Example sentences of "but when she [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when she reached the vicinity of her garden she was seized with a sudden embarrassment . |
| 2 | She intended to go straight to the second floor and find a policeman she could tell about the keys , but when she reached the first floor landing she veered into the newsroom instead . |
| 3 | Even as she turned towards the staircase she was still trying to come up with a good reason for not sleeping in his bed , but when she reached the top step she turned with a resigned sigh towards his room , too bone weary to argue any more . |
| 4 | But when she reached the office she found concentration to be almost impossible , and within a short time she became impatient with herself . |
| 5 | But when she takes a step towards me I find I 've crossed the kitchen to meet her . |
| 6 | But when she brought the children round , they would all wait outside a side door until he came down and joined them . |
| 7 | But when she took a necessary short cut through the kitchen , she was n't at all surprised to find that the figure filling the doorway with a tray of drinks balanced in his hands was Tom . |
| 8 | I expect he hoped to have as little as possible to do with her , but when she made a dead set at him , as she did at all young married men , that was no longer possible . |
| 9 | But when she made a last appeal , and told him , though feeling it was not quite true , that Martha had asked him to bring her father back , and then , very unwisely , referred again to Mrs Hodge , and the house , and the single bed , and even the temple bells , and asked him why he did n't come to his senses and whether he did n't think he 'd be happier living with a woman , whether she was on a boat or not , he turned on her , upsetting the bowl of water in front of the gas fire , and shouted : |
| 10 | They had reached the house , but when she made a move to open her door he leant across and slammed it shut . |
| 11 | Her hand trembled slightly as she place it on her father 's arm , but when she heard the traditional strains of music announcing her arrival , and saw Silas looking extremely handsome as he waited at the end of the aisle , her nervousness fled . |
| 12 | She could scarcely breathe , let alone struggle , but when she heard the sound of someone in the undergrowth she knew it was Travis and tried to get out a warning . |
| 13 | But when she saw the church clock she realised she was too early for the bus — nearly three-quarters of an hour too early . |
| 14 | But when she saw the little girl , she cried in surprise , ‘ Matthew , who 's that ? |
| 15 | She went back to bed but when she woke the next morning she was in terrible pain and called a nurse for help . |
| 16 | But when she repeats the movement in her dance with the Young Man , it appears in a different context , that of awakening love . |
| 17 | But when she resisted the charms of Hollywood 's legendary romeo it hit an all-time low . |
| 18 | The big downstairs room might have been a converted cowshed , but when she opened the tall shutters and the sunlight poured in , it looked more like a state apartment . |
| 19 | I though we 'd sit on her step , like we always did , and share out the Cadbury 's , and I 'd tell her about our school and she 'd tell me all about the nuns and everything , but when she opened the door she just stood there , all clean and different in her stiff long uniform still , and said , " I ca n't possibly play out tonight . |
| 20 | But when she opened the door , nothing and no one was outside . |
| 21 | But when she opened the door of her room he was waiting for her . |
| 22 | Sarah carried it carefully , but when she entered the dining room and glanced across at the guests she almost dropped it . |
| 23 | But when she entered the house , she was confronted by a scene of utter chaos . |
| 24 | But when she entered the little kitchen the first thing she saw was the flowers . |
| 25 | But when she entered the glade , Fen had gone . |
| 26 | But when she sees the Teds and greasers and hard-faced girls who make up the matinee audience , she thinks it 's just as well . |
| 27 | The bodice hung in folds but when she pulled the belt good and tight it did n't look so bad . |