Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] when she [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 Police said she had suffered a terrible blow to the back of her head but was still alive when she was tossed into the water .
2 She had liked the Englishman , and it was always better when she was attracted to her prey .
3 The hand promptly slapped her on the neck , and she leapt into the air with shock and surprise ; but she was even more surprised when she was offered more feed .
4 Hammersmith coroner Dr John Burton said : ‘ The extraordinary thing is she did not die immediately but lay there for days and was virtually dead when she was found .
5 Scarlet should either stop drinking now or drink a lot more : she was never actually troublesome when she was intoxicated , but she could get argumentative and tedious .
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