Example sentences of "but when she got " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt she could never forgive herself , but when she got there , the beauty of the place overcame her again . |
| 2 | But when she got outside and began to rearrange her belongings to fit more neatly in the bicycle basket , Elisabeth Danziger found a bar of fleur-de-lis soap and a cube of rose geranium bath crystals in her hand . |
| 3 | Nutty rode on hopefully , but when she got to the gate Mrs Smith was backing out in a large yellow Range Rover and glared at having to give way to a mere equestrian . |
| 4 | She could n't really afford it and when she needed a new cylinder it had to be humped up three flights of stairs , always a nuisance for which she had to enlist the help of one of her boyfriends , but when she got cold Theresa 's fingers turned numb , white , bloodless lumps that no longer seemed to belong to her hands . |
| 5 | But when she got to know him better she was to realise that he treated all women , servants or otherwise , as if they were ladies . |
| 6 | She had recently been knitting double jacquard , but when she got to the very top of a sleeve , she had a little disaster and dropped the lot ! |
| 7 | She was lying so still Carrie thought she was dead , but when she got up to run and call Hepzibah she saw that her chest was still moving and knew she was only asleep . |
| 8 | On the first morning , after a night in a Lycée bed , they all went to a preliminary reception at the Hôtel de Ville : Clara went , politely willing , but when she got there she found that it was a gigantic , milling , stifling insult . |
| 9 | But when she got back and dialled Alix 's number , Alix was out . |
| 10 | But when she got into the car at five , ready for the fifteen-mile drive across London , it would n't start . |
| 11 | But when she got to prison all her mates were telling her , ‘ No , no , you do n't talk to a prisoner like that , you talk to her sharp . ’ |
| 12 | For example — I feel disgusted and ashamed — I took my little girl down to my mum 's and I swear to God I remember dressing her — it was winter — but when she got to my mum 's house I took her out of the buggy and all she had on was her nappy and her socks and a blanket wrapped round her . |
| 13 | I do n't know how she managed to find the time , but when she got older she also played the organ for the Sunday services at the local Methodist chapel , as well as running the choir practices . |
| 14 | But when she got to the flat she found it ransacked . |
| 15 | She sang , she danced , but when she got onto her swing , all the men stood up . |
| 16 | The sickness lightened a little and her spirits rose , but when she got up she felt sticky warmth between her thighs . |
| 17 | But when she got there the ferryman was not around . |
| 18 | But when she got there , she found that Mrs Porter had just finished the task . |
| 19 | She hurried after him to apologise , but when she got to the salon he was not there . |
| 20 | She rang the Sunday Herald number , placating her conscience with the thought that she might not have time to ring Tracey that evening after all ; but when she got through to the news desk , she discovered that he had taken the shuttle to Glasgow the morning before . |
| 21 | But when she got closer , she could see that the old woman 's colour was feverish and the hands held out in welcome were trembling . |
| 22 | But when she got to Auckland , when she found herself alone with Damian for three days and three nights … what would she think of then ? |
| 23 | His wife Ina , 64 , said she heard a scuffle going on outside , but when she got to the door the two youths had already fled . |
| 24 | ‘ Before she went to university she had great expectations but when she got there she was disappointed . |