Example sentences of "[Wh adv] she [vb past] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was curious to know how she looked to other people . |
| 2 | Dad knew how she felt in general about Guy . |
| 3 | When we were dressing up kids , I always tried to look elegant , classy , sexy or feminine , whereas she dressed more how she wanted in weird and wacky costumes , like a cowboy outfit . |
| 4 | She did not consciously know that , with Luke 's swift co-operation , she had rid him of his tie , nor that she was left unaided to tear at his shirt buttons with frantic fingers ; and it was only through her senses that she knew when she came to hard flesh and soft springy hair , her palm sliding damply over his chest , fingers catching luxuriously in the light tangle of hair covering it . |
| 5 | She did n't face Christina when she said through clenched teeth , ‘ I 've never expected or received any help from you anyway , Christina . ’ |
| 6 | She remained well until March 1989 , when she presented with generalised pruritus and fatigue . |
| 7 | In particular she won a great deal of sympathy last January when she appeared on national television with Bill Clinton as he faced allegations of extra-marital dalliance with a singer . |
| 8 | In 1912 she was elected as a Labour councillor in the London borough of Kensington , where she pressed for public provision of baby clinics , school meals , improved council housing , employment schemes , and prohibition of sweated labour . |
| 9 | Mildred heaved a sigh of relief and leapt onto the floor where she huddled in perfect silence under the bookcase near the door . |
| 10 | Mrs Burnett seems to have taken marital and maternal duties lightly , and though she did not formally end the marriage until 1898 , from early days she made a practice of absenting herself from her family , often for months on end , travelling in North America and Europe , and spending long periods in England , where she moved in high society and had many literary friends , Henry James and Israel Zangwill [ qq.v. ] among them . |