Example sentences of "[subord] she [verb] [adv] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And right where she did n't expect it in the black universe was another dark space , solid with hidden meanings , difficult to see , alien to her comprehension . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , in any case , she 's still in love with Hayden — her husband — although she does n't know it . |
| 3 | Although she does not realise it , she is searching for enlightenment and encourages her fusion with Geraldine : ‘ Christabel stretched forth her hand ’ . |
| 4 | The adult Eileen was quite intelligent enough to understand the devastating effects of those careless words on the child she had been — although she did not blame her mother in any way for using them . |
| 5 | Theodora was surprised , although she did not show it . |
| 6 | But Finn came and sat beside her and gave her another cream bun , which she accepted gladly as a token of friendship , although she did not want it . |
| 7 | Her eyelids flickered , although she did not train their stare upon her visitors . |
| 8 | Cornwallis-West became enamoured of Mrs Campbell ; this was the effective end of his marriage to Jennie , although she did not divorce him until 1913 , when she reverted to the name of Lady Randolph Churchill . |
| 9 | Alix , although she did not know it , was pregnant . |
| 10 | But suddenly the thought of her mama was painful to her , and to push it away she leaned back again , said , amusement plain in her voice , which , although she did not know it , surprised Neil Cochrane a little , ‘ Oh , I will be good , because in my present condition I can not be anything else , I fear . ’ |
| 11 | Although she did not know he had sex with Miss A in a bathroom above his Harley Street surgery , she claimed she did not feel threatened by another of his affairs . |
| 12 | But although she did not deny it she knew nothing . |
| 13 | Grainne stood very still , although she did not close her eyes , for to do so in here , with a creature , a something that was watching from the shadowy corners and grinning and copying her every move , was not to be thought of . |
| 14 | She enjoyed their company , although she did not read their books as closely as they might have wished , for she had a strong and idiosyncratic sense of history , particularly of the Stuart period ( like my grandfather , she was a descendant of Charles II , in her case from Nell Gwyn , in his from Lucy Walter ) . |
| 15 | Alison was a travel agent 's clerk , although she did n't express it to Nigel like that . |
| 16 | The shop was closed as the season was virtually over by now , and , although she did n't know what plan he had up his sleeve , she did n't expect him to do more than breeze in and out . |
| 17 | We had dinner one evening and although she did n't know it , I was recording everything she said . |
| 18 | Although she did n't know he played the drums at all , |
| 19 | ‘ So she does n't love you enough , ’ Alice said thoughtfully . |
| 20 | They 're meant to hold on to it you know so she do n't need it so often . |
| 21 | I rub my face quick so she do n't see I 've been crying . |
| 22 | Maggie could tell that he would have liked to stop for a chat , that he felt sorry for her left on her own , but she lacked either her grandmother 's grace or her mother 's energy , so she did not offer him tea . |
| 23 | Her father " would have died " if one of his children had arrived home in the middle of the day , so she did n't initiate him too closely into the delights of higher education . |
| 24 | His hold on her had slackened slightly , but she did n't feel sure he 'd let her escape without an undignified fight , so she did n't push her luck . |
| 25 | She could n't afford to run any risks , and there was certainly something mysterious about David Arrowsmith , something she could n't identify for the moment : so she did n't trust him . |
| 26 | His mouth refused to release hers , and every movement he made sent her spiralling deeper into an apparently bottomless pit of pleasure , it washed over her , saturated her , invaded every one of her nerve-ends until she did n't think she could stand it any more . |
| 27 | So you and your family hatched a plot whereby you flirted with her and turned her stupid , innocent head ; where you pawed her and manoeuvred her into private corners until she did n't know what was happening to her ! |
| 28 | The highest my mum goes is forty pounds cos she does n't think she should spend a lot of money on a pair of trainers that wo n't last . |
| 29 | Cos she did n't tell us her name . |
| 30 | Cos she did n't realise I 'd be going down . |