Example sentences of "[noun] when she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Duchess of York yesterday left cancer-stricken Polish children lost for words when she handed out copies of her Budgie books in English . |
| 2 | She caught Urquhart 's glance when she looked up , a musing and erotic stare that swerved away . |
| 3 | She publicly commented on the rift when she spoke to newspaper columnist Jean Rook : ‘ I 'm absolutely sick of the ‘ Wicked Stepmother ’ lark . |
| 4 | BABY-SITTER Joyce Cotton had to call the fire brigade when she got stuck in her own front room after putting her twin grandchildren to bed upstairs . |
| 5 | Described as " quiet , genteel and beautiful — a real aristocrat " Maria can only have compounded her family 's displeasure when she eloped with a volatile Irish sheep shearer . |
| 6 | The Princess 's face went a little pink when she heard this . |
| 7 | Harriet had climbed them and had her key in the lock when she heard footsteps on the path behind her and a male voice called : ‘ Excuse me ! ’ |
| 8 | Christopher was a slight child , with rather too thin arms and legs , and little flat wrists which always gave Carolyn a stab of apprehensive fear when she noticed them . |
| 9 | In fact once submerged they had to find a red rod and drag themselves along it to the other side of the stage ; more than one mother screamed in fear when she saw the show . |
| 10 | It was n't fear ; Robbie knew fear when she saw it . |
| 11 | This could be the case , for example , in Conversation F-1 where Valerie assumes a Creole-speaking persona when she expresses irritation . |
| 12 | I think she was having a joke at my expense when she did it . ’ |
| 13 | In fact , she will have to carve her own niche when she gets there and discover where she can be most useful at Dalek Hospital , where the unit is based , without treading on anyone else 's toes . |
| 14 | So were you born here moved to Malton , moved back here and then moved to Malton or you were here and they you moved to Malton when she lived there ? |
| 15 | She was overcome with emotion when she discovered it had been well cared for . |
| 16 | As she entered the villa , her heart thudded with abrupt violence when she saw that Damian Flint was still there , in the living-room , playing chess with Charles . |
| 17 | ‘ They say she 's very susceptible , ’ Gloria explained to Mrs Parvis when she went to borrow an extra shilling for the meter to light the gas fire in the basement room . |
| 18 | The men had disappeared from the top of the scaffolding when she emerged into the street again . |
| 19 | Damn it , she wailed silently , if he could do this to her with a mere glance , what might he have achieved last night if she had n't found the strength to conclude that little episode when she did ? |
| 20 | She watched him get the pony ready , learning all the time so that she would be able to harness it herself in future when she wanted to drive out in Nahum 's absence . |
| 21 | Her work was recognised at Crufts when she won the breed rescue section of the Rescue Personality Of The Year Award , put together by Pet Plan and Dog World . |
| 22 | On one occasion , Du Camp records , ‘ Flaubert was leaving Paris for Rouen when she entered the waiting-room of the station and went through such tragic scenes that the railway officials were obliged to interfere . |
| 23 | Leith was reversing her car when she spotted the Jaguar which she had first seen — grief , was it only yesterday morning ? |
| 24 | Replete in a small guilty elation , she was on her way back to the car when she met Robert . |
| 25 | She wo n't just stay in the car , she wo n't want to stay in the car when she wakes up cos that 's too boring . |
| 26 | Her reflections were interrupted by Dora , whom she had vaguely noticed rummaging in the boot of their car when she arrived and who now came striding towards them . |
| 27 | They were half-way to the car when she found she 'd left something behind and went back in a flurry of carrier bags and magazines . |
| 28 | DR ALBAN met his girlfriend when she tried some clothes on in his Stockholm boutique … |
| 29 | Kid must want to be a Disney cartoon villainess when she grows up . |
| 30 | When you 're fighting and hating each other anyway , it must be nice for the chick when she turns out to have the law batting for her . |