Example sentences of "but when she [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But when she looked up at the sky she discovered that the star had gone . |
| 3 | She was still shivering with indignation , but when she looked up at her grandmother , it was to see her shivering too , but with suppressed laughter . |
| 4 | But when she looked up at him astonished and unguarded in her pleasure his heart swelled , and he was glad he 'd spoken . |
| 5 | She did not feel afraid , but when she looked down at her hands she saw that they were shaking . |
| 6 | It was laughable , really , but when she looked back on her nervous apprehension regarding his overwhelming sexual magnetism she almost felt like weeping with frustration . |
| 7 | But when she looked back at him he saw the hatred in her eyes and knew he had been right . |
| 8 | But when she came up to me after that third seminar I was so shocked and embarrassed that I could barely speak . |
| 9 | But when she came up against Australia 's Michelle Jaggard , a more experienced player but by no means a world-beater , she struggled even to get a game . |
| 10 | She ran back through the kitchen and down the steps into the lower scullery , but when she came out by the back door and looked across to the wall , Tristram was not be seen . |
| 11 | She never knew how long she slept , but when she drifted back to consciousness she was aware even before opening her eyes that she was no longer alone in the room , and her body stiffened . |
| 12 | But when she woke up in the morning , the frog was still a frog . |
| 13 | But when she turned back to her mother again , his face resumed its worried , searching frown of concentration , his ear attuned below the level of conversation to the pain and weariness in her voice . |
| 14 | Brought up in the ethic of duty , this was hard for Jane to get used to , but when she broke out into the sunshine , it was all the more joyous , and she thanked God , or Nature , or Fate , or whatever power there is , that it had happened for her in her lifetime . |
| 15 | But when she arrived back at Green Gables , Anne knew at once that something was wrong . |
| 16 | One little girl only fifteen years old had to carry lead weights to make up ten stones , but when she arrived back on foot after the race had finished , she had lost not only the weights but the horse as well ! |
| 17 | It was fine while they had their own flats but when she moved in with Larry their sex life seemed to fade . |