year ; she had been happy working for Graham ; she 'd been enthusiastically interested at college and during the first two years after she had qualified ; she had been completely delighted when she had got the job she now had : a tenants ' association garden in a dreadful estate in Hackney , but where she , with a community group , had planned the garden from scratch and had made a small desert blossom like a rose . |
| 19 | When she had aimed the bottle at Gazzer 's head , years of pent-up hurt and frustration had spilled over into violence : violence which she had previously directed against herself or had lived through only in her mind . |
| 20 | When she had found the tokens she shovelled back the mingled wheat and rye , regardless , into the containers . |
| 21 | ‘ No ! ’ the Doctor said , and at the same time Bernice was trying to remember exactly when she had had the conversation that she had just remembered so clearly . |
| 22 | However , Prunskiene returned empty-handed from a tour of Scandinavia on April 18-23 , when she had discussed the possibility of buying Norwegian oil and other raw materials from private companies . |
| 23 | When she had taken the trouble to go to school , lessons had often been called off because someone had vandalized some necessary piece of equipment . |
| 24 | Perversely , she was cross with him for having survived when she had spent the weekend fretting . |
| 25 | When she had opened The Bar , Madame had kept up the costume in which she 'd worked when she was just an entertainer in other people 's places — she 'd worked in them all . |
| 26 | When she had opened the car door and quieted the protests of the dogs , he put her parcels in , packing them together as neatly as any shop assistant . |
| 27 | She found herself pouring out her unhappiness to that odd but kind lady and when she had finished the headmistress sat back and looked at her sympathetically . |
| 28 | For the closing phrases , by which time she 'd completely lost it and was just plain screaming , we all fell silent , because it was awesome ; and then when she had finished the victim of her fury slowly exited right on cue in complete silence , complete silence except for Madame 's heavy breathing and the sound of Gary playing recitative on the piano , for he had been playing along under her rage all the time , as if to support it , as if this really was music to our ears . |
| 29 | As always when she sang this song her eyes were moist , and when she had finished the applause did not come immediately , but there was that magic moment of silence that sometimes links a performer and an audience . |
| 30 | When she had sealed the envelope , Bathsheba looked closely at the words left by the seal : |