Example sentences of "when she [vb past] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she parked at the office she could n't find reverse . |
| 2 | But when she looked at the mirror again the stain of spectacles was still there and she had to wipe it off with a cloth so that Larry would not see . |
| 3 | Benny stumbled from time to time , and became tongue-tied when she looked at the handsome boy sitting beside them . |
| 4 | And then , when she looked at the high terrace with its pots of trailing geraniums , she could see nothing for the shadow was so intense — not the pale blob of a face or the movement of a hand — but she was suddenly as sure as she could be of anything that someone was standing there , looking down , waiting for them to get out of the car and watching them . |
| 5 | But when she looked at the sides of the hole , she could see cupboards and books and pictures on the walls . |
| 6 | Yet when she arrived , when she knocked at the door and waited outside , bits of the outfit threatened to dissociate , to turn ugly and risible . |
| 7 | So I tiptoed downstairs when she knocked at the door |
| 8 | Now that he considered it , Turakina 's expression when she stared at the offworlder was exactly like the one Alexai used when he was looking at Burun . |
| 9 | I said , I told her to ring here when she finished at the |
| 10 | When she arrived at the bus station she saw on the wall behind her bold , splashy writing in foreign characters , Arabic maybe or Urdu , and small , disordered scribbles around the glass faces of the timetables , which , although an irritation , caused Rita no real pain . |
| 11 | Neither ailment had been positively identified when she arrived at the Royal and it was decided to transfer her for further investigation . |
| 12 | When she arrived at the theatre that night she saw a note pinned up at the stage door stating that it had come to the management 's notice that a Girl had been flying , which was forbidden ! |
| 13 | Her face was so disfigured her mother did n't recognise her when she arrived at the hospital . |
| 14 | But when she arrived at the hotel , Miss Crossland , 27 , claimed she ‘ was fobbed off all morning waiting for the cheque ’ . |
| 15 | Constance was startled by Miss Hatherby 's appearance when she arrived at the Hall . |
| 16 | Kerry 's hair had been recently cut but she decided to go for another snip when she arrived at the studio . |
| 17 | When she arrived at the theatre , a letter had just come by the evening post . |
| 18 | When she arrived at the beginning of July , they had a great deal to talk about . |
| 19 | He took her in his car up to one of the few routes over the Apennines , but when she arrived at the pass , the Passo della Cisa , and saw the undulating , never-ending hills , she panicked . |
| 20 | When she arrived at the Rectory she found that Mrs Chamberlin was out , the Rectory children had been taken for a walk by the nursemaid , the Rector had asked not to be disturbed for he had both a parish letter and acute indigestion to tackle that afternoon . |
| 21 | Mrs Pigdon had shown herself to be anything but sympathetic when she arrived at the hostelry earlier that evening . |
| 22 | When she arrived at the restaurant , Rohan was waiting in the doorway with open impatience . |
| 23 | When she arrived at the edge of the covert , she made her way cautiously along its downhill fringes . |
| 24 | All the same , she could feel butterflies in her stomach when she arrived at the imposing entrance to Puddephat 's college at twelve . |
| 25 | When she arrived at the Red House , a large Citroën was parked at the top of the short drive . |
| 26 | When she arrived at the airport she immediately checked in her baggage and made a phone call to Amsterdam . |
| 27 | When she arrived at the airport she reached into her baggage and quickly made a phone call to Amsterdam . |
| 28 | When she arrived at the airport she immediately checked in her baggage and made a phone call to Amsterdam . |
| 29 | When she arrived at the airport she immediately checked in her baggage and made a phone call to Amsterdam . |
| 30 | When she arrived at the hospital she was distressed , but not unkempt . |