Example sentences of "when she came [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result was a striking contrast to the dull brown tinged with grey that Pamela had when she came into the salon . |
| 2 | But in the end I became so frightened of her I used to start shaking when she came into the room . |
| 3 | They smiled when she came into the room . |
| 4 | He was talking to James , and stopped abruptly when she came into the room . |
| 5 | And then of course , when she came into the village to buy the few things they need — it is astonishing how modest Mr Swinton 's needs seem to be , she hardly buys any comforts at all but I gather his man is an excellent gardener and they keep a pig for bacon — ’ |
| 6 | She , she did mention the Guides when she came into the talk with me . |
| 7 | Her eyes scanned the first page quickly , taking in the expected account of how Ellen had looked after Oreste as her own , but when she came to the reasons why he had not been handed over to Gigia , Wilson slowed down and even repeated the words to herself . |
| 8 | When she came to the yellow and blue ones , she did not need to count the beads on the teacher 's necklace , but simply picked up three together with one hand and threaded them . |
| 9 | She always brushed Corrie 's beautiful hair when she came to the rectory , and though she began teaching both children the alphabet it was Corrie who received the most attention . |
| 10 | But when she came to the end of them , and stood there trembling , she realised that if he remembered her he would certainly report her to Mr Carson . |
| 11 | Benny did n't know that Peggy Pine was an old friend of Mother Francis , that they had been girls years ago and that when she came to the convent she called Mother Francis Bunty . |
| 12 | She was quite composed copying the address onto the telegraph form , but when she came to the words : Am in Hell . |
| 13 | And when she came to the last name only the fact that she was already frozen saved her from betraying herself . |
| 14 | She could n't recall stirring but when she came to the end of the journal and looked up , bemused and far away , not recognizing her surroundings for a while , the room was faintly glowing with fire and candlelight and the sky beyond the windows was inky blue . |
| 15 | I remember that when she came to the House she was , like her leader , a passionate supporter of CND . |
| 16 | When she came to the river the horse was standing there , head hung as if abashed . |
| 17 | I mean she was upstairs three quarters of an hour and when she came to the top of the stairs she still just had her vest and knickers on . |
| 18 | When she came to the door and I I did n't know whether to invite her in or not like I went come in and , an she like , looked at me and I goes , do n't ask ! |
| 19 | It must have been nearly three months before I heard from Mrs Ainsworth , and in fact I had begun to wonder at the bassets ' long symptomless run when she came on the phone . |
| 20 | We met when she came with the chairman of one of the big contractors to lobby me about increasing the road-building programme , when I was a spokesman for Transport . |
| 21 | When she came with the tray he would slip downstairs and steal what he could from the open shelves in the pantry . |
| 22 | Oh , when she came with the baby and the young girl to see me off at the station , I was unable to speak . |
| 23 | The blonde woman was always elegantly dressed and absolutely immaculate , even when she came off the beach , her hair neatly pinned up in a French pleat or out of sight under a chic floppy straw hat . |
| 24 | But I did n't recognise her when she came off the plane . |
| 25 | When she came through the door , he 'd be behind it . |