Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [subord] she [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Half an hour later , she felt a little better although she had n't decided what to do . |
| 2 | She had evidently , Ronni thought , slept rather better than she had . |
| 3 | How could she spend Roman 's money so lavishly when she had just parted from her lover ? |
| 4 | The princess kissed the frog and he did n't turn into a handsome prince but that was all right because she liked him as a frog . |
| 5 | At last , after another million years persuading David she would be all right when she had taken some aspirin , she was alone , in her own flat . |
| 6 | It smelled all right when she got it out of the oven . |
| 7 | Five minutes went by as she reflected that Rosemary must be feeling as miserable as Travis , then , checking to see that Travis was all right as she passed , she went to bed . |
| 8 | Emily sighed heavily , no more would she sit beneath those trees reading or idling away her days so carelessly as she had done , was it only a few short weeks ago ? |
| 9 | Would she have enjoyed him so much if she had thought the whole thing permanent ? she asked herself sternly now , sitting up in bed and shaking off the poppy and mandragora effect that thinking about that summer had on her . |
| 10 | If Bridget , who knew Geoffrey much better than she had realized , judged it better to conceal the real reason for their visit to Puddephat 's rooms , she would have to go along with her . |
| 11 | So far things had gone much better than she had expected . |
| 12 | The travelling , the exigencies of the business , the constant promotional activity , prolonged absences , his own mercurial nature , made life difficult for Susy if she stayed at home and not much better if she accompanied James on the circuit , something she never much liked to do . |
| 13 | I was surprised that Madame expressed herself so warmly when she spoke of Nissim . |
| 14 | Explaining the situation , he watched patiently enough while she dealt with the disk he needed , and then he said gratefully , ‘ Thanks , Lissa . |
| 15 | And her pleasure was mixed with fear — but less so than she had expected . |
| 16 | It had been so long since she 'd seen so many people all at once . |
| 17 | But it had been so long since she 'd talked , really talked to anyone , that now she felt stiff and awkward . |
| 18 | A woman laughed , a carefree tinkling laugh and Emily paused in wonder , it seemed so long since she had felt like laughing . |
| 19 | It was so long since she had been to a party like this . |
| 20 | ‘ Goat stinks , ’ said Camille , for it was not so long since she had been frequently taken by Connie to children 's zoos where these creatures — mostly nannies and kids — were considered suitably sized and disposed to mingle briefly with the children of men . |
| 21 | She wondered how she could ever have thought that she loved him , and why she had stayed with him for so long after she 'd realised that if she ever had , she did not love him now . |
| 22 | She did n't mind about that so long as she got a lovely little grave like Mrs Hollidaye 's baby daughter . |
| 23 | Her son , who had scarcely known her but felt that his own throne was conceivably under threat so long as she lived , made no great show of grief when the news was brought to him . |
| 24 | Over coffee in the study Miss Danziger thanked the guests individually for their concern , apologised for interrupting their enjoyment of an excellent meal , and explained that so long as she came out of the spasm in less than a minute and a half it was not dangerous and left no ill-effects . |
| 25 | On the drive back to London , Quinn was silent as Sam told him the outcome of her trip to Washington and the decision of the White House to let him have his head so long as she went with him . |
| 26 | So long as she looked after the child , she would be entitled to £1 a week . |
| 27 | As for Selene , she was left a hundred pounds a year so long as she continued under her sister 's direction . |
| 28 | Thereafter , she became a statutory tenant under section 2(1) ( a ) , and giving the words of that subsection their natural meaning , it would appear that she was by the Act to remain a statutory tenant so long as she continued in occupation of the dwelling-house . |
| 29 | The agreement recited that John had left all his estate to his executors by his will but that , shortly before his death , he had declared in the presence of several witnesses that he wished his widow to have the cottage for her life or so long as she continued a widow ; and that , though this wish was never put into writing , the executors were convinced that it was his desire and were willing and desirous that it should be put into effect . |
| 30 | There she could call for any food or liquor she wanted , so long as she had the wherewithal to pay the inflated prices demanded by the Sponging House keeper . |