Example sentences of "[Wh adv] she [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever she said to him , ‘ But , Norman — do n't you want to sit in it , like other people ? ’ he would reply , rather grandly , ‘ A garden , my dear , is a place for passing through as quickly as possible on the way to the pub . ’ |
| 2 | Whenever she came to the house with Peg she would look about with solemn curiosity , and her blue eyes dominated her wan little face . |
| 3 | She then had to visualize walking slowly towards them , knowing that she could stop whenever she wanted to so that she did not feel that she was being compelled to go near these birds . |
| 4 | Her grandmother sniffed and her mother promised to send in a note whenever she needed to be off PE . |
| 5 | How does she manage to cry whenever she wants to ? |
| 6 | It was n't that she had ever made a conscious decision to play the helpless female ; she just always looked as though she was in constant need of care and attention , and over the years she had found that it was far easier to allow people to think what they liked , because whenever she tried to be assertive , or explain that she was really quite competent , no one ever believed her . |
| 7 | He laughed whenever she spoke to him and clung to Dotty Blundell for protection , whirling her away on his arm the moment rehearsals were over . |
| 8 | She automatically crossed her arms across her chest , a habit she had adopted whenever she spoke to James . |
| 9 | Some chapters ( written by Tim Madge ) just deal with Tracy and her family life that help you to see how she grew to be the strong character she became , making the book more personal than Fazisi . |
| 10 | She had no idea afterwards how she got to the Villa Alberti where Ferdinando took her to break the news and tell the tale of his fruitless trip . |
| 11 | She was curious to know how she looked to other people . |
| 12 | Your heart would go out to her , Wilson , if you were to see how she struggles to be her old self but is exhausted after a mere ten minutes of conversation , and then she is obliged to fall back and take no more part in it though wishing to do so . |
| 13 | Chapters i and 4 examined , respectively , her political beliefs and how she came to the leadership of the Conservative party . |
| 14 | In part the style is an acknowledgement of how she came to the leadership , and in part also a reaction to previous leaders . |
| 15 | When she told me how she came to be a refugee , she paused reflectively before each statement , conscious that as a foreigner I might not know the history of Palestine before 1948 . |
| 16 | We began by asking her how she came to be in broadcasting . |
| 17 | J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. , 1972 ) she tells of her first meeting with the composer , of his influence on her technique and interpretation , of how she came to terms with the music , of Plante and other virtuosi , and gives a detailed analysis of various pieces . |
| 18 | That was still the thought in her mind as she struck the ground , not knowing how she came to be there , as one never knows , having suffered a blow aimed from behind which came at her like a thunderbolt , felled her in the presence of a hundred indifferent spectators and left her prostrate , struggling as in those terrible lodging-house dreams , to get up , to breathe , while the weasel-pack fell on top of her , shrieking with laughter . |
| 19 | Perhaps the best course was simply to come clean — to explain how she came to be involved in the case , and enlist Veronica 's help ? |
| 20 | ‘ And that was how she came to be at the reception ? ’ |
| 21 | She sipped absently , so desperate to remember who she was and how she came to be here that the mug was empty before she realised it . |
| 22 | Whereas before she had been a rough-and-ready Italian peasant , flashing with high spirits , now she thought a little about how she seemed to others and tempered her boisterous good humour . |
| 23 | She said that people had commented on how she seemed to be back to her usual self , and that things seemed to be going very well with her brother and sister-in-law . |
| 24 | It seemed to her that when he spotted her he usually did a quick about-face , which , to be fair , was also how she responded to seeing him . |
| 25 | And to eat there — how she longed to , to drop the few years that made her different from Cad , to lose the ripeness and rotundities that would always make her different from Cati , who was , really , almost boy-like with her stringbean limbs , yet not quite boyish either , angelic rather ; she was not afflicted with the need Rosa felt , the gap opening inside her , where a longing for something other than what lay within her sights sat in occupation , banging her drum and marking out a new rhythm and new steps for Rosa 's spinning wants , calling down the corridors of Rosa 's body to her innermost inguinal life , till her blood rang to the beat . |
| 26 | How she longed to be indoors , snuggled up in bed , driving out of her system the damp cold , and the misery of parting from Len , with a hot-water bottle and impossible dreams of their future life together . |
| 27 | We 'll have to see how she responds to treatment , but it may take quite a long time . ’ |
| 28 | And as to how she behaved to your mother you 'd never believe it — cigarettes , mess , gin in the teacups , and never a please or thank-you . |
| 29 | Telling everyone about her mum and dad when they and erm how she talked to her mum about that , and it helped her . |
| 30 | ‘ They felt that in the appreciation I had somehow caught what she was about , this thing about how she loved to be in Cornwall and loved to wear her scruffy clothes and wellington boots . |