Example sentences of "when she have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harry was able to fit in only two further meetings with Alice — one when she had taken him to see the very impressive new branch of the Maison Verveine , and the other when she had invited him back to the flat to meet Jules . |
| 2 | There was no answer to her knocking , so , when she had balanced the buttered scone on the parcel of bread-soda , she opened the door and put her head round the jamb . |
| 3 | When she had watered them she often sat on the ledge , simply staring at their thin greenness and absorbing the peace of the place . |
| 4 | Especially vivid was the period in Jessamyn Bonney 's life between her first meeting with the Josephite motorwagons and the burning of Spanish Fork , when she had worn his spectacles . |
| 5 | Eleanor was right when she had said at the very beginning that he should have gone along with the corporate planning proposals to phase-out the UK Vehicle Division as a manufacturing operation . |
| 6 | The third night , above the rattling progress of a late train , he had pummelled Zoë with his fists , and not heard the frightened crying of his children , when she had said that no fucking way was she going to be holed up for the rest of her days in bloody , bloody Damascus . |
| 7 | And when she had said it — when she had put so pathetic a value on herself — he would still drive off and leave her standing there , with those steep , chilly miles to go . |
| 8 | He would think it funny when she had said she had to hurry if she just went on sitting there , so she got up to go . |
| 9 | When she had said that before she had meant it , but now she realised she was lying ; she was wanting to make him feel better and she was also hanging on to her old life to feel safe . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm — I 'm — ’ Her voice was quite flat , with no sign of the bitterness that had edged it earlier , or the mad rage that must have possessed her when she had destroyed Jessamy 's clothes . |
| 11 | When she had taught Sarah to read and write it had been her textbook , and it would have broken her heart if she 'd heard such a tirade after all her patient teaching . |
| 12 | On some deep , primitive level , sensed earlier when she had gazed at him across the fire , she belonged to him . |
| 13 | When she had lost her virginity four nights earlier , Constance had been elated ; but now she felt as she had always understood women did on their bridal night : deeply upset and even slightly resentful at what had happened . |
| 14 | However , Liz had laughed like a drain when she had commented on how small it sounded . |
| 15 | ‘ When she had repeated herself five or six times , the CIA man slammed the phone down in a rage , and Reagan never learned what he had to say . ’ |
| 16 | And tea , tea , tea with everything , just when she had begun to appreciate the sophistication of coffee . |
| 17 | She knew what Papa would say because he had said it a few years ago when she had begun to reproach him and all men for their oppression of women . |
| 18 | Mental transference of some sort must have taken place because , putting down his napkin and rising , he had said to her when she had begun to remove his breakfast china , ‘ McAllister . ’ |
| 19 | This was to be her special torture then : just when she had discovered what a selfish , callous , calculating person Mark was , everybody was going to try and sell him to her . |
| 20 | She should try to forget him , but the memory of their afternoon together had the power to make her cheeks rosy , and so they stayed while she put on the plainest gown which she could find in the wardrobe which she had left behind , with her personal maid , when she had pretended to go with the Parslows . |
| 21 | Perhaps he was n't without blame , but had n't she made the same kind of mistake when she had endowed Marcus with the qualities she 'd wanted him to possess ? |
| 22 | ‘ What do you want ? ’ she asked mutinously , deliriously thankful that she had succeeded in not succumbing to the urge to blub her eyes out when she had dashed out of the living-room . |
| 23 | When she had eaten , Ruth set off for Dudley House . |
| 24 | She planned a chart where Emma would receive an animal sticker to stick on a wall chart when she had completed any of these required tasks . |
| 25 | Bodo asked the waitress if she would take the romantic lead in a film he claimed to be making and when she had gone , said , ‘ I do n't think so , but you never know , do you ? |
| 26 | He changed into his tracksuit when she had gone and went to talk to his doctors . |
| 27 | He felt a weight lifted when she had gone — he had so nearly fallen into her trap . |
| 28 | When she had gone , Wilcox said , ‘ Who were you trying to hurt ? ’ |
| 29 | I asked her to bring me up a pot of tea , and when she had gone , inspected the room further . |
| 30 | When she had gone , Aunt Lilian said , ‘ Perhaps you 'll tell me what this is about ? ’ |