Example sentences of "[noun sg] when she [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She caught Urquhart 's glance when she looked up , a musing and erotic stare that swerved away . |
| 2 | She publicly commented on the rift when she spoke to newspaper columnist Jean Rook : ‘ I 'm absolutely sick of the ‘ Wicked Stepmother ’ lark . |
| 3 | BABY-SITTER Joyce Cotton had to call the fire brigade when she got stuck in her own front room after putting her twin grandchildren to bed upstairs . |
| 4 | Described as " quiet , genteel and beautiful — a real aristocrat " Maria can only have compounded her family 's displeasure when she eloped with a volatile Irish sheep shearer . |
| 5 | The Princess 's face went a little pink when she heard this . |
| 6 | Harriet had climbed them and had her key in the lock when she heard footsteps on the path behind her and a male voice called : ‘ Excuse me ! ’ |
| 7 | Christopher was a slight child , with rather too thin arms and legs , and little flat wrists which always gave Carolyn a stab of apprehensive fear when she noticed them . |
| 8 | In fact once submerged they had to find a red rod and drag themselves along it to the other side of the stage ; more than one mother screamed in fear when she saw the show . |
| 9 | It was n't fear ; Robbie knew fear when she saw it . |
| 10 | I think she was having a joke at my expense when she did it . ’ |
| 11 | She was overcome with emotion when she discovered it had been well cared for . |
| 12 | As she entered the villa , her heart thudded with abrupt violence when she saw that Damian Flint was still there , in the living-room , playing chess with Charles . |
| 13 | The men had disappeared from the top of the scaffolding when she emerged into the street again . |
| 14 | Damn it , she wailed silently , if he could do this to her with a mere glance , what might he have achieved last night if she had n't found the strength to conclude that little episode when she did ? |
| 15 | She watched him get the pony ready , learning all the time so that she would be able to harness it herself in future when she wanted to drive out in Nahum 's absence . |
| 16 | Leith was reversing her car when she spotted the Jaguar which she had first seen — grief , was it only yesterday morning ? |
| 17 | Replete in a small guilty elation , she was on her way back to the car when she met Robert . |
| 18 | Her reflections were interrupted by Dora , whom she had vaguely noticed rummaging in the boot of their car when she arrived and who now came striding towards them . |
| 19 | They were half-way to the car when she found she 'd left something behind and went back in a flurry of carrier bags and magazines . |
| 20 | DR ALBAN met his girlfriend when she tried some clothes on in his Stockholm boutique … |
| 21 | The scales were dry and silver , and fell like little clouds of snow when she had to scratch the skin because the cream from her doctor would not stop the itching . |
| 22 | Dorothy said her lawn was covered with snow when she arrived yesterday morning . |
| 23 | One Girl felt the full force of snobbery when she announced her wedding to a stagehand . |
| 24 | In fact the door was mended , and we were drinking our tea when she came in . |
| 25 | Nurse Jones was a busy woman and he valued the minutes he had with her over a cup of tea when she came down from the bedroom . |
| 26 | So she sat down very happily with her tea when she saw that Tom had accepted a cup as well and had brought in an extra chair from the sitting-room . |
| 27 | She 'd noticed a vacuum flask by his side when she entered , and had wondered what devil 's brew was in it . |
| 28 | It was broad daylight when she woke . |
| 29 | Ruth was about to switch on her blow-drier when she stilled . |
| 30 | She had a shopping list in her hand which she put into her handbag when she saw Alice . |