Example sentences of "when she [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remarkably , when she was given ungrammatical sentences to repeat , she often produced a grammatically correct version : she repeated ‘ She write she mother a letter ’ as ‘ She wrote her mother a letter ’ , and ‘ Do you want to go movies ? ’ as ‘ Do you want to go to the movies ? ’ . |
| 2 | Where shall ye now get as much money as ye owe ? ’ , and when she was given forty pence she bought herself a furred cloak with it rather than paying off any of her debts . |
| 3 | Allison Dutton , 24 , was working late at her office in Cherbourg , France , where she had moved to live with her fiance , when she was stabbed 18 times . |
| 4 | Two-year-old Leannda was sighted when she was born 14 weeks premature . |
| 5 | The hand promptly slapped her on the neck , and she leapt into the air with shock and surprise ; but she was even more surprised when she was offered more feed . |
| 6 | ‘ Except when she was doing grand larceny on someone else 's husband . ’ |
| 7 | Her central happiness irradiated the rest of her life , from important happenings , down to her mood when she was doing trivial things . |
| 8 | One victim was glad of it when she was raped last year . |