Example sentences of "when she [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was happy when she starved herself of new clothes and expensive hairdressers , her bun gone , her blonde hair cut short , strict and styleless , by a merciless local hairdresser . |
| 2 | During the last year of her life , when she knew herself to be mortally ill , she resolutely avoided seeing anyone she knew . |
| 3 | Jay demanded , her voice ugly , feeling so far away she could lose no more , the angrier she grew the further Lucy went ; but when she forced herself to be quiet and good , Lucy still kept her distance . |
| 4 | When she lowered herself into the chair , there was a loud squelching noise similar to that made by a hippopotamus when lowering its foot into the mud on the banks of the Limpopo River . |
| 5 | The South African , once ranked in the world 's top 300 , decided to enter when she found herself in the north west for a three-months summer stay with her boyfriend 's family in Bolton , but was never seriously tested as Benmnett fell to her second consecutive defeat in the final . |
| 6 | It drove him mad when she turned herself into a sphinx as a ruse to avoid facing the truth . |
| 7 | ‘ I hope Wilmot can handle this , ’ said Holly anticipating the lawyer 's reproach when she explained herself to him . |
| 8 | It was the feeling she had had as a child when she frightened herself with a detective story . |
| 9 | Emily Davison died when she threw herself under the King 's horse during the 1913 Derby . |
| 10 | Joanna Grenside is described as beautiful — but when she sees herself in the mirror , she wo n't see that . |
| 11 | The cooking , which could n't be done before the day of the party , looked like an insurmountable mountain to Paige when she presented herself in the kitchen to help . |
| 12 | When she let herself into the flat , Ralph was waiting in the hall . |
| 13 | Sally-Anne , feeling that with Rose 's offer of friendship she was entering more and more into her new life , was humming ‘ Marching through Georgia ’ , and had just reached Atlanta , when she let herself into Dr Neil 's . |
| 14 | The flat seemed cold and empty when she let herself in several hours later , and discovering a message from Kelly on the answering-machine brought no respite from the depression which had settled over her like a heavy black cloud . |