Example sentences of "[noun] she [vb past] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Head bent , overwhelmed by a grief she did n't understand , she had clenched the cover in her fists , hating him with every ounce of strength she possessed . |
| 2 | She used to send us erm like I think , she did n't send us one this year though , she 's erm like , wherever she is she 'd send us a Christmas card , an Easter card she did n't say where she is or anything . |
| 3 | There was something in his face and eyes she did not like — a softness that seemed almost like sympathy . |
| 4 | Like Mr Evans 's eyes , Carrie thought , but apart from her eyes she did n't look in the least like a shopkeeper 's sister . |
| 5 | How long Joe had been in the marsh she did not know , but it was a very lonely spot , and he could have been there for hours and hours — perhaps even all through the night , thought Cheryl . |
| 6 | David took Hayley 's hand in his , and Juliet felt a strange warmth steal through her , and a pang of some emotion she did n't recognise . |
| 7 | She said , with a flippancy she did not feel , ‘ Are you thinking in terms of hours , perhaps ? |
| 8 | In her present sensitive frame of mind she did n't feel up to looking like the poor relation beside him , but then , she had no intention of going anywhere near him . |
| 9 | Jamila made up her mind she did n't have sufficient women friends , so she went to call on Shinko 's house . |
| 10 | It was getting harder every minute she spent with him to pretend an indifference she did n't feel , but she must never let him know how much she loved him . |
| 11 | How the printers had got hold of her photograph she did not know , but they had , and now it was being sold all over London , along with ones of Lillie Langtry and other noted belles . |
| 12 | Victor 's silence caused an innocent girl , a servant of the household , to be tried , convicted and killed for a murder she did n't carry out . |
| 13 | ‘ He 'd beaten her , bullied her into an engagement she did n't want . |
| 14 | Her mind sheered away from images she did n't want to dwell on . |
| 15 | At ten P M she did n't seem too great either , her temperature had gone up a little bit , but nevertheless , she slept on . |
| 16 | After all , six weeks , there could be only a shadow of " it baby " , " embryo " were words she did n't speak , even to herself . |
| 17 | The apothecary was bending over her , mumbling words she did n't understand . |
| 18 | A woman is claiming four policemen broke her arm and two ribs while arresting her for a crime she did n't commit . |
| 19 | Restaurants she did n't mind , but in pubs she always felt too much at the mercy of predatory men . |
| 20 | I understand they believe she was shot by someone who meant to rob her , the chance victim of a killer she did n't know . |
| 21 | In three short months she did n't need the medication she had been dependent on for years . |
| 22 | Later , there had been the scene she did n't want now to remember : |
| 23 | There were great pots of food steaming on the stove and dishes piled with fruit on the sideboard — pineapples , bananas , strange plum-looking fruit , and fruits she did n't know the names of . |
| 24 | She was then introduced to the other chaps from work she did n't know already , and to the girls a few of them were with . |
| 25 | Whether Ursula shared her growing sense of foreboding she did not know . |
| 26 | It was about time she stopped feeling sorry for herself , the hurt and pain of losing mam would be with her for a long time , but Hari knew she could not let her grief incapacitate her , if she did not mend and make shoes she did not eat . |
| 27 | Though it 's a wonder she did not spot the writing on the wall . |
| 28 | No wonder she did n't want to stay on and make something of herself . ’ |
| 29 | No wonder she did n't sweep the stairs , poor thing , ’ she said . |
| 30 | But Mrs Gandhi never forgave Khan 's opposition to her scrapping the privy purses , and to his regret she did not make him a minister . |