Example sentences of "[adj] when she [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was very calm when she rang me from the hospital asking for her mourning clothes . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Her eyes were cold when she lifted them to Piper 's face . |
| 4 | ‘ It must have been terrible when she told you about Nicola 's affair with Parkin . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Ettedgui , who had supported Hamnett by selling her first clothes in his shops , was upset when she abandoned him in favour of Bertelsen , an oil-rich entrepreneur who arrived in London offering designer deals and retail arrangements in 1986 . |
| 7 | He told Police she 'd been violent and emotional when she left him at about 11.30 , an hour after she was supposed to have arrived . |
| 8 | His nan 's abhorrence of the neighbourhood toms was legendary , and her punishment merciless when she heard them at it , raw-arsed and rampant , in the nightly flesh pit of the back yard . |
| 9 | It drove him mad when she turned herself into a sphinx as a ruse to avoid facing the truth . |