Example sentences of "when she [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would he listen to her when she told him the truth about Janice ? |
| 2 | When she passed him the number of her room ( thinking no one else knew she had ) and left to await him , he remained in the ballroom drinking , and when I left at midnight he was still there looking bored and lonely , missing his live-in girlfriend Marie Lisa Volpelierre ( who not long after died so tragically in a riding accident ) . |
| 3 | She reached for her pen and dipped it into the well so fiercely that when she lifted it a blot fell across the page . |
| 4 | A SHOPLIFTER gave the two police officers who arrested her a shock when she sent them a Christmas card . |
| 5 | When she raised them the rest of the way she held them not to her streaming eyes , but to her ears , listening intently for the sound of the sea . |
| 6 | Miriam knew that people can die of erysipelas and when she saw what a state the Collector was in , rolling on the floor in delirium , his face red and swollen , she received an unpleasant shock . |
| 7 | She drew both father and child to the top of the sea , and when she saw them a spring of joy burst in her heart and the power of speech returned to her . |
| 8 | Inside the little shop , a doleful Asian youth wearing finger mittens , walled in behind racks of cheap digital watches , ballpoint pens , sweets , and music cassettes , shakes his head and shrugs when she asks him the name of the street . |
| 9 | When she asks you a question , stand up at once before you answer it . |
| 10 | That 's what I said to her when she said it the other day I said how old are you Mrs ? |
| 11 | She had expected him to leave her but he stayed watching her quietly , picking a biscuit off the plate himself , sharing her milk when she offered him the glass . |
| 12 | When she found it the scene was stark . |
| 13 | She had not long returned to her room however , when her telephone rang , and when she answered it the sun came out . |
| 14 | When she explained what the kidnappers were after and asked if he had any idea where or what the document might be , his reply was predictably negative . |
| 15 | She plays the elderly Dame Lettie Colston , a committee lady and general busybody who starts what develops into a witchhunt when she finds herself the telephone caller 's first target . |
| 16 | She told Susan about her encounter when she gave her the humbugs , and the elder sister seemed interested for the first time that evening . |
| 17 | Well I did n't go , no , cos Chris int going , so I did n't bother going but I must admit , I mean , when she gave me the papers and what have you that goes with it , I come home , I put it in the cupboard and I 've not even looked at it since . |
| 18 | ‘ I think what I am trying to explain to you , ’ she said , ‘ is that over the years I became so completely cowed and dominated by this monster of an aunt that when she gave me an order , no matter what it was , I obeyed it instantly . |
| 19 | And so , during the holiday , Millie was again invited to tea , and on this visit she amused them , together with their other children , a twelve-year old son , and a five-year old daughter , when she gave them an imitation of the nuns , excelling herself when she touched on Sister Mary . |
| 20 | He greeted her very warmly and blushed in the sweetest way when she gave him a sisterly kiss . |
| 21 | When she gave him the second half of S. Kettering 's rent , he put it in his pocket without counting it . |
| 22 | When she gave him the number he just rang off and left her staring at the phone . |
| 23 | Rather to her disappointment , Giles replied , and when she gave him the news about Yvette she added cautiously , ‘ Mind you , she still has a little way to go yet , but I think she 'll be OK . ’ |
| 24 | She carefully left enough of her father 's original hair tonic in the bottle so that when she gave it a good shake the whole thing still looked reasonably purple . |
| 25 | We listened to the hon. Member for Derby , South when she gave us the present status of Beckett 's laws — a pledge to increase pensions and child benefit , to which the new manufacturing package has been added . |
| 26 | There was a time when she was interested in their politics , their science , their inventions , when she considered herself a small part of the great adventure , until one day the feeling was born in her that she did not belong among them . |
| 27 | Effortlessly , his knee slid to part her legs , but when she threw him a look of utter dismay he paused . |
| 28 | ‘ I must confess I 'm pretty sick about it all , ’ he said seriously , then when she threw him a startled glance he suddenly grinned . |
| 29 | When she did it the second time . |
| 30 | She paused and then went on in the same proud tone she had used when she showed them the bathroom , ‘ Mr Evans is a very important man . |