Example sentences of "when she [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And when she fell for her thirteenth I said , ‘ Ca n't you get him to leave you alone ’ ( not that that 's what she wanted , knowing her ) , and she said , ‘ Well , what can I do ? |
| 2 | Even his wife was surprised when she heard of her new guest in a telephone call from the airport . |
| 3 | And Mrs Tuckett had shrieked with laughter because she probably was the sort of woman who laughed loudly in pubs , but would never intentionally hurt anyone , and who would be cut to the marrow when she heard of her only son 's death . |
| 4 | And then Mrs Reed , whose health had been badly affected by worrying about her son , had suddenly fallen ill when she heard of his death . |
| 5 | Val Allsop like many of David Pratley 's friends was distraught when she heard of his death . |
| 6 | Blanche had summoned up a tearful of sympathy for Christine Mills when she learnt of her father 's death . |
| 7 | Only Madame Pompadour beside her was motionless , and Meredith shot her a startled look when she whispered under her breath , ‘ Lucenzo , Lucenzo , ’ in a voice of infinite disappointment . |
| 8 | And when she asked about his family , he told her about his father being a sergeant , and his mother leaving him , hating all the moving . |
| 9 | ‘ But I do n't think I 'll ever be quite so scared of cows again , ’ she added , when she told of her perilous passage through the herd and how afraid she 'd been . |
| 10 | When she paused in her work and turned to look at him , he saw the disappointment in her dark eyes . |
| 11 | Both of them were breathing hard , such a hurry and scramble of lips , hands , such a heat inside and between them , he stuffed one small breast into his mouth and then the other , giving her the same churn of astonished guilty pleasure as when she lay on her bed in the afternoons and read the forbidden books she smuggled home from the library . |
| 12 | When she lay in her bed , weary with just being , there was n't that painful drag of Mars weight . |
| 13 | When she returned to her boat , she did not notice this , and proceeded to row back to her lock-house . |
| 14 | Brian was waiting for her when she returned to her room , a room which was soon to fill with flowers . |
| 15 | The man agreed that the 15-year-old alleged victim looked ‘ quite bewildered ’ when she returned to her home to see Casabona and the lodger inside . |
| 16 | When she returned to her apartment later that night her friends were eager for news . |
| 17 | When she returned with her teapot , Alan waved it aside . |
| 18 | Much later , when she returned from her walk with Rosie , she found her mama-to-be inspecting the nursery floor with Nanny . |
| 19 | These embarrass her when she changes at her adult education course of aerobics . |
| 20 | These embarrass her when she changes at her adult education course of aerobics . |
| 21 | When she got into her house she poured herself a glass of sherry and stood looking into the garden , not wanting any supper . |
| 22 | She sang , she danced , but when she got onto her swing , all the men stood up . |
| 23 | When she got to her desk she saw that it would not do ; it was not an essay day but at that rate there would be no essay to write ; she had not done her week 's reading . |
| 24 | When she got to her feet there was no strength in her legs to hold her . |
| 25 | When she got to her sister 's it was late and she was worn out so she decided to stay the night . |
| 26 | For example — I feel disgusted and ashamed — I took my little girl down to my mum 's and I swear to God I remember dressing her — it was winter — but when she got to my mum 's house I took her out of the buggy and all she had on was her nappy and her socks and a blanket wrapped round her . |
| 27 | When she got on her bike , she was a highwaywoman on a ramshackle steed . |
| 28 | When she looked at her grandmother with the sharp eyes that Fenna could lend her , she would see that solid outline waver , dissolve , crumble . |
| 29 | So here Belinda was , with that naked feeling she always got when she looked at her wet hair and towel-draped neck under the bright lights of a salon , and she very much hoped that Faye was right about the end result looking ‘ fabulous ’ , because she was determined to show everyone at drinks this evening that she was just as soignée , just as at ease in a smart social gathering as they were . |
| 30 | Mavis informed him archly that when she looked into his horny palm she could hear wedding-bells . |