Example sentences of "[Wh det] she [vb past] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that after he came back from Margaret 's funeral , to which she did n't go , she seemed quite stunned and sat staring in front of her , and saying ‘ I 've lost my man ’ , over and over again . |
| 2 | She turned from him and went out of the room , across the hall and pulled open the front door , which she did n't bother to close behind her , so angry did she feel . |
| 3 | Alan , who liked buying food , occasionally bought things which she did n't know what to do with ( aubergines had stumped her completely ) but on the whole he seemed content with his diet . |
| 4 | After buying fresh bread she had gone on to the fish market where boxes full of melting ice displayed what was left of the morning 's catch , much of which she did n't recognise . |
| 5 | She could n't remember where she was , nor why , yet for some reason which she did n't understand , she felt they were safe here . |
| 6 | Two weeks passed during which she did n't see him . |
| 7 | … She asked why Blanche did not like my book and I kindly suggested that perhaps it was the woman being scarred from a motor accident which she did n't like ( it was the book itself ) . |
| 8 | Bernice saw something which she did n't point out to her companions . |
| 9 | The light from the window struck his face and she noticed small lines which she did n't remember , an increased leanness emphasising the strong bone-structure of his cheeks and jaw . |
| 10 | Her mother said something in a low voice , which she did n't catch . |
| 11 | Her heart thumping against her ribs , she tilted her chin , fighting a confusion of emotions , some of which she did n't dare examine too closely . |
| 12 | Monday gave way to Tuesday , the day on which she did not go to the library . |
| 13 | They liked watching her play out a Cinderella fantasy , wearing gold lamé and riding in a gold-plated carriage to a ball from which she did not return until well after midnight . |
| 14 | Puzzled , he wondered if she had gone upstairs to her children , which she did not do as a rule , and was about to ascend ; when from up there came a great cry , and the sound of a fall from the window . |
| 15 | She is much exercised about a long letter which arrived today , which she did not show me , but smiled over , and caught up and folded away . |
| 16 | Rita Ablewhite knew this , though how she knew it remained , to Liz , a mystery which she did not think , did not care to question . |
| 17 | Johnny 's words had left her feeling inadequate , as though he were presenting her with some enormous challenge which she did not feel equal to meet . |
| 18 | Indeed , the division itself is as much about politics as economics : Mrs Thatcher 's hostility to the ERM springs from her hostility to the European Community , which she did not mention yesterday . |
| 19 | His mother kept poking toys which she did not want at her . |
| 20 | Hilda , for her , simply represented another point of view , which she did not want to get a hearing . |
| 21 | Details of yesterday 's court order were not made public , but it has been reported that Miss Bonham-Carter has provided the court with a map with a red line marking an area of several hundred yards around her house which she did not want Mr Farquharson to enter . |
| 22 | During her short career she ambitiously taught herself the principal and solo roles as well as the corps de ballet parts of the various ballets by careful attention during rehearsal and performance , and by assiduously watching even the works in which she did not appear ( such as Le Spectre de la Rose ) . |
| 23 | This unpalatable circumstance could result in the very real possibility that Cassie would get a lower price for the cottage than she had paid for it , thus resulting in the disastrous situation of owing the Building Society money which she did not possess . |
| 24 | It was then that the lump in her throat would break and spill the tears from her eyes and cause her to make choking sounds which she did not try to prevent , knowing they would not penetrate Mrs Aggie 's deep snoring . |
| 25 | We discussed Sophie 's affairs : I discovered , in the process , some interesting sexual practices I had not known of before which she did not indulge in with her lovers , in order , as she put it , ‘ to keep something for Jack ’ . |
| 26 | Had she been less committed to parenting , perhaps because her children were older and seen to be less in need of her support , or had it been an event which threatened a role or idea to which she was less committed , perhaps losing a part-time job which she did not enjoy , the effect would be less threatening . |
| 27 | Their decision made no sense because , at the end of the day , no solution could be evolved with which she did not agree — as indeed turned out to be the case . |
| 28 | For the first time , I had something which she did not have . |
| 29 | It was a question Marian had been expecting and which she had been asking herself but to which she did not know the answer . |
| 30 | If it was going to happen , it must happen and then she would know what it was like to be kissed , which she did not know , now . |