Example sentences of "when she [vb past] [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would he listen to her when she told him the truth about Janice ? |
| 2 | When she passed him the number of her room ( thinking no one else knew she had ) and left to await him , he remained in the ballroom drinking , and when I left at midnight he was still there looking bored and lonely , missing his live-in girlfriend Marie Lisa Volpelierre ( who not long after died so tragically in a riding accident ) . |
| 3 | She reached for her pen and dipped it into the well so fiercely that when she lifted it a blot fell across the page . |
| 4 | A SHOPLIFTER gave the two police officers who arrested her a shock when she sent them a Christmas card . |
| 5 | When she raised them the rest of the way she held them not to her streaming eyes , but to her ears , listening intently for the sound of the sea . |
| 6 | She drew both father and child to the top of the sea , and when she saw them a spring of joy burst in her heart and the power of speech returned to her . |
| 7 | She had expected him to leave her but he stayed watching her quietly , picking a biscuit off the plate himself , sharing her milk when she offered him the glass . |
| 8 | When she found it the scene was stark . |
| 9 | She had not long returned to her room however , when her telephone rang , and when she answered it the sun came out . |
| 10 | ‘ I think what I am trying to explain to you , ’ she said , ‘ is that over the years I became so completely cowed and dominated by this monster of an aunt that when she gave me an order , no matter what it was , I obeyed it instantly . |
| 11 | And so , during the holiday , Millie was again invited to tea , and on this visit she amused them , together with their other children , a twelve-year old son , and a five-year old daughter , when she gave them an imitation of the nuns , excelling herself when she touched on Sister Mary . |
| 12 | Rather to her disappointment , Giles replied , and when she gave him the news about Yvette she added cautiously , ‘ Mind you , she still has a little way to go yet , but I think she 'll be OK . ’ |
| 13 | When she gave him the number he just rang off and left her staring at the phone . |
| 14 | Effortlessly , his knee slid to part her legs , but when she threw him a look of utter dismay he paused . |
| 15 | She paused and then went on in the same proud tone she had used when she showed them the bathroom , ‘ Mr Evans is a very important man . |
| 16 | She acknowledged this with a raised thumb , but when she showed me the assortment of charts on the bed-table pushed against the wall she gave a thumbs-down over his fluid-intake . |