Example sentences of "[Wh det] she 'd [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Cleo took the velvet poison bag and the money pouch out of her drawer , together with a handful of stockings , and stuffed them into an old leather holdall in which she 'd formerly kept a collection of limbs , torsos and heads from broken porcelain dolls . |
2 | The mirror was veined with gold and misted with the scented steam of the bath from which she 'd just emerged . |
3 | Suppressing a sigh , she surveyed the map of Copenhagen with which she 'd already armed herself before leaving England , refreshing her memory as to the location of the street where Suzie 's presence had last been authenticated . |
4 | She was more bothered than ever , for Timothy 's eyes had a dreamy look which she 'd never seen in them before , and he 'd lingered over the girl 's name whenever he had used it . |
5 | If she did n't know any better , she would have said she 'd had too much to drink , but apart from that first glass of punch , which she 'd never finished , and then Luke 's celebratory champagne , she had n't touched alcohol all evening . |
6 | But when she had washed her hair and dressed in a new pair of designer jeans and a silk shirt that had been a Christmas present and which she 'd never worn before — it was n't to Eva 's house that she went but back down into the town , towards the theatre and the Franz Joseph . |
7 | But he had gone out of the front door , banging it , leaving his shoes on the table which she 'd always believed was bad luck . |
8 | She turned the volume down instead of up and went to the door , which she 'd dutifully bolted and chained . |
9 | For a moment , she was n't sure of what she 'd just said . |
10 | She could hardly believe what she 'd just done . |
11 | Kate stared back at him , hardly daring to believe what she 'd just heard . |
12 | She remembered what she 'd just been doing . |
13 | His eyes raked mockingly over her dishevelled nakedness , and she shuddered , still caught up in the storm he had unleashed , but horrified , too , to realise what she 'd just been doing . |
14 | The gleam in his eyes made her uncomfortably certain he knew perfectly well what she 'd just been thinking . |
15 | Maybe what she 'd really heard was the voice of her own conscience . |
16 | Caroline had smiled and said yes , it was , but what she 'd really wanted to say was that she doubted if Nicolo had ever hesitated about getting what he wanted in his entire life . |