Example sentences of "but when she [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when she said we were going by Concorde , that , to an engineering student , was it . ’ |
| 2 | She showed the dresses to Philip , who laughed at them , but when she said she would get something for them , quite a lot , shrugged , unwillingly respectful . |
| 3 | Cos underneath it , I mean it did n't look nice but when she lifted it up it 's how mine was , like it is now , flat underneath . |
| 4 | It 's not often she loses her temper , but when she does you can look out ! ’ |
| 5 | She trotted along to the kitchen , but when she reached it , she stopped and listened carefully before opening the door . |
| 6 | Melanie already knew I was popular with the fair sex , but when she discovered I was tipped for the top in my career as well she decided it might be a good idea to marry me . ’ |
| 7 | She did what she could with her tousled mass of auburn curls , but when she twisted it into its usual topknot the starkness of the style served only to emphasise the weariness in her wide-set eyes , and with a little mutter of disgust she let the curls fall again , tumbling about her shoulders in riotous abandon . |
| 8 | I did n't realise why she 'd been away , but when she returned I soon found out . |
| 9 | James Spencer QC , prosecuting , alleged Mr Nichol approached Mrs Chandler in a field but when she ignored him he pulled her down the bank , sexually assaulted her and hit her on the head with a rock or rocks . |
| 10 | Several people were after it , but when she knew I wanted it she sent a message saying she preferred me to have it . |
| 11 | For instance , everyone makes such a fuss of Elizabeth Taylor when she loses weight , pampering her and commenting on how good she looks , but when she regains it , as she always does , we are told how ugly and inflated she is , and even she does not escape comparison — with Joan Collins . |
| 12 | Well Yvonne went into the private to get er a sister 's post and sh but she knew she was gon na do her midwifery , so she knew she was n't gon na stay there but when she went it 's become when she does her midwifery for the sister 's post , ah but she 's got experience has n't she when she 's |
| 13 | They had looked forward to seeing her but when she came they did n't know what to say . |
| 14 | He tried to hide the crease of worry on his features , but when she asked him whether the debtors had given him extra time he frowned and shook his head . |
| 15 | At first Anne felt indignant with Joe , but when she thought it over , realised the good sense of his warning . |
| 16 | I did n't blame her , I told you I did n't , but when she told me I could 've killed her … |
| 17 | He had been remarkably restrained until then , but when she felt him ease her jeans down over her hips she suddenly caught his sense of urgency as , with a low groan , he roughly pulled her even closer , burying his head against the soft skin of her thighs . |
| 18 | She started , unaccustomed to anyone else in the house , but when she saw him , she smiled blearily . |
| 19 | Lucy had to stand on tiptoe to use it , but when she did it gave her a partial view of the clientele at their tables . |
| 20 | She knew she would open it , but when she did it would be as if he were with her all over again , and she would suffer so … |
| 21 | I could n't really tell what it was till she told me , but when she did I could see it . |
| 22 | At first Carrie hardly dared look at her but when she did she saw nothing alarming or sinister , just an old lady with silvery hair piled up high and a pale , invalid 's face . |
| 23 | At first she did not notice him standing there near her cage in the darkening gloom but when she did she did something he had never seen her do in all the years he had watched her . |
| 24 | But when she turned him down he married her sister instead . |
| 25 | But when she turned she was smiling . |
| 26 | All was well at first , but when she calved it was another story . |
| 27 | But when she opened them , she saw the insect , dead , on the point of the sword . |
| 28 | She acknowledged this with a raised thumb , but when she showed me the assortment of charts on the bed-table pushed against the wall she gave a thumbs-down over his fluid-intake . |
| 29 | She could see fires occasionally , but when she approached them she found men strapped to stakes , burning . |
| 30 | Phyllisia had seen this girl called Marian , she wanted to be her friend because she was perfect and her father would have been impressed , but when she approached her , Marian snubbed Phyllisia . |