Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [vb past] she [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | How had she known such things ? |
2 | Spirited she was , in those days , and she played one boy off against another , teasing , bold , louche , at times wildly immodest , shocking , provoking , drooping a ciggy from her wide wicked lip , dropping her blouse from bare shoulders , playing cards for forfeits , egging them on to experiment with Ouija , inventing naughty messages from the spirit world : how had she known these things , what models had she copied from films she had never seen , what spirit spoke through her , informing her impatient flesh ? |
3 | He looked perfectly amiable , so why did she get this feeling of apprehension , as though he was playing some sort of waiting game ? |
4 | Where did she know that name from ? |
5 | Where did she find that dress ? |
6 | ‘ Where did she get that idea ? ’ |
7 | Where had she heard that pearl of wisdom ? |
8 | Why had she uttered one word ? |
9 | Why had she done these things ? |
10 | Why had she started this conversation ? |