Example sentences of "[adj] when [pron] [vb past] her " in BNC.

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1 ‘ And Mrs McD was a bit staggered when we told her he was in Mull .
2 It was still light when he picked her up , and his appreciative gaze told her that missing her lunch had not been wasted .
3 They were old when they had her . ’
4 Well she go Hilda got a baby boy about eighteen month old when I knew her like you know , and er she lived by I think it was I think it was you know and er what happened to her I be I think she had to go in a home or er you see and er baby boy was adopted like , the baby boy that 's about all I know about her that 's about all .
5 Meredith quivered , aware that the warmth of his disarming smile was reaching into her own body , and she was relieved when he released her .
6 Mrs Lamport contacted the theatre museum in London and was delighted when they invited her to look around their archives .
7 She was delighted when I asked her to work for me , ’ Roman said , his voice warm with sympathy .
8 At High Tea , Dot was glad when he saw her staring and tidied the strange hand out of sight beneath the table .
9 She seemed thrilled when I told her .
10 She hated arriving at places unannounced and , although Charles Caldecott had always been at his most ingratiating when he met her , that had been on social occasions .
11 I wanted to ring her in the morning , she 'd sounded so unhappy when I left her .
12 ‘ Theo , I was so happy when I saw her again .
13 She went to see Mr Bailey , the manager of the factory , and she was surprised and happy when he gave her the job immediately .
14 ‘ And that from an Aussie ? ’ she was startled into answering , then went pink when he gave her a look of what she could only describe as approval .
15 She was angry when I left her , and so she does n't want me to marry another woman .
16 The hair I had watched from above had become disturbed when I lifted her , so that it shaded the line of her left cheek .
17 Fiona 's mother was shocked when we informed her of Paul 's criminal past .
18 She was utterly shocked when he put her firmly from him and she saw him button the shirt she had succeeded in undoing .
19 She asked after you and was pleased when I told her how well your business was doing and that you seemed in good spirits since she said she had been anxious for you .
20 ( Elizabeth said that she was not quite sure whether she ought to be pleased when I told her this ; but I am sure she was pleased . )
21 I 'm still friends with my tutor , and she was really pleased when I told her I 'd got a job .
22 Just as the girl was naked when we found her .
23 ‘ I have been looking forward to her visit for weeks and was very excited when I met her . ’
24 ‘ I have been looking forward to her visit for weeks and was very excited when I met her .
25 She was disappointed when he told her he was sorry but it was being used for band practice that day .
26 Gentle when he loved her .
27 She was blue when they carried her in , but it looks as though the stone has gone down the right way . ’
28 If my deception worked , she 'd still think she was attached to the creance and fly straight to me as usual when I showed her the chick .
29 She was frightened and depressed when they took her into hospital for the operation on December 22 , but she was fit enough to go home on Christmas Day .
30 She could n't even accuse him of laying a finger on her , since she was always fast asleep when he joined her in the large bed , and the twins arrived to wake her up in the morning .
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