Example sentences of "when she [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My poor heart soared like a bird when she agreed to accompany me and her father to a parchment-seller in Lothbury . |
| 2 | She had sometimes called to find him absent and his mother 's explanation , when she deigned to give one , unconvincing . |
| 3 | It is for this reason that this approach proved so helpful to Brooke-Rose when she chose to turn her creative attention to narratology . |
| 4 | She knew she had will-power when she chose to exercise it and she was still conscience-stricken over her outburst regarding Alison . |
| 5 | She recalls they were quite disapproving when she chose to study at Bradford rather than Oxford or Cambridge . |
| 6 | When she became engaged to Prince Charles Diana referred to her cleaning job in her reply to Lucinda 's letter of congratulation . |
| 7 | When she became engrossed in some new work he made her preoccupation an excuse for drawing away from her . |
| 8 | Miss Paula McCloskey , 26 , also injured her other leg when she became entangled in a mincing machine at the M U P factory in Richill , Co Armagh , in June , 1990 , the High Court in Belfast was told yesterday . |
| 9 | And then , just when she felt compelled to look once more into the strong , handsome face , the moment was gone and the Jaguar purred into life and she heard the angry rev of the engine as he thrust the car into gear and roared away . |
| 10 | A morning off , she took them occasionally when she felt put upon , but this time her ire and suspicion were aimed at him . |
| 11 | When she began to use contraception at the age of 42 she probably did so without her husband 's knowledge , but this would have been difficult for most working class women , given the lack of privacy in their homes . |
| 12 | She was being towed to the breakers when she began to take in water ( probably through the conning tower hatch which was only lashed down for the tow ) and sank . |
| 13 | She went on walking , and he had to run and catch up when she began speaking again . |
| 14 | Only it was so hard to do that , especially when she began looking at the sketches she had made at Kenilworth . |
| 15 | The little orchestra was playing a minuet when she began to descend the sumptuously draped stairs . |
| 16 | The trouble started when she began to talk about her will . |
| 17 | She suspected that she was pregnant when she began seeing Alan , but this was only confirmed when she had to go for a check-up because Alan had a urinal infection . |
| 18 | When she began to lift him , he flung out his arms and batted her away . |
| 19 | Divorcee Cheryl coped with her illness until six years ago when she began to deteriorate . |
| 20 | Then , when she began to tell me how it happened , and what you 'd told her , about Gittel and the curse , the scales fell from my eyes . |
| 21 | I first met her when she began coming to Althorp and into the Northampton hairdressing salon where I worked . |
| 22 | She was n't sure when she began to cry , but it seemed staunchless . |
| 23 | He had trouble , when she began to cry , her face that of a heartbroken child 's , not to reach out and hold her one last time . |
| 24 | Melissa had barely turned the key in the ignition when she began to speak in a brittle , staccato voice . |
| 25 | She had just about finished , when she began to make out footsteps approaching from deeper in the maze of drums . |
| 26 | But I had n't asked her to do so , and when she began making a nuisance of herself I told her she 'd have to leave our office there . |
| 27 | He only came to life when she began unbuttoning his trousers , for as she touched his fly buttons , so he grabbed at his belt . |
| 28 | When she began to protest , he claimed he was getting help on an out-patient basis , and that he had been going to AA . |
| 29 | He watched her without comment , and when she began to undress him , it was like undressing a baby . |
| 30 | He smiled when she began to sputter , showing even white teeth against his tanned skin . |