Example sentences of "when she [verb] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She suspected that she was pregnant when she began seeing Alan , but this was only confirmed when she had to go for a check-up because Alan had a urinal infection . |
| 2 | He quotes a young Pakistani woman recalling her schooldays , when she had to change for swimming and showers : ‘ I was surprised at the English girls who simply used to stand there and change . |
| 3 | She reached down to the floor where her candle stood , and when she 'd groped for the matches , which proved , as always , astonishingly difficult to locate , she lit it . |
| 4 | Her marriage was on the rocks , she had had a breakdown , her social life was in ruins and yet when she came to ask for his help she was wearing a sweatshirt which had the slogan on it , ‘ Christ is the answer ’ . |
| 5 | She was surprised by the extent of Sue 's gratitude , when she came looking for them the following evening . |
| 6 | When she came to pay for the bill , she found that it had already been paid . |
| 7 | When she went to stay for a day or two on Hydra , I accompanied her on the morning boat , and left her there . |
| 8 | It embarrassed him still more when she arrived dressed for bed herself as well , a complex bundle of diaphanous nightwear from the midst of which her poised cigarette arm stuck out oddly , like an awkward projection emrging from some ill-wrapped Christmas parcel . |
| 9 | ‘ Moira was in her twenties when she decided to search for her mother . |
| 10 | When she set sail for her homeland in 1952 Eva and another Australian girl were given the job of looking after twelve children from the Fairbridge Society on the voyage . |
| 11 | When she bent to pour for him her breasts swung against the fabric of her robe and he could see the press of the nipples . |