Example sentences of "when she reached " in BNC.
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| 1 | The yellow steps rose in steep flights but now it was clear that when she reached the top she would also be at the bottom , starting out . |
| 2 | When she reached the apartment she tried to write , but sounds of crying children and raised voices came through the ceiling and walls . |
| 3 | At the age of 29 , Durie must be wondering how much longer she has left to get hooked on that habit which she toyed with briefly six years ago when she reached the lofty heights of the world 's top five . |
| 4 | But when she reached the vicinity of her garden she was seized with a sudden embarrassment . |
| 5 | A very straight military-type man was waiting for her when she reached her own pigeon-hole , which she shared with her assistant ( off sick ) . |
| 6 | To his surprise , she stopped when she reached Mark 's chair and took the vacant seat beside him , nodding casually in his direction and flashing a devastating smile as she carefully arranged herself on display . |
| 7 | When she reached her ambition , Hollywood , over-zealous publicity backfired on her : she was pushed into her own swimming pool by a sensation-seeking photographer along with her husband , Dennis Hamilton , who had vowed to make her ‘ the female Errol Flynn ’ . |
| 8 | Concentrating on keeping her gift level and unsquashed she climbed the Casa Guidi stairs carefully , glad when she reached the last bend . |
| 9 | When she reached the front , Maggie stared out to sea . |
| 10 | ‘ Hello , Maggie , ’ the Reverend Barr said when she reached him . |
| 11 | When she reached her stop Maggie got off and paused to stare out over Glasgow Green , spotting the People s Palace in the distance . |
| 12 | One day on the weary way up from school a truck stacked with furniture ground past Martha ; when she reached Nana 's house she found the truck stopped in the overgrown yard next door , and a fat woman in a pink dress buying soda pop for a brood of children who stood around her looking fearfully at their new home . |
| 13 | The journey had made her worse , and when she reached my parents ' house , she collapsed in pain on the settee , from where she was unable to get up . |
| 14 | When she reached the main road she did n't know which direction to take , but seeing two men accompanied by two women she hurried to them and said , ‘ Would you , please direct me to the cab rank ? ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Deborah turned away from the signpost and began wading back through the deep undergrowth to the main path , intending to break into a run when she reached it ; but just as she turned off she heard a faint , distant , reedy cry , which stopped her in her tracks . |
| 17 | When she reached there she found that Ann and Ruth had been joined by several other girls , including Sarah , and were just about to start their game . |
| 18 | Eating the lollipop slowed her pace to Horsfall Woods , and when she reached there she could see no sign of the Brownies . |
| 19 | She ran through the woods and only stopped when she reached the fence between the woods and the Botanical Gardens , which spread for a great distance along one side . |
| 20 | She was still puzzling over this problem when she reached the General Post Office . |
| 21 | He was climbing the ladder when she reached him , and had a pitchfork in his hand . |
| 22 | When she reached the stable-yard , Moonbeam was saddled up and ready , tied up by the mounting block but there was no sign of Jonnie Medd , the young groom who usually accompanied her . |
| 23 | When she reached the summit , she was into the full brunt of the gale-force wind . |
| 24 | What Eileen had done , of course , when she reached the stage in her life when she might naturally have been considering starting a family , was subconsciously to ‘ invent ’ her illness in order that she might be spared the horrors of it all . |
| 25 | When she reached him he did not turn his head to acknowledge her . |
| 26 | When she reached Aunt Sarah 's Ernest opened the door . |
| 27 | When she reached the plateau she remained standing , watching for Joss Barnet , waiting for the moment when she would see him riding towards her . |
| 28 | When she reached the rough wooden table where the girls were sitting , the stranger stood up , quite politely , and shook hands ; but there was something about her which , instinctively , Harriet found distasteful . |
| 29 | The memories persisted , until she had worked herself into a peevish bout of self-pity , which was not improved by her discovery when she reached home that Hank had not shovelled the snow off the front walk before leaving for school . |
| 30 | She was surprised at how relieved she felt when she reached Pook 's Common . |