Example sentences of "when she [vb past] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Wilson was obliged to rest on the stairs , they both begged her not to continue and when she insisted went either side of her , helping her along . |
| 2 | She planned a chart where Emma would receive an animal sticker to stick on a wall chart when she had completed any of these required tasks . |
| 3 | There had been no one there for her when she had made that terrible discovery . |
| 4 | When she had seen all the ailments , Shelley stayed to talk . |
| 5 | When she had recovered some composure , she covered his body with her shawl and sat down beside it with her children by her , hoping a neighbour would hear of her plight and come to help her . |
| 6 | It was Tuesday lunchtime , and they were sitting in the restaurant at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in the Mall ; Ginny often ate there when she had had enough of the food and the company in the canteen of the British Council . |
| 7 | When she had greeted all of us , she asked for Heathcliff . |
| 8 | At last , after another million years persuading David she would be all right when she had taken some aspirin , she was alone , in her own flat . |
| 9 | The only book in the whole of this enlightened household was something called Easy Cooking belonging to her mother , and when she had read this from cover to cover and had learnt all the recipes by heart , she decided she wanted something more interesting . |
| 10 | When she had bought some food in the local grocer 's that morning people had been excited . |
| 11 | She had almost dropped the frying pan when she 'd heard that . |
| 12 | Only a few hours later and Fabia was wishing with all she had that she had touched wood when she 'd made that statement . |
| 13 | That brief dark phase from her childhood , when she 'd imagined all her loved ones had abandoned her , filled with fear and apprehension and anxiety at that forced separation … |
| 14 | When she 'd regained some degree of composure , she asked , ‘ Have you had any further thoughts as to where Mamma 's ‘ appropriate ’ place might be ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Well , ’ she said , when she 'd caught enough breath to speak , ‘ I am the keeper of the skylight carnival and I can let you see it . |
| 16 | ‘ You know , I gave her that room to herself when she came to us , because I thought it would be better , and she treated me like a servant — well , you saw , did n't you ? — and when she 'd got all the fun and sense of power out of that little game she started coming down with us . |
| 17 | When she came to teach those at Edinburgh University in 1948 , there was only a handful of trained workers in Scotland . |
| 18 | She was lying there worrying about that when she started to feel these twinges . ’ |
| 19 | She counted to ten as she had been taught when about to deliver a big speech , but when she tried to force some words of outrage from between her teeth her tongue clove to the roof of her mouth and the most she could do was make a small cry of protest deep in her throat . |
| 20 | Miss Henrietta 's death had seemed so much more terrible and yet when she ventured to say this she was met with blank looks . |