Example sentences of "when she [vb past] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she did n't answer , he went on ‘ The way I see it , women need to be protected and loved . |
| 2 | When she did n't answer straight away , he gave her a shake that rattled her teeth . |
| 3 | When she did n't answer , only continued to stare at him helplessly , he continued hopefully , ‘ If I promise to remain mouse-like , may I stay and watch ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ 'T IS all right , sweet , ’ he said quickly when she did n't answer him . |
| 5 | ‘ So , ’ he continued when she did n't answer , ‘ he told you about me before you agreed . |
| 6 | When she did n't answer he sighed roughly , increasing his pace so that he could walk in front of her and force her to stop . |
| 7 | One young woman , Lucy , told how sad she felt that her mother had very low self-esteem , believed she was unattractive and overweight — even said once that there was nothing she could do or be that Lucy and her sisters ‘ could n't do or be better ’ , which made Lucy feel envied and forced into competition with her mother , when she did n't want to be . |
| 8 | How could it be , when she did n't want him any more ? |
| 9 | But later , when she did n't want to be traced , she told my mother she was Elaine Webb . |
| 10 | When she did n't appear , we thought she was having bicycle trouble and was having to walk . |
| 11 | ‘ Are you still in a state of indecision ? ’ he probed when she did n't go on . |
| 12 | and then all the week she 's been bad since , I do n't know what she did when she did n't go to market |
| 13 | And when she did n't wrap the item in a bag , Phyllis was furious . |
| 14 | ‘ And I 'm very pleased that you have , ’ he said when she did n't continue . |
| 15 | She stopped and looked to the side , and when she did n't continue , he said , ‘ He 's tried to commit suicide ? ’ |
| 16 | When she did n't reply I crossed the room , stood with one hand on the back of her chair and watched her turn pages of colour plates of patchwork quilts . |
| 17 | When she did n't reply he added , ‘ Look , things have a knack of seeming unsolvable in the small hours — out of proportion ; it is a large job , I realise that , but you 're probably worrying about nothing . ’ |
| 18 | And when she did n't reply he placed a hand beneath her chin and turned her face towards him . |
| 19 | When she did n't arrive for dinner at the château , they would institute a search . |
| 20 | When she did n't move , he freed her hands to capture her face , tilting it gently up to his . |
| 21 | ‘ So how did Hugh die ? ’ he persisted when she did n't say any more . |
| 22 | He had very deliberately told her to get lost , and when she did n't take the hint , he 'd sent her an obscene note . |
| 23 | Gina got nastier and nastier when she did n't have money ; she hit him much more than before . |
| 24 | If someone was looking for The Bar in those days — because there was no name written up or sign for it , no lights at all , and not even a number on the door , Madame liked to keep it that way even when she did n't have to any more — I mean when she opened up we may all have been in a sort of hiding , and not many people knew about The Bar and our life there , but it was n't that way later , and now you know we can have lights and advertising and you see boys queueing up outside every night , very public , and I like to see that — but in those days , in those days if somebody arranged to meet you for a date there , and it was their first time and they were n't sure how to find us , you 'd joke with them , and you 'd say well first there is a wedding , and then there 's a death , and there 's the news , and then there 's us ; meaning , first there 's the shop with the flowers , the real ones , and next door to that is the undertaker 's with the fake flowers in the window , china , all dusty ; and then the newsagent 's and magazine shop , and then right next door to that is The Bar . |
| 25 | Not only did they drench her in a water fight when she did n't have a change of clothes and throw her on the muck heap , but on Friday evening offered her a roll filled with Doggie Dins , so she spent the rest of the night throwing up . |
| 26 | Besides , how could she crew efficiently when she did n't have the faintest idea of what she was supposed to do ? |
| 27 | When she did n't respond , Guy removed his hand and reached into his tunic . |
| 28 | When she did n't know about the terrorists ' demands ? ’ |
| 29 | How could she judge him when she did n't know the facts ? |
| 30 | When she did n't object , the hand grew bolder . |