Example sentences of "[Wh adv] she [vb past] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Yet , whenever she pinned the brooch to her dress , she remembered him , pleasantly , wishing him well , not in the least distressed by the absolute conviction that he would never once think of her .
2 They met whenever she had a free evening and he had a free evening , and it was n't often .
3 In the apartment , Jeanne sketched and painted whenever she had the peace .
4 ‘ Promises ! ’ she exclaimed on a loving laugh , and thereafter put herself out to be the epitome of all she thought he would most dislike in a woman , shyly calling him darling whenever she had the chance .
5 But whenever she passed the wood the tales rushed back into her mind and made her blood run cold .
6 Sometimes the slaps and punches were for real now , and my mother would cry up the stairs in alarm whenever she heard a sudden thump as I fell on the floor or bumped into the furniture .
7 Instead , she was wondering what kind of remedy Kate Adie used whenever she got a head-blocker , and whether she 'd ever had to read over livestock prices to what was probably a total early-morning audience of three men and a dog .
8 Abruptness was her most familiar mode , and Liz sometimes fancied that she practised it with peculiar pleasure on Charles , whenever she got the chance : and Charles , accustomed to being listened to with reverence , took it in good part .
9 And she polished his shoes for him , whenever she got the chance .
10 For about a year afterwards Anna received aromatherapy massage whenever she felt the need — once , sometimes twice , a month .
11 Whenever she needed a bit of encouragement , Josey never failed her .
12 Yet , whenever she contemplated a resumption of the life she had enjoyed before her initial meeting with Johnny , she felt a rising panic and a disinclination amounting almost to hostility at the very idea .
13 Whenever she washed the windows in one room , she would mark the date down on the card , and place it at the end of the section .
14 She seemed almost afraid of her master , and looked anxiously at him whenever she entered the room .
15 For months it had apparently been common knowledge ; something to be tutted over and discussed in hushed tones that stopped abruptly whenever she entered the common-room .
16 She could not see why her mother wanted her , nor what she expected her to do in Northam , and whenever she mentioned the subject to others they exclaimed in horror , commiserating with her , telling her that she must be firm , never for half a moment assuming that she could or would really do it .
17 Julia deliberately turned to him to explain the significance of Comfort 's private jokes and fill in the background whenever she mentioned the name of one of their friends whom David could not know .
18 Whenever she found a knotted muscle she would say , ‘ Here we have a coconut ’ , and then pound the spot into insensibility .
19 I wanted to ask her how she did it , how she attained the condition of happiness , but this question can not be asked outright for there is no one answer .
20 One woman described how she experienced an aggressive pattern : ‘ I found it very difficult to cope with women over me , especially if I thought that they were n't being fair — although I had no problems when dealing with men .
21 Er yes I , I er I think I , I could n't really speak definitely on this but er you I have said that we , you know that this secretary encouraged them because you know , to keep it in and even the one woman said this was how she got a deposit for her house and through , as I say , you 'd got a Co-op building society as well .
22 It would do the boys good to see how she got a qualification to teach people recovering from illness and so on ( and they are paid by health insurance companies , so it is well structured and she actually gets paid reasonably ) .
23 He 'd never thought how she got the sacks out of her car .
24 She recalls how she got the job from Robert Maxwell in 1982 .
25 Merrill never knew how she managed the careless , amused laugh .
26 Her mother Jane told an inquest yesterday : ‘ I do n't know how she reached the flex . ’
27 You should have seen how she leaped the meadow gate ! ’
28 But , no matter how she imagined the scene , there was always one flaw .
29 The Northern Echo published details of how she spent the last hours of her life on a shopping trip with her friend , Veronica Alderson , from Kirk Merrington .
30 She started telling us how she had a bell which she rang if she needed help and I said I 'd listen out for it .
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