Example sentences of "when she [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Might he have been despatched by those means , other than useless lawyers , which were considered by Sandra when she wrote the list ?
2 The family were Presbyterians , and her conscious effort to acquire an education began at the age of six , when she heard a sermon she could not understand , and from that time she adopted a plan for acquiring information through asking the meaning of every new word she heard .
3 She had n't gone far , when she heard a crash !
4 The darkness had come early following dismal March weather , and , alone in the office , she jumped when she heard a noise in Luke 's room .
5 She had taken the curtain in one hand when she heard a man 's voice .
6 She was crouching near the dying fire , hands around the cup for warmth , when she heard a scratching sound at the door .
7 She dozed and woke , dozed and woke and finally fell into a light sleep , only stirring when she heard a voice addressing her from what seemed like a million miles away .
8 They found a café down a side-street , and were about to find somewhere to sit when she heard a voice call out to Piers .
9 She had n't gone far , when she heard a clatter !
10 When she heard a knock at her door , she frowned and called out sharply , ‘ Come in . ’
11 She had hardly settled herself against the pillows and let her thickened lids slide back over her aching eyeballs when she heard a knock on the door .
12 Theodora had just drawn breath when she heard a click and the line went dead .
13 She was sitting on the side of her bed , trembling with worry for him , undecided whether or not it would be safe to discard her bath towel and go to his help , when she heard a footstep on the stairs and bundled back into bed , anxious to conceal the unattractive evidence of her nasty little experience .
14 She was in the kitchen washing up when she heard a car coming up the drive .
15 She was selecting her favourite racket in the cupboard in the hall when she heard a car coming up the drive .
16 She was walking with a friend , when she heard a car screech to a halt behind her .
17 She was standing by the ship 's rail , thinking about Charlotte 's outburst , worrying about what she should do , when she heard a woman speaking to her .
18 A waitress told me of such an incident when she heard a rumour that her hotel management had appointed private detectives with the power to search staff homes — a not uncommon fear among hotel workers and one paralleling similar periodic fears in other occupations of this type .
19 She saw no servants at all , and was on her way back to her room for lunch , when she heard a cry .
20 She had n't gone far , when she heard a thud !
21 Rain had reached it when she heard a thud from the direction of Linley 's room .
22 She was just in the middle of doing her hair when she heard a light tap at the door , followed by the sound of Candy 's voice .
23 She stretched out her hand to the phone when she heard a key in the door .
24 The Israeli Jews in the little kibbutz a mile or so away had never heard of it , but an old Arab woman in a long dark dress picking fruit pointed up a hill when she heard the name and shrugged her shoulders .
25 She thought it was empty at first , but someone was putting fresh flowers on the altar , and turned quickly when she heard the door close .
26 She was just bending over to pat powder on to a young actress 's face when she heard the door open behind her and a strange tingle of apprehension prickled the back of her neck .
27 She was pushing a piece of toast around on her plate , wondering if she had imagined that arctic expression on his face just now , when she heard the door open .
28 She paced the room , staring out of the window until the view became too monotonous to continue watching , looking at her watch and at the door , and was about to leave when she heard the porter turning the key in the lock .
29 She was coming to the end of months on the barren atoll of Pity Me when she heard the moth rattle against her window , between tacked-up scarlet and black batik fabric and the glass .
30 When she heard the rustle behind her , she did n't turn around .
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