Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] what she [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Er — you 've — hm — not told me any more lies , then ? ’ she strove desperately hard to get herself back together , although from what she could see of it Ven was n't objecting that his kisses had the power to scatter all sensible thought . |
| 2 | Jay would not be shut out and from what she could tell , Lucy did n't want to shut her out . |
| 3 | She had fur-backed gloves and high brown-polished boots , not shoes but boots , and from what she could see of them they looked serviceable , as if they really were worn for walking . |
| 4 | And from what she could see of him , which was not much , he was giving her the coldest of stares . |
| 5 | His voice was pure seduction , drawing her deeper and deeper into the spell of passion , and she shook her head with a desperation born of fear — fear not of him but of what she would do if he continued this heady , drugging assault on her senses . |
| 6 | It was n't a slum terrace , as she had expected , but from what she could make out through the moonlight they were good working-class houses , each with its small rectangle of iron-railed garden in front . |
| 7 | ‘ Perhaps Mistress Hopkins was murdered simply because of what she might know . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ That poor old woman was murdered , ’ Benjamin declared , ‘ not because she had said or done anything wrong but simply because of what she might know . |
| 9 | After the words he had written to her , it was churlish of her to avoid him , but she dreaded any interview because of what she must say . |
| 10 | " Why does n't your father tell him to go ? " asked Clara , for from what she could recollect of Mr Denham , she could not picture him suffering fools gladly . |
| 11 | One of them apparently recognised Ranulf and called out honey-phrased invitations as to what she would offer for a silver coin . |
| 12 | She suggests that children who score low on both comprehension and production may be immature or mentally retarded , although no explanation is provided as to what she might mean by these terms . |
| 13 | I kid you not , I had not a clue as to what she might be talking about . |