Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | His wife criticises a story in the Sunday Mirror which claimed she spent her ‘ hen night ’ in ‘ smooching the night away ’ with a former boyfriend . |
| 2 | All she could do was stare glumly at the sign hanging inside the door — CONFISERIE VASSOIR : Ouvert 9.30–18.30 Mardi à Samedi — then glance at her watch , which confirmed she was fifteen minutes too late . |
| 3 | The basement was full of the sharp warmth of frying onions , which meant she was cooking something complicated . |
| 4 | Nellie was very good and a natural musician who could play without looking at the piano which meant she could watch the dancing at the same time . |
| 5 | It was necessary to rest it on the lap because it was too heavy for her to hold up , which meant she had to sit leaning forward in order to read . |
| 6 | As she bustled about the mess , he did n't so much as look at her , which meant she would have to comer him to talk to him . |
| 7 | Birth dates are not given on marriage certificates , only ages , and his mother 's was there as twenty-five , which meant she must have been born in 1926 and have been twenty-seven when he was born . |
| 8 | Julia contracted a rare eye disease , retinitis pigmentosa , when she was two ; which meant she lost part of her retina and gradually her vision . |
| 9 | The little boy 's absorption had enabled her to work longer during the days , which meant she had finished the commissions in hand and so could take a weekend off without worrying about them . |
| 10 | The hearing was told Miss Dixon was bound by a grievance procedure at the home which meant she must raise matters of concern internally rather than go to an outside body . |
| 11 | so she 's still needed , I think she bought a three bedroomed house which meant she had two girls two girls and a boy , she had three children . |
| 12 | Which did she take ? ’ |
| 13 | I mean she di did did demonstrate which left she meant . |
| 14 | PRINCESS Stephanie of Monaco ( right ) has accepted undisclosed libel damages over a Daily Mirror article which suggested she demanded a 100,000-dollar fee ( £65,360 ) to attend a charity gala in Dublin . |
| 15 | Her thoughts were carefully filtered through her father 's public relations machine which ensured she was never interviewed . |
| 16 | She knew from pictures in the Book of Instruction clandestinely glimpsed in her father 's library what to expect , approximately ; and she had seen animals ; but exactly what happened she could not imagine . |
| 17 | He had gone to her father , and what happened she never quite knew . |
| 18 | For what happened she can do it because , so okay , let's hope it 's going to be nice . |
| 19 | Whatever happened she must n't crack up . |
| 20 | Whatever did she mean by that ? ’ |
| 21 | Whatever did she say ? |
| 22 | What did she need ice buckets for ? |
| 23 | That was the limit — what did she know about tragic ? |
| 24 | What did she have to cry about , I thought as I stumbled through the door . |
| 25 | What did she want ? |
| 26 | What did she know , rhapsodised Jay into Lucy 's neck . |
| 27 | ‘ What did she want ? ’ |
| 28 | What did she think ? |
| 29 | But what did she feel ? |
| 30 | ( Well — what did she think of it ? ) |