Example sentences of "when she [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Might he have been despatched by those means , other than useless lawyers , which were considered by Sandra when she wrote the list ? |
| 2 | By contrast , when she wrote the novel versions of Stolen and To Have and To Hold ( ‘ ghastly title — it was a television title ’ ) , her characters had already been embodied , by other people . |
| 3 | She was coming to the end of months on the barren atoll of Pity Me when she heard the moth rattle against her window , between tacked-up scarlet and black batik fabric and the glass . |
| 4 | When she heard the shrill call , like an owl but human , she slipped out and joined her lover in the little barn beside the byre . |
| 5 | Frau Nordern asked — and blenched when she heard the figure . |
| 6 | When she heard the grumbles of the county landowners after the announcement , she may have wished she had done . |
| 7 | Wilson hesitated over how little ‘ little ’ would be but , when she heard the sum , could not resist agreeing since it was so very small . |
| 8 | The Israeli Jews in the little kibbutz a mile or so away had never heard of it , but an old Arab woman in a long dark dress picking fruit pointed up a hill when she heard the name and shrugged her shoulders . |
| 9 | She was pondering this in a panic , when she heard the scream of the children and the sound of feet running . |
| 10 | Nessie had the pig bucket in her hand when she heard the noise of singing in the early evening air . |
| 11 | On 11 April 1986 Minnie Keenan was listening to the radio in her east Belfast home when she heard the news that her son Brian had been taken hostage in Beirut . |
| 12 | A friend of mine recalls an occasion in her childhood , as she was walking along an ancient path , when she heard the sound of thunder from the ground : none of the friends she was with heard anything . |
| 13 | She thought it was empty at first , but someone was putting fresh flowers on the altar , and turned quickly when she heard the door close . |
| 14 | She had just walked the course and was making her way to the weighing room before the first race when she heard the familiar Bronx accent behind her . |
| 15 | The girl had just finished her 28 deliveries on her round and was 30 paces into the alleyway when she heard the running steps of the prowling rapist behind her . |
| 16 | The next afternoon , Constance was sitting in the garden with the dog when she heard the sound of Nicky 's car . |
| 17 | Constance asked timidly when she heard the voice at the other end . |
| 18 | When she heard the rustle behind her , she did n't turn around . |
| 19 | Annie was just about to settle down to watch Coronation Street on television when she heard the JCB being driven away from outside the family home in Enfield , North London . |
| 20 | She was in her first-floor sitting room , secure in her easy chair , when she heard the first sirens , saw the first police cars turn into her street . |
| 21 | She was kneeling on a kitchen chair , her long hair trailing in the margarine , when she heard the steps . |
| 22 | He loved the way her eyes lit when she heard the kind of music she liked well played . |
| 23 | Cecilia was about to let herself in when the young woman called Alice , who had been there when she heard the bomb go off , opened the door to her . |
| 24 | She picked up the bag , checked inside to see that everything was still there , and was about to confiscate the switchblade when she heard the sound of a police siren in the distance . |
| 25 | A young woman who was with her hid when she heard the first shots and witnessed what happened . |
| 26 | Molly had buttoned up the braces on Jacqueline 's trousers and found her youngest child a biscuit when she heard the screams . |
| 27 | When she heard the front door she was momentarily unable to stand , for inner turbulence . |
| 28 | She was making for the telephone box outside the Broken Dolls Hospital when she heard the puttering of a motorcycle engine as it reduced speed in the gutter behind her . |
| 29 | She was clearing the table when she heard the slow deliberate footsteps of her husband approaching the kitchen . |
| 30 | When she heard the driver 's footsteps , she packed the mirror away . |