Example sentences of "[to-vb] when she [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was halfway round and beginning to fret when she entered the Fragonard Room and was briefly transported to a French salon of the eighteenth century . |
| 2 | She paced the room , staring out of the window until the view became too monotonous to continue watching , looking at her watch and at the door , and was about to leave when she heard the porter turning the key in the lock . |
| 3 | I think she feels a certain resentment that he used his wife 's illness , her death , and now uses the children as an excuse for reneging on his undertaking to leave when she wanted the cottage back . ’ |
| 4 | I think a large diamond pin of some kind up near the collar , and those glittery sort of earrings , and perhaps several bracelets to flash when she moves the muff . ’ |
| 5 | The applicant did not wish to retire when she reached the age of 60 and that requirement was waived by the authority until shortly after her sixty-second birthday , when she was dismissed . |
| 6 | Maggie was about to reply when she spotted the young man from the pub heading towards her . |