Example sentences of "when she [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 When she 's done , she hands me the mirror and I have a look .
2 She 's out enjoying a Saturday shopping trip — there are people coming to dinner tonight , and when she 's stocked up on the basic necessities , she 'll choose some extra delights from the delicatessen .
3 You know how superstitious she is , touching wood and not walking under ladders and throwing salt over her shoulder when she 's spilled some .
4 He 'll buy her a small gift when she 's made an exceptional contribution .
5 How can you defend her , Claudia , when she 's let you down so badly ? ’
6 And when she 's curled on my honoured knee ,
7 When she 's finished reading it again I ask her what 's the matter .
8 She 'll be all right when she 's finished , said one .
9 Besides that , Pedrosa laughs , when she 's finished running marathons , perhaps he can start running seriously .
10 Your child will take a lot of trouble , but still the button will not go into the hole — and then , when she 's finished , she finds she 's got a button over !
11 The bashful , wounded virginity , such coy shrinking to inflame the passions even more — as I know to my cost — and then , when she 's finished with you , rejection .
12 Do you think she 'll stay when she 's bled you dry ? ’
13 But she 's secretly ambivalent about her friends and an open breach looms when she 's drawn to charismatic outsider J.D. who seduces her into an apparently humorous plan of attack .
14 ‘ Thank you for calling , ’ she says when she 's recovered a bit .
15 It makes it 'ard for a girl to say no when she 's obligated . ’
16 Child runs away and hides when she is called .
17 When she is stabled she may be vitamin A , D and E deficient .
18 He says ; ‘ Every woman has an Aphrodite in her who is easily recognized , her chief characteristics being vanity , conniving lust , fertility , and tyranny when she is crossed . ’
19 He is thoroughly domesticated and loves cooking elaborate meals for her when she is absorbed in her work .
20 When she is banished , the familial circle is cracked , a prevalent theme in the play , and the only way forward now is a deterioration of the family unit and of Lear 's mind .
21 When she is finished and suitably stunning , regally stunning , I am disappointed .
22 Secondly , in the devouring quality of a human or animal mother when she is driven to reclaim the life to which she has given birth .
23 ‘ No man could come near to imagining the anguish experienced by a woman when she is forced to give away her child so that she herself may live ! ’
24 Note the startling sparsity of adjectives : she uses them only when she is forced to , so they seem pressed out of the nouns through sheer weight of need .
25 The student 's understanding of the wide range of topics taught will be tested only when she is required to put it into practice .
26 Her emotionally deprived life is enhanced briefly when she is read to in a churchyard on Sunday afternoons by the invalid cousin she had loved as a child .
27 He said : ‘ What is the housewife going to do when she is told that the price of her electricity has now reached 10 pence per unit .
28 Her solicitor will be with her when she is interviewed , he said .
29 Tantrums at this time are common when she is thwarted and she hits out at people and objects when they do not bend to her will .
30 This was first apparent in The Quest ( 1943 ) where the arabesques danced in many ways became the movement through which Una ( danced by Margot Fonteyn ) expressed the emotions aroused when she is assailed by the four false Knights and then her joy when rescued by St. George .
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