Example sentences of "[Wh adv] she had [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anne Marie Phillips fought back tears as she told how she had repeatedly warned staff at the Royal Maternity Hospital that she ‘ did not like the look of the baby 's belly button ’ , which was swollen and discoloured . |
| 2 | She remembered how she had ridiculously thought meeting him had left her tingling , and was then able to scoff at such a fanciful notion . |
| 3 | Annabel had talked so much to her parents about the beautiful girl with the long golden hair , and how she had openly stood up to Sister Mary , that it was decided to invite this child to have tea with the family . |
| 4 | Teesside Crown Court heard how she had later gone home by bus to discover all the lights on and the door open at her home in Eddison Way , Hemlington . |
| 5 | She remembered the time she had returned the coffee she had borrowed from him , and how she had instinctively known there was a woman waiting for him in this very room . |
| 6 | How she had ever managed to get back to the Shelbourne , she did n't know . |
| 7 | Alyssia wondered how she had ever managed to come to places such as this and accept it as part of everyday life . |
| 8 | He remembered how she had reluctantly sat down to play him and a couple of other men at poker a few years before . |
| 9 | She told Maggie about Betty Gilling and Peg Wooldridge , and how she had almost persuaded Nahum to adopt Corrie . |
| 10 | She had brought a lot of her own furniture with her and would sigh and shake her head every time she found a burn or a ring mark on it , and tell me how she had always polished her things ‘ until you could see your face in them ’ . |
| 11 | As we walked she told me how she had always resisted her brother 's attempts to persuade her to emigrate to Pakistan . |
| 12 | How she had always held him back . |
| 13 | A farmer 's wife giving evidence at the Otmoor M40 inquiry in 1983 described how she had once become completely lost in one of her own fields while counting sheep . |
| 14 | Afterwards , she wondered why she had n't asked more questions ( Where are they now ? |
| 15 | She wondered why she had n't seen any signs before this moment . |
| 16 | She 'd known he 'd think that and that was one of the reasons why she had n't wanted to get into this conversation in the first place . |
| 17 | Now that he 'd told her , she could n't understand why she had n't recognised him right from the start — she 'd seen the article , had even marvelled at the way the photographer had managed to capture those dark , brooding eyes . |
| 18 | Training to be a doctor had n't left too much time for socialising , and maybe that was another reason why she had n't suspected that Paul was one of those rare people dogged by obsessive jealousy . |
| 19 | ‘ I thought that was why she had n't phoned lately . |
| 20 | It would be the same for Rory — she 'd always known she 'd give her heart only once , and that was why she had n't played the love game with the same reckless abandon as so many of her contemporaries . |
| 21 | Liz thought he looked appalling , and wondered why she had n't noticed it before . |
| 22 | She wondered why she had n't noticed the quiet before now . |
| 23 | He sometimes wondered why she had n't thought of that . |
| 24 | She drew in her breath at the simplicity of it , wondering why she had n't thought of it before , and it excited her so much she put forward the suggestion without stopping to think if it was wise . |
| 25 | She could n't think why she had n't thought of that before . |
| 26 | Isabel wondered why she had n't thought of using the laundry gate herself , before she realised that it would have been kept locked . |
| 27 | I thought at the time she sounded a bit over anxious to explain why she had n't told us before , but it was n't long before I knew why . ’ |
| 28 | Betty asked her why she had n't remembered to bring a torch . |
| 29 | When Kisling asked Beatrice why she had not turned up , Modigliani replied : ‘ I am responsible . |
| 30 | Indeed , she was asked why she had not sent her children to the mine . |