Example sentences of "when she [vb past] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she asked for Sergeant MacDonald there was a pause , then the man on the other end of the line told her to wait . |
| 2 | It was finally answered by a man who spoke with an artificial , lazy drawl and was suspicious when she asked for Urquhart by name . |
| 3 | Sally-Anne was by now in full flow , and when she paused for breath Dr Neil said , as drily as he could , ‘ I will only say to you what I told you on the day when you arrived here : it is useless to take the world 's burdens on your shoulders . |
| 4 | When she qualified for Barcelona we gave her a nice bit of sirloin and two turkey drumsticks . ’ |
| 5 | He led Anna back up the gaunt staircase to the dining-room Mr Mulgrove had shown her when she came for interview . |
| 6 | But one thing Rachel was certain of was that the revival of those memories had only intensified her dislike of her sister 's ex-fiancé , and when she arrived for work the following Monday morning and he was the first person she saw she found her resolve to have as little to do with him as possible had only been strengthened . |
| 7 | Apart from her anxiety over Jennifer 's meeting David again , Rachel had been looking forward to Family Day , but when she arrived for work the next morning the preparations were the furthest thing from her mind . |
| 8 | ‘ When she worked for Bill from 1983 to 1987 , things got done . |