Example sentences of "[conj] when she [vb past] into the " in BNC.
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1 | The house was quiet , no sign of Matey 's bustling presence , and when she walked into the kitchen , taking off her shabby black hat , pulling the hat pins out of her abundant hair , she found Dr Neil , sitting at the kitchen table , his tea before him , quite alone . |
2 | Going back along the ditch and down beside the house , she tried to convince herself that no one would have heard her love-shriek , but she was already frightened that they had , and when she tiptoed into the scullery and crossed to her straw pallet in the corner , her fear increased tenfold , for she was immediately certain that the blanket had been moved and that someone had been there in the scullery only minutes before . |
3 | And when she went into the garden all she could see were some fading lupins and irises , not enough to fill one vase . |
4 | Aggie accompanied the gangling totter to his cart and when she peered into the cardboard box and saw the kitten she shook her head sadly . |
5 | But when she got into the car at five , ready for the fifteen-mile drive across London , it would n't start . |
6 | But when she went into the kitchen there was no sign of the witch 's hat . |
7 | She ran downstairs , circling the lift-shaft , certain that he 'd be gone , but when she emerged into the street , he seemed to have moved only a few yards , walking slowly , his head bowed . |
8 | But when she called into the business on Yarm Road earlier this week , she found Darlington Wedding Cars had vanished . |