Example sentences of "when she [vb past] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she looked at poor little Hoomey , she was filled with pity for him being so hopeless . |
| 2 | The grandmother of two of the children sobbed when she knew for certain they would not be coming home . |
| 3 | She got it when she sailed into neighbouring Albania a week ago , the first British warship to visit the country for 54 years . |
| 4 | She was a little overweight , her hands a touch too pudgy when she reached for various books and took them from the shelves . |
| 5 | If he did not understand about the unicorn or about the many and the one he understood Marian still less when she talked about simple things being difficult . |
| 6 | In Emily Carew 's presence he was kind and polite and remarkably subdued , listening with infinite patience when she lapsed into wistful nostalgia as she recalled the days when Carewscourt was the centre of social activity in this part of Mayo . |
| 7 | Caducius was built at Sunderland in 1857 , and was en route to Salerno with a cargo of coal when she sank in bad weather . |
| 8 | It might even suggest that perhaps Lady Thatcher did , after all , have a point when she despaired of public transport . |
| 9 | She came with him to Joe 's birthday party and danced mainly with Peter , though in the slow numbers she gave him no encouragement to smooch with her ; and when she danced with other people he thought that , quite literally , he was going to die of pain . |