Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] when she [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was wearing a blue costume with a slit skirt that opened when she crossed her legs . |
| 2 | Eva admits she " may have been a bit impetuous in those early days " , but she was always willing to learn , and apologise when she realised she had overstepped the mark . |
| 3 | You were n't supposed to stick anything on the walls , but Jamila had pinned up poems by Christina Rossetti , Plath , Shelley and other vegetarians , which she copied out of library books and read when she stretched her legs by taking a few steps around the tiny room . |
| 4 | Mrs Tiggy-winkle put her grey curls round the door to see what he wanted and tittered when she saw me captive again . |
| 5 | They were heavy and sparkled when she held them to the light , and she thought they were the most beautiful things she would ever own . |
| 6 | He said he had only offered to use the truncheon as a sex aid but desisted when she shook her head . |