Example sentences of "she simply " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wanted to bike along the road for a swim but after she finished dressing she simply sat on the edge of the bath and looked out of the window . |
| 2 | Would she simply leave him behind ? |
| 3 | She simply disappeared . |
| 4 | ‘ She looked at her step-mother but uttered not a single word ; she simply picked up our big drap-de-dames green shawl ( it 's a shawl we all use , a drap-de-dames one ) , and covered her head and face entirely with it ad lay down on the bed with her face to the wall , ad her little shoulders and her whole body were trembling . ' |
| 5 | Had she simply had Maggie so that someone , somewhere , would have to love her and take care of her ? |
| 6 | She simply decided to design her own . |
| 7 | She simply got up , scrambled some old jeans on , pinched one of his shirts and went off on her bike . |
| 8 | She simply looked back at Mr Hollins , polite and expectant . |
| 9 | Swept on the flood of her own excitement , she simply changed course , banging her fist against the side of her chair in her eagerness to make him understand . |
| 10 | At one stage she somehow got on to the subject of coal and said she simply did not believe it came from wood . |
| 11 | She found she hardly cared and when Mr Browning , with some evidence of concern for her , said that he feared they must take Ferdinando to Rome almost as soon as they all returned to Florence in October , she simply nodded . |
| 12 | Nothing could have been contrived to accord less well with his lovat green country suit and hat but , he explained , ‘ She simply insisted that I wear it . |
| 13 | On this particular occasion , one of their dinner-time meetings , she simply burst into tears and stormed off . |
| 14 | When a woman lunches on a plate of raw spinach that would n't satisfy a tortoise , she simply wo n't have the energy to demand a seat on the board . |
| 15 | Or was she simply mad , suffering perhaps from some well-known form of psychosis ? |
| 16 | Often , in her kitchen or her boudoir , she did nothing , she simply sat absolutely still and breathed , sensing her continued existence , preserving herself , taking refuge in a timeless present . |
| 17 | She simply expected it of him , she made him always say what he thought , she argued points , she worried constantly about whether she was , whether they both were , working hard enough . |
| 18 | I think she simply disliked children — the way many maiden aunts must have done , in those days . ’ |
| 19 | One day during rehearsal of Sea Change , she remembers , when things were getting too complicated , she simply told him to stop and leave it altogether until the next day . |
| 20 | She simply dropped the tramp 's envelope into the litter-box on the way out of the Park . |
| 21 | The interviewer is likely to start with some ideas to stimulate the informant to talk but beyond this he or she simply listens . |
| 22 | Next morning she simply would not accept they were still trembling all over but would just nod and say , ‘ Oh yes , I can see you 're much better , luv . ’ |
| 23 | She simply loved athletics and wanted to help . |
| 24 | She simply could n't bring herself to stroke or rub it . |
| 25 | She did n't really want him , of course but she simply had to prove to herself that he would prefer her to Sally , given the choice . |
| 26 | ‘ As far as I can see she simply ran and he ran after her , but there are other tracks there , I think the boy 's . ’ |
| 27 | In response she simply returned our letter with the words ‘ Sorry . |
| 28 | She simply clutched her head and closed her eyes , trying to stop the room spinning in front of her — knowing that if she moved she would be violently sick . |
| 29 | She simply told me how relieved she was that her husband had not put to sea that day . |
| 30 | Ruth was tempted to tell her that at the time she had not had the vicar in mind , but since Mrs Peterson had not come to bring her any comfort , she simply turned her face to the wall . |