Example sentences of "when she [vb past] [art] " 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 | By contrast , when she wrote the novel versions of Stolen and To Have and To Hold ( ‘ ghastly title — it was a television title ’ ) , her characters had already been embodied , by other people . |
3 | She was about to close her eyes again when she heard a far-off roaring . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | She had n't gone far , when she heard a crash ! |
6 | She had n't gone far , when she heard a clatter ! |
7 | She had n't gone far , when she heard a thud ! |
8 | Miranda was just going to climb up the Magician 's leg , when she heard a deep voice say , ‘ What are you doing in Puddle Lane ? |
9 | After a few days had passed , an old woman was walking from the Doon bridge into Alloway village and passing the partially ruined Kirk Alloway , when she heard a loud bellowing sound coming from the church . |
10 | She was nodding politely on the fringes of a group listening to their host talking about himself when she heard a familiar voice behind her . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | She was in the kitchen washing up when she heard a car coming up the drive . |
13 | She was crouching near the dying fire , hands around the cup for warmth , when she heard a scratching sound at the door . |
14 | She was about to turn around , when she heard a low moan . |
15 | When she heard a knock at her door , she frowned and called out sharply , ‘ Come in . ’ |
16 | She saw no servants at all , and was on her way back to her room for lunch , when she heard a cry . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | She withdrew-to the secretary 's room and was about to close MacQuillan 's door when she heard a scraping sound from the adjoining typists ' room . |
20 | Rain had reached it when she heard a thud from the direction of Linley 's room . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | She stretched out her hand to the phone when she heard a key in the door . |
25 | Theodora had just drawn breath when she heard a click and the line went dead . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | She had taken the curtain in one hand when she heard a man 's voice . |
28 | She was selecting her favourite racket in the cupboard in the hall when she heard a car coming up the drive . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | She was walking with a friend , when she heard a car screech to a halt behind her . |