Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] when she " in BNC.
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| 1 | They walked together towards the street , her body heavy but her heart lighter than when she had come . |
| 2 | The yellow steps rose in steep flights but now it was clear that when she reached the top she would also be at the bottom , starting out . |
| 3 | The fearful heat of the city seemed to encourage him to sleep half his time away and she had never felt more English than when she observed his devotion that summer to the long siesta . |
| 4 | Often she was afraid that when she sent Fenna away she would become like her mother , that there would be nothing , nothing left . |
| 5 | It was interesting that when she started her thighs only measured 21½ inches which is slim by comparison with most of the other volunteers . |
| 6 | My scream brought Mum up to see what was wrong and when she saw my face she ordered me back into bed . |
| 7 | But the texture of her sleep was light and shimmering and when she opened her eyes again much later , it did not seem as though she had slept at all . |
| 8 | The Rectory , when she reached it ten minutes later , was as silent and calm as when she had visited it with the Archdeacon on Saturday evening . |
| 9 | After a decade in office Mrs Thatcher was still an exception to this trend and was as popular as when she first became Prime Minister . |
| 10 | There were occasions yesterday when she did n't look a bad player , certainly trimmer and more mobile than when she played the game for real , and showing some nimble footwork which Lionel himself would have envied . |
| 11 | The sitting-room was tidier than when she had left it . |
| 12 | It is therefore quite ironic that when she wants to influence Eunice she can not . |
| 13 | The rain was still battering down she noted , and from the sound of it even heavier than when she 'd got into bed . |
| 14 | She returned his kiss , but declined firmly to join him at the Allied Steelmakers ' annual dinner ( carriages eleven-thirty ) , saying she would actually rather go to the cinema with a girlfriend , and tripped out of the office looking considerably less harassed than when she had arrived . |
| 15 | Her father was a Presbyterian and when she confronted him with her decision , doing it as pugnaciously as usual in spite of her nerves , they had a furious and ridiculous quarrel : a man of fifty for some reason threatened by the vast religious longings of a fifteen-year-old . |
| 16 | Her hands are real soft and warm and when she touches me , I feel all sleepy and happy . |
| 17 | So er she says well you can think about it for a fortnight er you see her daddy put out discos altogether because of the lies but she cos she gets nervous because when she 's telling a lie to you she 'll go red |
| 18 | I get her head and you know Beetlejuice when he goes I got ta show you it cos sometimes she 's , she 's not alert and when she 's like that it looks wicked cos he goes and her ears are like that she goes and I get her to play the banjo and she goes it 's wicked ! |
| 19 | They were in , aha , yeah , they were in bed , right , and this , look , in bed , listen to this , sound asleep it 's on the radio and news , they 're asleep in bed with two girls and the boys , the boy was in bed fast asleep and somebody come and touched him like that and when she woke up it was this , this the lad |
| 20 | At first she did n't recognise him , he was so much taller , so much gawkier than when she had seen him last . |
| 21 | If after 72 hours , the female is no larger than when she was introduced , try introducing another male . |
| 22 | They were naturally thrilled but when she told her brother Charles of her marriage plans at their mother 's London apartment he wisecracked : ‘ Who to ? ’ |
| 23 | He was in any case eclipsed — they all were — by the presence of Dinah herself , strong and compelling as when she swept on to any stage . |
| 24 | He kept his face averted while she drew nearer but when she was nearly beside him he turned it to her almost defiantly . |
| 25 | part of her expected to find them laughing at his wild reaction beyond all sense and to return her to the blessed normal but when she looked around only Maggie stood in the room . |
| 26 | I 'm quite sure that when she said that , come see a man that told me everything I did , she did n't just leave it there , but she 'd have put such words as and he did n't condemn me he did n't berate me he did n't point a judgemental finger at me , but he loved me ! |
| 27 | Telling them all that when she went swimming with her father she could do the crawl and so many other strokes . |
| 28 | Melinda says she can sell her services 40 per cent cheaper than when she had a showroom . |
| 29 | Before she was married and when she was at school she was quite happy to go and find something |
| 30 | She could n't recall stirring but when she came to the end of the journal and looked up , bemused and far away , not recognizing her surroundings for a while , the room was faintly glowing with fire and candlelight and the sky beyond the windows was inky blue . |