Example sentences of "[subord] she [vb past] [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She remained in Paris during World War I , though she made frequent trips to the Brittany coast , where she did profoundly moving drawings of children . |
| 2 | Mrs Singh filled them in although she had already expressed alarm at the number of notes she was going to have to write to the school . |
| 3 | They finally came down on the side of 36-year-old Anne Bancroft , although she had seldom played comedy , having made her name in such powerful dramas as The Miracle Worker and The Pumpkin Eater . |
| 4 | Alice 's voice held genuine regret , for although she had never thought Madeleine the right girl for Harry , she would have done anything possible to forward a marriage between them if she truly believed it would make him happy . |
| 5 | Eve asked Patsy all about the orphanage , and Patsy told more details than she had ever told Benny . |
| 6 | The new patient did n't need anything , so she went in to see Donna . |
| 7 | Then she decided that there might not be enough food so she went out to buy potatoes to put in the oven to bake an hour before the guests were due , She was lonely . |
| 8 | Fortunately the Aer Lingus 737 had delivered her from Heathrow in less than an hour , so she 'd barely had time to become bored . |
| 9 | I said I do n't know how you dare sit there and say you have n't paid that Alice , she 's paid a fiver I says I 'd be ashamed , I said I wish mine was only that , so she phoned up to make arrangements to pay it a pound a week thirty two pound , that 's all hers is Wendy , for the year |
| 10 | It was not until she stood up to shake hands that Julia saw that she was pregnant . |
| 11 | Her hair was messed up as if she 'd come straight from bed , and her cheeks despite the coolness of the day were flushed as if she 'd recently made love . |
| 12 | Would it have been easier if she had n't seen Lucy almost every day for four years going into or out of the office next door ? |
| 13 | And if she had n't met Ryan , Ryan with the lovely smile , Ryan the leech , she would have been out there with them . |
| 14 | A romantic little episode , yet the intensity of what she 'd felt in those moments could have overwhelmed her completely if she had n't remembered Didi 's words . |
| 15 | I said what happens if she had n't had Down 's Syndrome , they said she could have gone home , so I said : ‘ That 's it , wrap her up , we 're going home . |
| 16 | If she had not lent Mum the money none of this would have happened . |
| 17 | She knew , with a feeling of detachment , that she attracted quite a few stares herself , primarily from men , and that if she had not had André at her side she would have been in very real danger of having to concoct a few efficient exit lines . |
| 18 | ‘ I could say without doubt that this lady would have been alive today if she had not taken drugs at that party . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ My steward shall take charge of the matter for you — if you so wish , ’ Elizabeth Mowbray interposed , as if she had already given thought to it . |
| 20 | His wife taught the remaining pupils , three seventeen-year-olds , and , as if she had only postponed death until her duties were done , she died of a heart attack at the end of July , the day after the last girls left . |
| 21 | Claudia wondered if she had ever known Dana . |
| 22 | But she knew in her heart that , if she had ever had Jonathon , she had lost him for good . |
| 23 | Mrs Thatcher finally announced her decision to resign at a Cabinet meeting summoned at the unusually early hour of 9 am the next day , declaring that she had concluded that the unity of the party and the prospects of victory in a general election would be better served if she stood down to enable Cabinet colleagues to enter the ballot for the leadership . |
| 24 | If she did n't bring help soon Joe would die . |
| 25 | She knew that if she did n't speak Carla would get more and more nervous , eventually breaking the heavy silence herself . |
| 26 | Miss Danziger put more pressure on the pedals ; she knew that if she did not reach Sandweg before the force of the wind had accumulated its full strength , she would have very hard work before her . |
| 27 | Only this weekend , I had a telephone call from a distressed daughter who pointed out that her mother , who was widowed 18 months ago , had just received a threatening letter saying that , if she did not pay £11 for the 16 days between 1 April and 17 April 1989 , during which her husband had been alive , poinding action would be taken against her . |
| 28 | ‘ Oh , Ms Craig ! ’ she exclaimed , rushing forward with outstretched hands as if afraid Melissa would vanish if she did not lay hold of her . |
| 29 | However , whilst agreeing they might not be annoyed with her , she thought she would feel guilty if she did not start tea until 6 p.m . |
| 30 | Lydia is ignorant of the ensuing scandal that would result if she did not marry Wickham . |