Example sentences of "when she have [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Ingrid was in fact twenty-nine , which was young compared with Gesner , but not young for a dancer and she found the routines rather a strain , especially when she had to sing at the end of them . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | But the smile disappeared to be replaced by a doleful frown when she had to go into dinner herself — and sit next to her husband . |
4 | Her toughest assignment turned out to be the anchor-leg of the intermediate girls relay , when she had to put in a spurt to hold off a determined challenge from Middlesbrough . |
5 | Anyone with a spark of humanity would want to help a poor girl left defenceless and hard up , especially when she had to cope with the rearing of a young child , single handed . |
6 | ‘ Freda- through-the-wall ’ was her nickname for her neighbour whom she frequently invited in , particularly when she had to cope with a sticky social situation . |
7 | He quotes a young Pakistani woman recalling her schooldays , when she had to change for swimming and showers : ‘ I was surprised at the English girls who simply used to stand there and change . |
8 | For example , when she has to listen to the legends of the Catholic saints , which are read at ‘ la lecture pieuse ’ in the school where she teaches English , Lucy is sickened by ‘ tales that were nightmares of oppression , privation and agony ’ ; in a silent act of revulsion she breaks off the points of her scissors as she listens . |