Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] she [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bernice suddenly found she badly needed a drink , but her hip flask was empty . |
| 2 | My mother was so dazzled she never even thought to question him about his job , but she grew to live for the visits he made daily to the shop . |
| 3 | Just to herself — you know , not out loud like she normally does . |
| 4 | Not only did she not read the charge but the folding back of the pages would have tended to discourage her from doing so . |
| 5 | Legal advice recommended that , as Mrs. X was unable to remember anything of the alleged incident and that , as it may not be possible to prove beyond reasonable doubt that , not only did she not consent , but also that XYZ knew that she was not consenting , the case should be dealt with summarily by the Commanding Officer . ’ |
| 6 | Not only did she not help ; in the time when she could have been helping she did things like lining the kitchen cupboards with flowery paper , polishing the brass door knocker , ironing tea-towels and shampooing the TV room carpet . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | On going back downstairs in her working clothes to do the washing up , she felt a quiet pride : not only had she now achieved the status of a married woman , but she had also had a proper wedding with a cake and an attendant — which was more than did most girls of her class . |
| 9 | So had she once walked and talked herself in that same garden — or so it now seemed to her — with the young Irishman who had recovered the amethyst and diamond cat which she still wore , very often on her collar and which she had longed — very badly , she remembered — to give him as a keepsake . |
| 10 | In the cold light of the morning after , she did not think she even fancied him , could hardly bring what he looked like into focus , she had gone briefly crazy that was all , gone native . |
| 11 | I 've just noticed she actually uses the sentence being a Green Party supporter is n't meant to appeal to everyone . |
| 12 | She 's sitting down with her back to me , just like she always used to , and I 'm brushing slow and gentle , making her hair nice and neat . |
| 13 | ‘ Six months ago , we never thought she would ever achieve her ambition but , fingers crossed , I 'll soon be taking her to the school gates and she can sit in class with the other youngsters , just like she always wanted . ’ |
| 14 | And then , since her father 's fatal heart attack eighteen months ago , no sooner had she slowly started to come to terms with his loss , to face the grief and despair at the thought of never seeing him again , than her mother 's letters and telephone calls had begun to fill her with stunned horror . |
| 15 | I might have worked it out sooner had she not been so prickly lately . ’ |
| 16 | Full of new hope that maybe our rethink might be working he struck into what appeared a solid fish , although this was a little misleading as the cat had picked up a little weed and once freed she quickly surrendered . |
| 17 | Her expression remained enigmatic , and it was quickly noticed that not once did she publicly smile or acknowledge the man who was now her husband . |
| 18 | Clyde , obviously a fairly tense type , confessed to feelings of hostility towards his mother : ‘ Not once did she ever tell me she loved me . ’ |
| 19 | Do you does she ever does she ever play out at all or ? |
| 20 | Three times as the president spoke , Diana flashed him the kind of flattering sideways glances she once gave Charles . |
| 21 | If I tried to picture Mum now like she really is , getting a Sainsbury 's pizza out of the freezer in the kitchen or doing up the seatbelt of her silver Ford Fiesta , I could n't . |
| 22 | But now had she not , just as she was telling herself that she commanded the game , in fact lost her freedom ? |
| 23 | If you ask me , I do n't think she even remembers he 's gone . |
| 24 | ‘ She was lucky and talented and she could do that , but I do n't think she ever wanted to be a drummer … |
| 25 | I do n't think she ever knew the ins and outs of the matter . |
| 26 | I do n't think she ever let the water boil . |
| 27 | She hesitated for a moment before adding in a lowered voice , ‘ She 's known Philippe for quite a while , but I do n't think she ever realised … ’ |
| 28 | I do n't think she ever came to the City of the Horizon . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't think she ever quite got over it . |
| 30 | Well she might erm no she 's never , I do n't think , I do n't think she ever has said anything , she might have said it once but not that I can recall mys oh does n't that look lovely with all them petals falling off the tree ? |