Example sentences of "[Wh adv] she [vb past] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | How she had suffered for him , for her poor pitiable ridiculous father , how she had hated her cruel peers for their relentless mocking , how she had dreaded each Christmas pantomime , each school-leavers ' farewell , each assembly that she knew her father was due to conduct , each occasion on which she heard him open his mouth in public . |
2 | It was the only way she could express it , remembering Justinette 's assertions of how she had experienced altered states of consciousness this way . |
3 | The mysterious Fox — I was more certain than ever that he was Special Branch now — that wretched young woman lying there in the mortuary , and I remembered my unease when she 'd told me how she had returned that file at the Records Office . |
4 | How she had got that name no-one dared ask . |
5 | She flushed now , remembering how she 'd realised last night that he must have returned without her hearing . |
6 | He could n't fathom why she 'd taken such exception to Eleanor . |
7 | This was why she 'd chosen this profession . |
8 | Then she felt ready to look at why she had created that situation . |
9 | Indeed , one of the reasons why she had liked this house was because it was near St Basil 's which appeared to be a ‘ suitable ’ church for her . |
10 | She was still not sure why she had made this arrangement . |
11 | Mrs McTavish used to wonder why she had produced two children who ran to such opposite extremes , but had never come up with an answer . |
12 | He was unable to imagine what she was after , why she had chosen this way out , why she seemed so bloody cheerful . |
13 | Recalled to the present by the cold of the flagstones numbing her feet and automatically aligning the cup handles , she suddenly realized why she had remembered that summer teatime in Martyr 's Cottage . |
14 | The cab drove slowly away through the bleak night while Meredith sat without moving , painfully remembering where she 'd heard that phrase before : ‘ Beggar myself ’ . |
15 | And when Mrs Amabel Dallam remembered to pay her for all those wedding chemises she might just take a few shillings to a certain bazaar in Leeds where she 'd heard good dress-lengths were to be had at bargain prices and make herself a new dress for Christmas . |
16 | A volunteer who had lately returned from China where she had seen another aspect of the refugee problem spent her first evening at Dovercourt simply observing the children . |
17 | A massive hunt for Nicola , who vanished from home near Biddulph , Staffordshire , last Thursday leaving her bike in a ditch , ended on Sunday night when she rang 999 from a seafront call box in Blackpool , where she had spent three nights in a guest house . |
18 | Patrick squirmed beneath his mother 's scrutiny , her gaze was direct and unblinking — like a snake , he realised , and he wondered where she had perfected that trait . |