Example sentences of "when [noun prp] had gone " in BNC.
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| 1 | The people in shops sent their regards to her aunt through Melanie and asked how she was keeping , as they had asked after Melanie 's mother and also after Mrs Rundle when Melanie had gone shopping in the village . |
| 2 | When Lalage had gone out to her car , she put down a dog and took Andrew into her long arms . |
| 3 | When Gerald had gone Wycliffe joined Fox in Matthew 's office . |
| 4 | When Coleby had gone , Peter leaned against the wall and stared down at the worn linoleum . |
| 5 | When William had gone , she thought of all the things she had planned to do as soon as she had a little time to herself . |
| 6 | When Richard had gone she sat watching the other guests ; Stella was chatting animatedly to a lean , grey-haired man . |
| 7 | When David had gone into consultation with the old man earlier , she had been instructed not to disturb them . |
| 8 | When Toby had gone , the headmaster got on to the organizer of the Championships . |
| 9 | She remembered with sadness all the neighbourly contacts they had had in the past — Lowell 's anxiety when Edward had gone missing on his new bike during a November fog and his tireless search until he was found — his ham-fisted efforts to assist her in Ben 's absence when the washing-machine had flooded the kitchen — his quiet piano-playing , when his hands were still capable , at the end of a noisy party when all the guests had gone home . |
| 10 | When Liam had gone to see him , the old man asked about Nellie . |
| 11 | The Duke of Richmond , when Sharpe had gone , grimaced . |
| 12 | When Clemence had gone into hospital to have Emmie , she had cried because she was left alone with him . |
| 13 | When Curtis had gone Wycliffe asked the operator to get Sidney Passmore 's number and he was put through to a woman who spoke with self-conscious refinement . |
| 14 | When Eva had gone and I lay for the first time in the same house as Charlie and Eva and my father , I thought about the difference between the interesting people and the nice people . |
| 15 | When Isobel had gone — dear , patient , wise Isobel whom she loved and to whom she was often so unreasonable — Anna ran water into the empty coffee mugs and stood them in the sink . |
| 16 | When Josie had gone , Lucy closed the door and looked around . |
| 17 | When Lyddy had gone , Alexandra went to one of her huge wardrobes and from beneath a pile of linen drew out the little morocco volume Aunt Emily had given her the evening of her arrival . |
| 18 | When Glen had gone , Mortimer rose , and took his Browning automatic from its holster . |
| 19 | Mrs Blakey asked her as they cleared the plates from the table , when Stephen had gone . |
| 20 | When Tom had gone from the house , carrying a broad-bladed , long-handled shovel , Seb asked , ‘ You all right , Carrie ? ’ |
| 21 | Mary felt lonelier than ever when Martha had gone , so she went outside . |
| 22 | When Martha had gone as well , Tim picked up the whisky he had poured earlier and stood for a long time in the hallway . |
| 23 | Perhaps she would learn a little more from them when Harry had gone off to sea again , an event she had learnt , over the years , to look forward to . |
| 24 | Charles Forster , prosecuting , said when Fulcher had gone to his wife 's home in Berwick Hills Avenue , Middlesbrough , he was ‘ on bail following an almost identical incident in August last year . ’ |
| 25 | When Maxim had gone , Agnes said : ‘ You did n't even try to talk him out of it . ’ |
| 26 | When Jamie had gone , Rachel sat alone on the terrace in the hot sun and watched a gecko lizard flicker across the dusty stone . |
| 27 | ‘ Now see how well you are getting on together , ’ said Florence Ames , when Dorothea had gone , ‘ I am so pleased . |
| 28 | ‘ He 's very nice , ’ Benny said , when Jack had gone . |
| 29 | When Constance had gone to bed that night , Louise made her suggestion that Nora leave the girl behind for a while longer . |
| 30 | She had wept when Timothy had gone abroad , but his return had not improved matters . |