Example sentences of "when she had [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she had been here three days a man had trailed up the stairs , let in by another tenant , hammering on her door . |
| 2 | There were so many more than when she had been here with Morthen . |
| 3 | She could look back on that time with a great deal of fondness ; it had been one of the few times in her life when she had been truly free — there had been no one , neither family , friends nor employer — to make demands on her . |
| 4 | With his assistance she could return to that blessed , wondrous world of — when had it been ? — an hour ago , before disaster had fallen upon her , when she had been blissfully on her way to pin Miss Dallam into the dress that would make both their reputations in Frizingley for elegance . |
| 5 | There had been times , especially after a long busy night at the club , when she had been severely tempted to just throw in the towel and thumb through the Yellow Pages to find the nearest painter and decorator to hand . |
| 6 | When she had been about five he had come to stay , returning from Hong Kong and , like other wise men from the east , he came bearing gifts . |
| 7 | They were vague shadowy figures , rather like her own mother had been , except that she remembered them slightly better because , when she had been about eight years old , Granny Tremayne had driven her over to Newquay where they had been staying . |
| 8 | When she had been there for about six weeks she received the Medical Superintendent 's recommendation for her bravery . |
| 9 | When she had been there a couple of years and I asked her how she was , she said , ‘ Pretty mouldy . ’ |
| 10 | She put up her hands in a gesture reminiscent of the one which she had made in the attic , when she had been still fearful of him and of all men , but the gesture was as much for Havvie as for him . |
| 11 | Yet all was glitter in this room , as it had been glitter two months ago when she had been so happy . |