Example sentences of "but when she see " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bridhe stood still , afraid to move , half-certain that the girl was about to harm the baby ; but when she saw Luch lay the little boy back in his cradle and tuck the coverlet round him , rock him for a moment , and then turn lovingly to pick up her own child again , the old lady felt tears come to her eyes . |
| 2 | But when she saw the church clock she realised she was too early for the bus — nearly three-quarters of an hour too early . |
| 3 | But when she saw his look of mingled amazement and indignation , she knew beyond a doubt that he had nothing to do with it . |
| 4 | But when she saw what he was taking out of the inside pocket of the overcoat , she felt faint with fright . |
| 5 | But when she saw these things written they seemed , and were , stale , deja-vu , derivative . |
| 6 | But when she saw the little girl , she cried in surprise , ‘ Matthew , who 's that ? |
| 7 | Her step was much lighter than it had been the previous day , but when she saw that her inquisitor was n't the Obersturmfuhrer , her heart sank . |
| 8 | But when she saw his expression , the colour went out of her face . |
| 9 | He squatted to take his sister by the shoulder and rouse her ; she was groggy , she could barely lift her eyelids to look at him , but when she saw who it was , she wrapped her arms around him , and pressed her head to his chest . |
| 10 | Mei Ling pretended a stare of disapproval , but when she saw that Alexei was watching , she smiled . |
| 11 | The dog had her head thrown back ready to deliver another bark but when she saw Julia she rolled her navy-blue eye in its white socket and smiled . |
| 12 | She started , unaccustomed to anyone else in the house , but when she saw him , she smiled blearily . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Joanna Grenside is described as beautiful — but when she sees herself in the mirror , she wo n't see that . |