Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Her lips clamped together and she stared at him in horror , unable to believe she 'd really asked him such a question . |
2 | Feeling a twinge of guilt because she 'd inadvertently brought it all up when all they wanted was for it to remain buried , and pushing aside for the moment the whys and wherefores of her grandfather 's involvement , Ellie apologised quietly , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
3 | His name is Mr William Charles Francis ; age 26 ; occupation journalist ; religion Church of England ; next-of-kin father ; addresses of both in the Admission Book ; admitted to Casualty at 10.20 A.M. — ’ and she went on to tell us all I had heard from Humber . |
4 | She did not answer him this time , but stared back at him almost insolently , only a slight moistening of her lips betraying her nervousness . |
5 | And we have it on the authority of those sitting near her that she did not drink it that evening . ’ |
6 | She did not tell me that . |
7 | It had been splendidly undemanding ; because of his family , she did not see him more than a few times a month , always meetings snatched at short notice and with absolutely no expectation from him that she would be available . |
8 | The moment she knew it she did n't want him any more , simple as that . |
9 | How could it be , when she did n't want him any more ? |
10 | The same officer who had let him say goodbye to his friend Boris , but she did n't tell him that . |
11 | Moira said she did n't tell me all of it but Moira said he was very upset . |
12 | ( For instance , one veteran listed a pair of jogging shoes left behind on the islands among his painful memories : another recalled a letter he wrote to his girlfriend from the trenches , asking her to tell me the truth , if she did n't love me any more or was going out with another boy ’ . ) ’ |
13 | she did n't bring me any , she did n't even think to bring me my washing . |
14 | But she did n't see it that way . |
15 | She had survived for four years without him ; she did n't need him any more . |
16 | But she found that she did n't need them any more . |
17 | The subject matter for my demonstration is a pair for shoes belonging to my four-year-old daughter Sophie , who painted them to suit herself after she decided she did n't like them any more . |
18 | And remorseful that she did n't like her more . |
19 | Yeah she had n't done them all this time . |
20 | I hope she had n't done it that Saturday when we all were outside and we watching |
21 | In fact , she thought as she splashed cold water on to her hot face , she had n't seen him all morning — perhaps he 'd taken himself off for a walk . |
22 | Yes , they were true , though she had n't thought them that way before . |
23 | Yet not only had she not said anything but as far as he 'd been able to ascertain she had n't left him any lunch . |
24 | Indeed she had not given it another thought since last seeing it in Matthew 's sitting-room . |
25 | ‘ But I feel annoyed that she had not thought it all through . |
26 | She had deliberately given him that impression simply because she had n't wanted to look lonely and pathetic in his eyes . |
27 | the first time she had ever asked him that question . |
28 | She had hardly seen him all day . |
29 | He turned his ravaged face on her , and the ravage was grief , and she had never loved him more , doubt her though he might . |
30 | She had never given him any reason to feel suspicious , and she certainly never encouraged any impropriety with the carmen and dockers who came regularly into the dining rooms . |