Example sentences of "when she [be] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just then one of Father 's secretaries , who was standing right behind me , said , ‘ Such purity of line , do you notice , even when she 's only showing that sweet child how to curtsy . ’ |
| 2 | Gilly gets off to a bad start in life by having a mother who deserts her when she is only three years old but her problems since then are all of her own making . |
| 3 | The new treatment had meant that this woman was able to establish that her fourth baby was healthy when she was only ten weeks and two days into her pregnancy . |
| 4 | Describing himself as ‘ a retired fiddler ’ , he was reluctant to say which of the many festival events would be highlights for him , but could hardly deny , that one will certainly be a performance by his former pupil , Claire Roff , now 18 , who began playing the violin when she was only four . |
| 5 | Cos she was put in that job when she was only a young girl and she 's never brought any shame or anything , not like the young ones are doing now ! |
| 6 | Of course we knew we were going to marry , we promised ourselves to each other when she was only sixteen . |
| 7 | From the first Emilia occupied the position of a precariously privileged dependant , and complained of ‘ hard fortune ’ , her father dying when she was only eight , leaving a ‘ miserable ’ estate . |
| 8 | Then as David got up to order another drink she found that her anger towards him was dwindling ; after all , she could hardly accuse him of being uncaring when she was only too aware of the caring nature of his activities . |
| 9 | But when she was only halfway through , Rosie got up and said , ‘ I do n't feel well , Shelley . ’ |
| 10 | when she was only a second year therefore that means , she 's not given enough work , but I mean |